An email was sent on April 16 outlining the 2020-21 budget process and where we stand right now (if you don’t use email, it was sent via U.S. Mail). Believe it or not, this was not a further shakedown for pledges. Your input is needed on next year’s budget before the Annual Congregational Meeting in … Continue reading We Need Your Input!
Moving, traveling – and not traveling – were in our UUCP spotlight in March, as two well-planned abode changes moved along, one vacation trip was re-routed to its advantage, and one adventurer – Jack, “the long lost traveler” – found himself trilling the refrain of an old Kingston Trio favorite, “Will I ever return?” Our … Continue reading Our Caring Community
Let’s Stay in Touch! UUCP is posting Sunday Service videos weekly and is offering other opportunities for connection until we resume in-person gatherings. There are 3 ways to watch the videos: 1. You may watch them on Facebook. 2. Go the home page on our website for the current service, which will be posted during … Continue reading UUCP’s Virtual Connections
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
