At the July 9 Worship Service, Tom Cullison, Miriam Green, Penny Hooper, Amy Jones, and Sarah Grenier accepted the charge to serve on the Ministerial Search Committee for UCF’s next full-time contract minister. The committee members’ response to the congregation was “We hear your charge and set it upon our hearts. We covenant to listen … Continue reading Ministerial Search Committee
This year we are trying a different way of collecting for local organizations. Instead of 5th Sundays, in July, we started “Share the Plate.” The Social Justice Committee selects a different organization each month, and during that month, any money in the collection plate that is not designated for pledges is equally divided between UCF … Continue reading August “Share the Plate” Goes to Carteret Long Term Recovery Alliance
On Wednesday, July 5 Karen Baggott taught a fun and interesting class about making refrigerator pickles. We cut up our cucumbers, added whatever herbs or spices or other veggies captured our fancy and then Karen poured the pickling brine over our mixtures. We each went home with a jar of pickles, but had to wait … Continue reading Pickle-making Class
For the months of July and August, Karen Baggott is displaying her photography in the Sally B. White Center. Her subject matter is nature in all of its various shapes, colors and moods, and can include human elements. She has been ‘making’ photographs since 1971 when her mother gave her a Kodak Pony IV rangefinder … Continue reading New Gallery Art Show
Collecting for “Stuff the Bus” This year we will be trying out a different way of collecting for local organizations. Instead of 5th Sundays, starting in July, we will be instituting “Share the Plate”, a program that many other UU churches use successfully. The Social Justice Committee will select a different organization for each month, … Continue reading Share the Plate
The Welcoming Congregation Team is excited and appreciative of the congregational support to install a nautical flag pole and fly the American flag, Progress flag and a rotating third flag that represents our UU values. Fifty-one members voted and 43 responses were either strongly agree, agree, or undecided for 84% of the vote. With undecided … Continue reading Pride Month Activities
The Green Sanctuary and Adult Spiritual Enrichment Committees sponsored a field trip to Carteret Community College to tour the Hospitality and Culinary Arts Center, MARTEC Boat Building Facility, and the Aquaculture Building. It was an amazing experience; the college offers so much to our community from summer camps for Middle School students to adult education. … Continue reading UCF Field Trip to Carteret Community College
A short, contemplative worship service of singing, readings, candle lighting, and silence. Stop by for a midweek breather!
Do you love tackling the profound questions of life? Or maybe you have an unanswerable question that you’d like to discuss? Then this is the place for you! Join us around a table as we ponder thought experiments and try to figure out the meaning of life.
Join a group of curious seekers as we learn more about one of the world’s largest religions! Learning is always better in company. We will watch an explanatory video and discuss it afterward. We value multiple perspectives.
