Category: The Meridian

The UUCT newsletter, The Meridian, is digital and is emailed to subscribed congregation members, guests, and friends.

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All the articles and announcements contained in the newsletters are below.

Donate to Manna on Meridian

Manna on Meridian is always taking donations of the shelf stable food items listed below: Non sugar cereals Pasta sauce (plastic jars) Spaghetti Pasta Macaroni and cheese Peanut butter (plastic jars Canned veggies (green beans, corn, peas) Canned tuna Canned chicken Oatmeal (instant or quick Canned Soup Manna also has a “misc” table. In non-COVID times, guests go […]

Lunch Bunch: In the New Normal

Coming in August the Lunch Bunch will be meeting twice a month via Zoom on alternate Wednesdays.  Keep your eye on the Meridian for the actual dates. Join others in our community for a casual gathering with no particular agenda. Bring something to eat or not. This is a purely social time, a way to meet […]

Phonebanking with New Florida Majority from UUA

Hi Everyone, UU the Vote is very excited to launch this partnership. New Florida Majority https://newfloridamajority.org/ is working to turnout millions of voters in Florida. They are reaching out to people who are marginalized and get targeted for voter suppression. They are also reaching out more broadly as people are concerned about the pandemic, about […]

Voter Suppression: That’s What Racism Looks Like

In half an hour of watching the video Suppressed: the Fight to Vote you can learn what happened in the 2018 election to suppress the vote. It was more than poll closures and voter purges. It was not by accident, it was a carefully planned strategy that was targeted to suppress the votes in African-American communities. It […]

Honoring One of Our Own- Tom Chase

There will be a private family memorial service this coming Saturday, July 25th.  Cards can be sent to the family c/o Tom’s daughter Beth Hollister, 1800 Old Fort Dr., Tallahassee 32301

Message from the DRE

July 2020 – Message from the DRE Have you received enough messages about these challenging and unprecedented times yet? After nearly five months of coping with the pandemic and who-knows how many more to go, I think I’ll be happy if I never hear those phrases again. So how about this: In a groundbreaking opportunity […]

Ethical Eating Evenings at UUCT!

In January, when we gathered for an Ethical Eating Evening, we viewed the video, Wasted! The Story of Food Waste.  We learned about the amount of food waste in our society and how by cutting back on food waste, we will be helping hungry people, animals and climate change, as well! Please join us this month […]

Ethical Eating

Ethical Eating Evenings – Friday November 22nd at 6:00 pm. We had a lovely Ethical Eating gathering on the evening of October 25th, when we all shared a bountiful plant-based meal.  After our dinner, Ed Oaksford made a presentation discussing the following four ethical reasons to adopt a plant-based diet. First of all, a whole-food plant-based […]

The UUCT Green Sanctuary Movement is Re-Awakening

Just in case you were unaware that our Church is a formally accredited “Green Sanctuary,” I want to share some background. In May of 2006, UUCT formally applied for accreditation as a “Green Sanctuary” UU Church after a multi-year quest. The Green Sanctuary Committee led the church through the accreditation process to satisfy a checklist […]