Dear UU Members, We would like to invite you to our second Text Study. Please join us for fellowship, prayer, and studying our sacred texts from through the lenses of social justice. The text studies are an opportunity for us all to stand united during this public health crisis while continuing to grow our strength … Continue reading Invite to JUST Pensacola Text Study
Focus on what you love, rather than what you fear. These are words that keep coming back to me, in this time since life became unrecognizable. It’s not easy though. Not knowing is almost always worse than whatever we know. When we know what will happen we can begin to make plans. Somehow that makes us feel more … Continue reading From Our Minister
A message from our UUA President, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, to our congregations: Someone said to me recently, “We pull through this by pulling together.” Those words have stayed with me. They remind me that I am not in this alone, that we are in this together, and that we are strong when we lean on … Continue reading A message from our UUA President
What to do What do you do when you can’t do anything except sit around the house ’cause it’s dangerous out there? I found a fallen magnolia blossom this morning on the squirrels’ lunch table out back, and brought it inside… and it’s given the kitchen a lovely smell. (My success of the day!) I … Continue reading A Smile for You
For Emergency Preparedness & Social Networking In the event of potential emergencies, disasters and church closings, we will activate the phone tree to determine, for each of the neighborhood groups, who plans to stay and who plans to leave. We will then coordinate assistance for people who need it, as best we can. Please feel free … Continue reading Neighborhood Cluster Groups
UUCP plans to post Sunday Service videos weekly as well as offer other opportunities for connection until we resume in-person gatherings. As our remote Sunday Services become available for viewing, there are 4 ways to watch our services. You can watch the services on Facebook. Watch for an email on Sunday morning with the link. … Continue reading Cancellations continue, but we’ll stay in touch…
Practicing Community Care in Our Congregations – from the UUA We know there are and will continue to be significant emotional and economic hardships. This is a global public health emergency and we all will need more support in different ways. Working from home with kids and partners and roommates; figuring out the technical aspects … Continue reading How Do We Celebrate Diversity
As I write this, I am still processing what COVID-19 means for our community, our nation, and our world. I’m guessing many of us feel the same. Having survived extreme weather, natural disasters, and even military-imposed curfew as a humanitarian worker in the Middle East, I haven’t seen anything yet like the COVID-19 pandemic. We … Continue reading President’s Column
My Dear Congregation, Each day, actually each hour, brings news and change. By the time I write this letter to you something in our close-knit community, or in our world may change. Know that your minister and church leadership are doing our best to stay on top of what is happening around us, as we … Continue reading Words from Our Minister
This month I’d like to share with you some thoughts from our exploration of the question, What Does It Mean to Be a People of Wisdom? When the topic of wis-dom comes up, so do the usual images. Walls and walls filled with dusty old books. Elders with the wisdom of many years carved into … Continue reading From Our Minister
