Have you been enjoying the YouTube services this year? We certainly hope you have taken time on Sunday or any time, at your leisure, to watch our services. Sunday Service Team has members who are very interested in providing topical and timely messages for you and the public. We meet regularly, now actually more often … Continue reading About Sunday Services
We persevere. This year has been tough in such varied ways, yet we sojourn on. As Rev. Alice reminded us in our September 20 service titled “Beguiled by Beauty,” “We’ll get through this together, with outstretched arms and helping hands.” Hurricane Sally is the latest challenge for our church community. The slow-moving Category 2 storm blew … Continue reading From the Board President: How Do We Inspire Love? Oct 2020
Multi Room Monday School (MRMS) has been suspended due to lack of participation and world events. The CRE team and I are working hard to re envision CRE for our new digital world. We hope to create a welcoming program that children and parents look forward to and want to participate. Any suggestion you have … Continue reading Creating a New CRE Program
The Governing Board gathered on Zoom in August for an enthusiastic day of team building, orienting, and goal setting. Goals provide a target to focus on while motivating us to stretch beyond our current circumstances. The Governing Board sets goals each year to prioritize the Board’s work. The 2020-21 Board established three goals at the … Continue reading Board Sets Goals for 2020-21 Church Year
The video and slides are now available from the July 29 Zoom meeting presented by Nancy Hagman, MEd, LMHC, on the ongoing impact of Covid-19 and how we are being affected physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. Click here to view slides.
Now that we rely so heavily on technology to produce our Sunday Services as well as other events, UUCP has gotten its own YouTube channel. Click here to see what’s on offer.
On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, UUCP member and physician Jean Siebenaler gave a wonderfully clear and informative update on the Covid-19 pandemic – including what we know about the disease and its effects, current statistics for the nation, Florida, and Escambia County, and what prevention techniques are the most effective. The Zoom presentation was recorded … Continue reading View Now: Understanding the Pandemic by Jean Siebenaler, MD, MPH
Rev. Elaine Marie Buker June 4, 1933 — June 4, 2020 UUCP members and the wider religious community are saddened by the passing of Rev. Elaine Buker, who died June 4, on her 87th birthday. She was a resident of Azalea Trace in Pensacola and was the widow of John Buker. She is survived by her … Continue reading Rev. Elaine Buker, 1933-2020
How Do We Inspire Love? Big things are happening. The month of June saw these developments: Sustained demonstrations against racist police brutality across the nation and internationally, A massive shift in views on race held by most Americans, A powerful mass gathering to end poverty held by the Poor People’s Campaign (https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org), And two landmark … Continue reading President’s Column July 2020
Your friends at UUCP have been giving some thought to the pesky plague now dubbed our Pandemic – and what to do about it. Among their solutions: Talk a little, be funny, tell stories, bang the gong and stitch. Let’s see if these might work for you. Being isolated at the Riviera 615 Condominium doesn’t … Continue reading Our Caring Community
