Our theme for October is Cultivating Relationships. Each month, members of a UUCP Theme Circle receive a packet of thought-provoking material related to the theme. They then gather to answer questions about their own connection to the ideas presented. For the time being the groups will meet on Zoom. I have found these times of sharing to be an excellent … Continue reading October 2021: From the Minister
March for Voting Rights Changes to Florida’s voting laws will be the focus of a March for Voting Rights — set for midday Saturday at Seville Square in downtown Pensacola. The event is an offshoot of the national March for Voting Rights in Washington, D.C. Besides Florida and the nation’s capital, the marches will take … Continue reading Social Justice Update: September 2021
Fall into CRE Back at home and back to remote gatherings. We didn’t really expect to have in-person classes again until everyone including our littles could be vaccinated. And now that the church has closed down in person gathering it feels like we have been here before. Right? And yet we persisted. And will continue … Continue reading CRE September 2021
The month of September has always been transitional for me. It is naturally full of endings and beginnings, like the end of summer vacation and the beginning of school, and, for gardeners, the end of peak growing season and the beginning of dormancy. It’s a time when we upshift from a leisurely to a more … Continue reading September 2021: From the President
If nothing else, the last year and a half has most certainly opened us up to our September Soul Matters Theme, Embracing Possibility. I look forward to hearing what these thoughts stir in you, when I return from vacation and study leave on September 12. Of all our themes this year, Embracing Possibility is arguably … Continue reading September 2021: From the Minister
Effective immediately, in-person gatherings including Sunday Services are suspended until further notice. This suspension includes tomorrow’s service (August 22). The Board made this decision today based on recent guidance from the UUA, which includes taking our current local infection rates (from the CDC) into consideration. Be on the look out for an email announcement and … Continue reading In-Person Gatherings Suspended
August has 5 Sundays. As is our custom, we will participate in the wider community by donating the enitre 5th Sunday offering to an organization doing good works beyond our walls. On August 29th we will be do-nating our offering to New World Believers Community Center, the project of our friend, Rodney Jones. New World … Continue reading August 2021 5th Sunday Share the Plate
I’m sure you have heard that the Church has reopened for in-person service. I know we are all excited to be together again. BUT not so fast! Our young people are not vaccinated yet. AND they are still welcome in the church but must be masked and socially distanced. Tabbitha has graciously agreed to be … Continue reading CRE: August 2021
In-person services and activities resumed on July 4th, and our gatherings have been a wonderful mix of joy and hope. Independence Day has a new meaning for UUCP. Rumor has it that there is a kind of lull during summer at UUCP with people away on vacation, not much going on and low Sunday attendance. … Continue reading August 2021: From the President
UUCP suspends food & drink and LUUnch BUUnch until further notice (August 11, 2021) In light of recent COVID-19 developments in our broader Escambia community, UUCP leadership has identified risks associated with unmasking and socializing while indoors or in close proximity with others. As such, the UUCP Board has voted to suspend food and beverage … Continue reading Covid-19 Updates
