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.

Treasurer’s August 2024 Report to the Congregation

August’s pledge income was similar to July’s, slightly less than half of the monthly budgeted amount. Current year pledges received in August totaled $7,745, but with prepaid pledges included current year pledge receipts are 35.5% of budget. Prior year pledge receipts in August of $1,800 brings the prior fiscal year total to 95.3% of budget. […]

Green Sanctuary’s Food for Thought: October 2024

Who says climate change hasn’t changed weather patterns around the world and our state for that matter? Certainly not those in the path of the latest Category 4 hurricane that slammed into Florida’s Big Bend on Thursday evening September 26th. I hope everyone is faring ok in the aftermath of that event. I know that Tallahassee […]

Stay Connected with Social Media

If you’re on Facebook, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our private UUCT group, created especially for sharing. It’s a place where you can find updates on events, important notices, and posts from other group members. Think of it as a helpful, timely community bulletin board. Since it’s a private group, only […]

Are Your Ears Burning?

It’s not us talking about you! The Lunch Bunch (formerly Women’s Lunch Bunch) is a social group of UUCT members and friends who identify as women or non-binary.  Join us at 1:00 pm the third Thursday of the month!  We alternate between Church and local restaurants.  Our next meeting is October 17th at Smorgasbord, 1123 […]

Green Sanctuary’s Good News Corner – October 2024

6 million kids now attend a solar-powered school New report finds solar power at U.S. K-12 schools has more than quadrupled in the last 10 years. 6.2 million students–or one in nine across the nation–attend a solar-powered school, according to the latest edition of Generation180’s Brighter Future report.   As of 2023, 8,971 American schools are equipped with […]

Board Minutes: July 2024

Thursday, July 25, 2024 (Hybrid Meeting) 6:30PM – 7:35PM Board-Member Attendees: Chase Den Beste, Marty Beech, Annette Pearce, Alden Hutchison, Kim Ross, Sally Andersen.  Invited Attendees: Mo T., Adriane Pitt, Alessandra Nysether-Santos, Linda Wright 1-3. The meeting began with opening words and the lighting of the chalice, followed by a check-in with all members. The […]

Treasurer’s July 2024 Report to Congregation

After ending last fiscal year with two months of strong pledge receipts, July’s pledge income fell considerably to $9,179, or 44% of our monthly budgeted pledge income. Current year pledges received in July totaled $7,381, but larger than usual prepaid pledges resulted in current year pledge receipts of 32.4% of budget. Prior year pledge receipts […]

The Fiscal Year in Review

UUCT’s budget of $325,883 for fiscal year 2023-24 represented an increase of $13,439, or 4.3%, over the prior year’s budget of $312,444. The largest budgeted increases in expenses were 17% for Building and Grounds and 8% for Administration, mainly for technology due to higher costs of the new audiovisual system. Minister expenses were budgeted to […]