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Find Ways to Help the Community on “Shared Grace” Website
For more ways to help in the community, visit Shared Grace Tallahassee, a comprehensive listing of local service organizations and donation/volunteer needs at https://www.sharedgracetally.com/
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…
From Your Music Director
First, I want to say that it has been a most inspiring year. The choir has performed quite a lot of pieces for services and the most during Music Sunday since I came to work at UUCT eight years ago. They are truly the muse behind my arrangements and compositions, and I am in the…
The Beautiful Art of Singing
For seven days during my Kundalini Yoga retreat I woke up around three in the morning to the sound of a singing ensemble in preparation for Sadhana. Sikh Dharma International states that “Sadhana means daily spiritual practice. It is the foundation of all spiritual endeavor. Sadhana is your personal, individual spiritual effort. It is…
Last week’s Remembrance Service featured diverse music
The setting in Hebrew of Psalm 23 titled “Adonai Ro-i” by composer Gerald Cohen is perhaps the most popular piece in Jewish America at a Yizkor service, a remembrance service during the Jewish High Holy Days. The setting in Hebrew of Psalm 23 titled “Adonai Ro-i” by composer Gerald Cohen is perhaps the most popular…