The Meridian
Message from Church Leadership
On February 16, 2025, a Congregational Meeting was held to vote on the Asking Budget for 2025-26 and to share information regarding planning for UUCT ministries in the future. UUCT bylaws (Art. X. Sec. C) required a quorum of forty percent (40%) of the Qualified Members for this meeting because the Asking Budget includes the withdrawal…
Board Minutes: January 2025
Board Attendees: Chase Den Beste, Marty Beech, Annette Pearce, Kim Ross, SallyAndersen, Alden HutchisonInvited Attendees: Rev. E.N. Hill & Greg De Angelo & Alessandra Nysether-Santos The meeting began with opening remarks from the board president, then a closed session was announced. There was a motion to approve the minutes and financial reports, which passed unanimously.…
Treasurer’s January 2025 Report to the Congregation
After an encouraging December, current year pledges received in January decreased to $12,910, or $7,902 below our monthly budgeted amount. Current year pledges totaled $75,785 fiscal year-to date, or 30.4% of annual budget, compared to our 58.3% target. With prepaid pledges included, current year pledge receipts are 59.8% of annual budget. January receipts for other…
Message from the DRE: March 2025
It’s almost Spring! I’m looking forward to the blossoming and unfurling of Spring. I’ll be away quite a bit in March and April, so I’m especially hopeful that we will have lots of support from our community as we navigate the coming weeks. Read on for lifespan RE updates and Sunday schedules from the Director…
71st Birthday Celebration: UUCT Birth Chart Reading
On Sunday, 3/2, we kickstarted the celebrations of UUCT’s 71st anniversary during a multigenerational service and a community potluck. In that worship service, we had such an abundance of engagement and excitement that I was not able to fully share the birth chart reading for our beloved Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee. To make the information accessible…
Going to Church on Sunday Morning
While this might be a poetic euphemism, while I have been known to do that sort of thing, while I am known, to the extent I am known, for making up and overusing silly phrases that could mean almost anything, today, right now, in predawn dark, as I digest my breakfast, sip my coffee, and…
Website Invitation
Are you a coordinator or member of a group at UUCT? Have you looked at the information about your group posted on our website recently? Check it out! The website is often the first stop for potential visitors. It’s also used by members and friends wanting to check the date or time of an event…
March 2025 Green Sanctuary Good News Corner
The District of Columbia’s Environmental Film Festival (DCEFF) This will be the 32nd year the District of Columbia has held its famous environmental film festival. Since 1993, DCEFF has been the premier showcase of environmental films. Each March, they’ve brought the world’s largest green film festival to museums, embassies, universities, and other cultural institutions across Washington DC.…
Black History Month
From the slave ships of 1692To the civil Rights era of the 60sBlack history should be taughtLest it be forgotIda Wells, bless her soulEstablished the NAACPGeorge Washington Carver worked tirelesslyon the development of hundreds of applications for new plantsRuby Bridges at the age of 6Help to desegregate an Elementary schoolThurgood Marshall was a great lawyerAnd…
Board Minutes: December 2024
Board-Member Attendees: Chase Den Beste, Marty Beech, Annette Pearce, Kim Ross, Sally Andersen, Alden HutchisonInvited Attendees: Rev. E.N. Hill & Greg De AngeloGuest: Gwendolyn Waldorf The minutes from the November 2024 meeting were approved unanimously. The November finance reports were then reviewed. The reports were also approved unanimously.The topic of signage was raised, and the…
Treasurer’s December 2024 Report to the Congregation
December’s pledge income of $17,091 was considerably larger than each of the previous five months, but still fell short of our monthly budget by $3,721. Current year pledges received this FY were $17,031 in December and $63,574 fiscal year-to-date, or 25.5% of annual budget compared to our 50.0% target. With prepaid pledges included, current year…
Message from the DRE: February 2025
Happy Imbolc, friends! We are at the midwinter point, out of the darkest days and entering the earliest signs of spring. May we continue to cultivate balances of rest and community engagement. Now more than ever, as always, may our connections with one another sustain us in these difficult times. Read on for lifespan RE…