The Meridian
April 2026 Board Minutes
6:40 PM – Called to Order Agenda, March meeting minutes, and finance committee reports were approved. Tallahassee Homeschool Group Contract Ken discussed three potential concerns regarding the Tallahassee homeschool contract: using the piano, service animals, and liability insurance impact, and closet space usage. Insurance would address liability issues, and Adriane confirmed there was no issue…
Treasurer’s April 2026 Report to the Congregation
April’s current year pledge receipts of $12,257 was 61.2% of our monthly budgeted amount, roughly the same as March. Total current year pledges received, including prepaid pledges, comes to 81.5% of the annual pledge total. Consistent with previous years, a significant amount of prepaid pledges started to arrive in April when prepaid pledges of $16,250…
Message from the DRE/Worship Leader: June 2026
Happy Pride Month and Happy Early Juneteenth! This month, our Soul Matters theme is Flourishing Together. It begins with a multigenerational Summer Community Sunday, then we have an Intersectional Pride Service, the UUA General Assembly Worship, and a Soul Matters layled Worship! What a good month. Speaking of Flourishing Together, have you heard about the…
Putting Care into Action
UUCT’s Care Team is a vital part of our congregation’s shared ministry, extending care beyond what a minister or membership coordinator can provide. In partnership with staff and the Board, this dedicated group of trained volunteers listens with compassion, offers support without judgment, and maintains strict confidentiality. You can help strengthen this ministry by serving…
Church Workdays on Summer Break
It is hot in the summertime! The scheduled Saturday church workdays are cancelled for July and August and will resume in September. During the summer months, members are encouraged to pay attention to vegetation on the grounds and are dually encouraged to pull up at least five weeds each time they visit the church. Places…
Announcing UUCT Share the Plate recipients for 2026-27
UUCT has established itself as a supporter of our community by helping those among us who promote justice, equity, and compassion. We now welcome twelve local organizations to this coming fiscal year’s Share the Plate program. They all epitomize what ordinary people can do to improve our world.
Safety Update
The church board gave a final review and its approval for two safety related items at the May board meeting. The Weapons Safety Policy and the Statement of Protection sign should be posted soon in the Manual of Policies and Procedures or in various locations in the buildings. Please review these items and know that…
June 2026 Green Sanctuary Good News Corner
Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings without fossil fuels. It involves… sewage! Denver plans to heat and cool a cluster of downtown buildings using a thermal energy network, which will repurpose the city’s old steam system into an “ambient loop” of interconnected buildings. The network will utilize water-source heat pumps, geothermal energy,…
Spring
Spring Is in the air It arrived Without a care Winter’s hard Frost Is melting Spring rain storms Is pelting Sun trumpeters Daffodils are in bloom Up in the trees Japanese magnolia looms Welcome all the festivals Springtime on parade Beads and books And orange marmalade
Shed, Bathrooms, and Playground Blessings
What? Why are these spaces being blessed? Well, why not? A few congregants donated to the Capital Improvement Fund during the 2025/2026 fiscal year, and volunteers were able to fix up the bathrooms by the Sanctuary and replace the maintenance shed in the overflow parking lot. These two projects were on the UUCT Capital Improvement…
March 2026 Board Minutes
6:37 PM – Called to Order Finance Committee Last month’s Finance Committee Report was reviewed and motion to approve was passed. UUA Side With Love and UU The Vote Bonnie is learning more about this program and how we could become a “Good Trouble Congregation”. She will share more as she learns more. Annette let…
Treasurer’s March 2026 Report to the Congregation
Current year pledge receipts in March of $12,456 was 62.2% of our monthly budgeted amount, and less than half of the February amount. Total current year pledges received, including prepaid pledges, comes to 76.4% of the annual pledge total. Prepaid pledges of $1,080 were received, for a total of $2,295 this fiscal year. Other recurring…