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Share the Plate – Grace Mission

Grace Mission is our Share the Plate Partner for Sunday, June 5, 2022. Half of the money collected this Sunday will go to our Share the Plate partner. Grace Mission is rightly called “A transformative ministry of the forgotten.” It has been a downtown Christian community for over 20 years. It was founded in the mid-1990’s […]

Summer Plans for Centering BIPOC Voices

On June 11th we will continue our discussion of “The 1619 Project” covering chapters 9-18. We’ve learned a lot of things we were never taught before and expect to learn even more. In July we’re taking a potluck approach to our reading. Each participant will choose to read or re-read a book taken either from […]

To the Congregation: An Appreciation

Allies for Racial Equity, ARE@UUCT, thanks the congregation for engaging with the 8th Principle over the past nine months. We thank UUCT members for adopting the principle as a congregation at the Annual Meeting on May 22. Quite a few other congregations adopted the principle in May, with the total number of adoptions by UU […]

Board Notes – May 2022

Whew, we’ve had quite a few congregational meetings this spring! Thanks to each of you who attended and participated.  Here’s a link to drafts of the most recent minutes, to be voted on at a future meeting. Congregational minutes, May 15 and May 22, 2022 It’s an exciting time for the Board, anticipating the upcoming […]

Wondering About Worship?

What kind of worship service speaks to your soul? Have you ever considered preaching, leading a service, or helping to plan a collaborative service such as a poetry Sunday? We would love you hear your ideas! As we move into the summer, I would like to invite folx to meet and participate in planning services. […]

Beyond Welcome Discussion Series

Rev. Holly Brown and Robin Gray invite you to join in any or all of five sessions to inspire building the Beloved Community in our midst. Saturdays at 2:00 PM – May 7 to June 4, UUCT Campus Wednesdays at 6:30 PM – May 11 to June 8, Zoom Each session will require only about […]

Food For Thought Returning May 12th!

It’s time to gather in person once again! For our next Food For Thought – A Healthier You, a Healthier Planet meeting we will gather in Room L on Thursday, May 12th at 6:00 PM.  It’ll be great to see everyone again!  Please bring your own dinner or a healthy snack to munch on.  Along with striving to […]

UUCT Bathroom Blues

The past few months have been great! I’ve seen so many people at the church that I am starting to feel normal again.  Unfortunately, with so many people at church now, our bathrooms aren’t faring so well. First, we had problems flushing toilets in the bathrooms by the Sanctuary. We called the plumber out and […]

A Better Way to Support a UUCT 8th Principle

The proposed 8th Principle calls on us to: Dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions. I agree with adding such a Principle to the existing 7 and with taking action to implement it. What I don’t support is the lengthy wording proposed for adoption by our Congregation. That wording is: “We covenant […]