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After three consecutive months of pledge income above the budgeted amount, we fell short by almost $7,800 in April. The typical springtime spike in prepaid pledges has yet to materialize. Current year pledges received this fiscal year total 69.2% of the budgeted amount. When prepaid pledges are included, total current year pledges are at 84.7% […]
This month our Green Sanctuary’s Food for Thought discussion group will be doing something completely different. We’re launching into a collaboration with the adult religious exploration’s Date with Death discussion group. This month we will be listening to a presentation on the various ways bodies are dealt with after death – from conventional burials to […]
I have been impressed by the book “Your Brain on Art,” which I have heard on an hour- long radio program. I cannot improve on that, so I will tell you how to access it. On your computer, put in this link.https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2023-07-31/ivy-ross-and-susan-magsamen-your-brain-art
You may remember the video we shared at our first meeting of Date with Death Club about the Coffin Club. Did it make you wonder about greener options to a standard coffin and a traditional cemetery? This month Date with Death Club and Green Sanctuary have teamed up together to offer three opportunities for folks to […]
Renewable Energy Gains GroundMore than 30 per cent of the world’s electricity is now generated using renewables and the European Union is well ahead of this global average, a new report has found. Energy think tank Ember found that major growth in wind and solar helped push global electricity production past this milestone in 2023. […]
Happy May, friends! “If we look around our church, what do you think we have that would make people coming for the first time feel welcomed and included? For this reflection, I am going to describe some people who might come here for the first time. After I describe them, I would like you to […]
Board minutes for the March 2024 UUCT board meeting were approved at the April meeting. Those minutes, along with the March 2024 Financial Reports can be viewed using the links below: March 2024 Board Minutes March 2024 Financial Reports The Executive Board meets the fourth Thursday of each month in Room C and via zoom […]
In March, for the third month in a row, pledge income exceeded the monthly budgeted amount, this time by $2,242. In order to reach our total budgeted pledge income for this fiscal year we will need to collect pledges at an average of almost $2,800 per month more than our monthly budgeted amount of $20,439. […]
Two Congregational Discussion Meetings will be held to discuss the proposed 2024-25 Final Asking Budget, Contract with the Minister. Endowment Use Plan, and update on UUCT’s Governance Structure. We will meet on in Room L. You may also attend by Zoom. A Congregational Annual Meeting will be held at 12:30 pm on Sunday, May 19, […]
While May flowers have been brought on by April showers, our May Food for Thought monthly meeting will not be brought forth by our April meeting. We will be taking a month off to accommodate the congregational budget meetings that will be taking place in room L. The importance of these budget meetings cannot be […]
