Category: The Meridian

The UUCT newsletter, The Meridian, is digital and is emailed to subscribed congregation members, guests, and friends.

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All the articles and announcements contained in the newsletters are below.

Beyond Welcome Discussion Series

Rev. Holly Brown and Robin Gray invite you to join in any or all of five sessions to inspire building the Beloved Community in our midst. Saturdays at 2:00 PM – May 7 to June 4, UUCT Campus Wednesdays at 6:30 PM – May 11 to June 8, Zoom Each session will require only about […]

Message from the Minster

Greetings Beloveds, Would you like to attend the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly (GA) as a voting delegate? As we approach the end of the church year, UUCT has the opportunity to participate in General Assembly (GA) which happens at the end of June every year. This is a national gathering of UU congregations to […]

Food For Thought Returning May 12th!

It’s time to gather in person once again! For our next Food For Thought – A Healthier You, a Healthier Planet meeting we will gather in Room L on Thursday, May 12th at 6:00 PM.  It’ll be great to see everyone again!  Please bring your own dinner or a healthy snack to munch on.  Along with striving to […]

UUCT Bathroom Blues

The past few months have been great! I’ve seen so many people at the church that I am starting to feel normal again.  Unfortunately, with so many people at church now, our bathrooms aren’t faring so well. First, we had problems flushing toilets in the bathrooms by the Sanctuary. We called the plumber out and […]

A Better Way to Support a UUCT 8th Principle

The proposed 8th Principle calls on us to: Dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions. I agree with adding such a Principle to the existing 7 and with taking action to implement it. What I don’t support is the lengthy wording proposed for adoption by our Congregation. That wording is: “We covenant […]

Centering BIPOC Voices: The 1619 Project

On May 14, at 3:30 p.m. we’ll meet via Zoom to discuss the Preface through Chapter 8 of “The 1619 Project”. Then, on June 11, again via Zoom, we will gather for a discussion of Chapters 9-18 to conclude our explorations. The book is available from Amazon in ebook, print and audio versions, as well […]

Dreaming of Change

“The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks or people look at reality, then you can change the world.” James Baldwin Sometimes we change and the church has not kept pace with us. Many of us have been changed by […]

Board Notes – April 2022

Important votes on the UUCT horizon! Most of the agenda items from April’s Board meeting will be discussed further, and voted on, at two upcoming congregational meetings. Please plan to attend Sunday meetings on May 15 and May 22, following the services, so that you are part of these important decisions. The Board approved several […]