The Meridian
Safety Update
The church board gave a final review and its approval for two safety related items at the May board meeting. The Weapons Safety Policy and the Statement of Protection sign should be posted soon in the Manual of Policies and Procedures or in various locations in the buildings. Please review these items and know that…
June 2026 Green Sanctuary Good News Corner
Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings without fossil fuels. It involves… sewage! Denver plans to heat and cool a cluster of downtown buildings using a thermal energy network, which will repurpose the city’s old steam system into an “ambient loop” of interconnected buildings. The network will utilize water-source heat pumps, geothermal energy,…
Spring
Spring Is in the air It arrived Without a care Winter’s hard Frost Is melting Spring rain storms Is pelting Sun trumpeters Daffodils are in bloom Up in the trees Japanese magnolia looms Welcome all the festivals Springtime on parade Beads and books And orange marmalade
Shed, Bathrooms, and Playground Blessings
What? Why are these spaces being blessed? Well, why not? A few congregants donated to the Capital Improvement Fund during the 2025/2026 fiscal year, and volunteers were able to fix up the bathrooms by the Sanctuary and replace the maintenance shed in the overflow parking lot. These two projects were on the UUCT Capital Improvement…
March 2026 Board Minutes
6:37 PM – Called to Order Finance Committee Last month’s Finance Committee Report was reviewed and motion to approve was passed. UUA Side With Love and UU The Vote Bonnie is learning more about this program and how we could become a “Good Trouble Congregation”. She will share more as she learns more. Annette let…
Treasurer’s March 2026 Report to the Congregation
Current year pledge receipts in March of $12,456 was 62.2% of our monthly budgeted amount, and less than half of the February amount. Total current year pledges received, including prepaid pledges, comes to 76.4% of the annual pledge total. Prepaid pledges of $1,080 were received, for a total of $2,295 this fiscal year. Other recurring…
Message from the DRE/Worship Leader: May 2026
Happy May! Sylvie is almost six months old already! Time really does fly. This month, our Soul Matters theme is Awakening Curiosity. It begins with a multigenerational Flower Communion! This is one of my favorite UU rituals. Speaking of Awakening Curiosity, have you heard about the new Small Group offerings for UUCT adults? What are…
Capital Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) Celebrates!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for siding with justice and showing up at CAJM’s Nehemiah (Inter)Action on April 21. Unofficially, there were 723 people who leaned into the moment. Bryan Stringer, the CAJM Director, is still crunching the numbers by congregation, but I know UUCT showed up in person and on ZOOM. Mark your…
Felix the Service Dog – An Update
Hello, UUCT Family. Considering Henry and I just had our article all about the wonderful Felix in the last issue of The Meridian, I find it important to update you on the most recent developments. Perhaps it may even give you an inside look at the world of service dogs and their partners. I would…
Earth Day and Earth Month Appreciation
As a means of acknowledging the significance and contributions that have been made by heralding Earth Day awareness, and because it’s still April as I’m writing this, here is a brief history of the movement celebrated every April. Although Earth Day was last month let us reaffirm its importance in this month that follows. Earth…
SUUISI 2026
Welcome to SUUSI — the Southeast Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute – an all ages inclusive summer camp held at the Radford University campus, in Radford, Virginia, from July 19-25. Each summer, an intergenerational group of Unitarians (and adjacent friends) gathers for one unforgettable week of joy, growth, and connection, a vibrant celebration of community, creativity, and Unitarian Universalist…
May 2026 Green Sanctuary Good News Corner
Three Technologies Tackling Climate Change Efforts to address climate change are increasingly turning toward breakthrough technologies that go beyond reducing emissions to actively reshaping how energy and materials are produced. Among the most promising are green hydrogen, ocean-based carbon removal, and carbon-negative materials—each tackling a different piece of the climate puzzle. (Read More) Green hydrogen…