The Meridian
Summer Plans for Centering BIPOC Voices
On June 11th we will continue our discussion of “The 1619 Project” covering chapters 9-18. We’ve learned a lot of things we were never taught before and expect to learn even more. In July we’re taking a potluck approach to our reading. Each participant will choose to read or re-read a book taken either from…
To the Congregation: An Appreciation
Allies for Racial Equity, ARE@UUCT, thanks the congregation for engaging with the 8th Principle over the past nine months. We thank UUCT members for adopting the principle as a congregation at the Annual Meeting on May 22. Quite a few other congregations adopted the principle in May, with the total number of adoptions by UU…
Board Notes – May 2022
Whew, we’ve had quite a few congregational meetings this spring! Thanks to each of you who attended and participated. Here’s a link to drafts of the most recent minutes, to be voted on at a future meeting. Congregational minutes, May 15 and May 22, 2022 It’s an exciting time for the Board, anticipating the upcoming…
Wondering About Worship?
What kind of worship service speaks to your soul? Have you ever considered preaching, leading a service, or helping to plan a collaborative service such as a poetry Sunday? We would love you hear your ideas! As we move into the summer, I would like to invite folx to meet and participate in planning services.…
Message from the Minister
Greetings Beloveds, As we move into the summer, there are many blessings for us to celebrate following the congregational meetings. The theme for June is “Celebrating Blessings.” Let us consider all of the ways that we can celebrate the ways that we can be in community with one another, restrengthen the connections, and build new…
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…
Capital Area Justice Ministry Delivers Local Official Commitments and Then Some
UUCT turned out 73 people for the CAJM Nehemiah Action on April 5, despite stormy weather: 52 in person and 21 via Zoom. The people power CAJM mustered, over 600 in person and another 100 or more on Zoom and YouTube, secured a clear win on our gun violence ask and elevated public discourse on…
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…