The Meridian
Board Minutes July 2025
6:38 PM – Called to OrderOpening words and Chalice Lighting was led by Annette Pearce. Following a check-in with all attendees, the agenda was reviewed and revised. All voted to move final June meeting minutes to August’s agenda. The board accepted the Finance Committee reports for June without opposition. MPPGwendolyn Waldorf will continue working on…
Treasurer’s July 2025 Report to the Congregation and More!
Fiscal year 2025-26 got off to a slow start with current year pledges of $9,644, or 50% of the monthly budget. By including prepaid pledges, total current year pledges received comes to 23.3% of the annual pledge total. Prior year pledges totaling $360 were received, bringing FY 2024-25 pledges received to 96.4% of the amount…
DRE and Worship Updates September 2025
Happy September! This is one of my favorite months. My husband and I both have September birthdays, I love the fall equinox, and it means that Halloween is getting closer. This year, it also means my baby’s expected arrival is getting ever closer! I am very excited about that. As we enter this month of…
What’s Going on Behind the Scenes at UUCT?
Greetings All! Most of you attend UUCT on Sundays and don’t know much about what happens at UUCT during the week. One of our recent large projects was pressure washing the walkways and then hiring Enviro-Mist, Inc. to pressure wash the roof on the sanctuary and clean the north side of the Annex building. We…
We Show Up! Capital Area Justice News
Capital Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) is a coalition of 22 congregations who show up for social justice in our area. UUCT has been a member since its formation. This summer, CAJM earned success concerning affordable rental housing after four years of people power applied to this purpose! The Leon County Commission voted to include funds…
Crosswalk Art at UUCT?
Lately, in the “news”, there has been a huge effort made to remove crosswalk art on public roads in Florida. I had recently seen the crosswalks near the Leon County Courthouse and was excited to propose doing some artwork on the crosswalks at UUCT. I had barely got that idea ready to propose before things…
Have You Heard of The Vera Institute?
The Vera Institute, an organization with 200 workers and founded in 1961, has a mission of trying to mitigate mass incarceration. Think of what will happen when billions of dollars in the big budget bill lead to rounding up thousands of immigrants. And most of these will be put in for profit prisons where profits…
Oh No! The AC is Out! What Do We Do? Who Do We Contact?
Good news! We now have building emergency or incident guidelines to help you figure out what to do at UUCT. The guidelines are set up on a room-to-room basis, so that each room can have its own set of instructions. Staff, volunteers, and members should be familiar with this information, so that everyone knows what…
September 2025 Green Sanctuary Good News Corner: When Getting in Hot Water is a Good Thing
If I had gotten into trouble as a youngster growing up my Mom would always say, “You’re in hot water now”. I knew exactly what she meant from experience, and it usually resulted in a stern scolding and some unwanted consequence. However, in Boise, Idaho, being in hot water ends up being a very good…
The Safety Corner
At some point in time, we will need to have a fire drill from the sanctuary… Yikes! Where will you go? Who will you help? Where are the fire extinguishers? Who does what? Who do we listen to? Or, what happens if there is a shooter? What if ICE agents visit? Right now, we don’t…
UUMFE Community Read Schedule
The Schedule for the community read of “What if We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures” is available at this link: https://www.uumfe.org/community-read-2025-26/ More information is at this link and you may also use this to register for the Zoom link for the nine week sessions. Hope you are able to join for all or some…
Treasurer’s June 2025 Report to the Congregation
Fiscal year 2024-25 ended in June with pledge income of $23,696 that was almost $2,900 over the monthly budget. Current year pledge receipts are 96.3% of annual budget when prepaid pledges are included. Since June 30 was the end of our fiscal year, it was time to record income from the Endowment Fund that was needed…