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Welcome Visitors

A Special Welcome to First-time Visitors:

We're glad you're visiting with us online and hope you'll take the next step, to come visit with us during our Sunday worship services or other church events. We celebrate our rich diversity and we welcome people from all walks of life, all religious backgrounds, all races, all sexual orientations. We've been in the Gainesville area for more than 50 years, and have earned an outstanding reputation for longstanding involvement with social justice issues, including civil rights struggles.

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Get Involved!

There are tons of ways to get involved here at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville.

We have Circles of Life, Discussions and Classes, Musical groups, Committees, Activities and Events, Gatherings, and more! We have things for all ages and situations including singles, retirees, families, shut-ins, GLBTQI and youth. And we have various opportunities for spiritual practice, including journaling, Zen meditation, walking our labyrinth,and service to others. Come find out how your life can be enriched here and how you can enrich us!

UUSC Emergency Response

UUA and UUSC joint relief effort

UUSC and the UUA have launched a joint relief fund to help the survivors of the devastating Haiti earthquake.
See UUSC.org for more information and to donate online.

March Services, 11 AM

March 7
Harry Potter & the Seven Principles.
Rev. LoraKim Joyner.
This is an intergenerational service, which means all ages stay for the entire service as we let the magic of story, sermon, and music tell us more about our Unitarian Universalist faith. Come dressed as your favorite Harry Potter character. Also, during the service we will be passing on the Nimbus 2000 seeker broom for one family to keep for one year—but you have to come to be eligible to receive it. If you didn’t already receive a handout for home faith discussion and activities regarding what Harry Potter has to say about Unitarian Universalism, you may contact the UUFG Office. Please turn these into Rev. Joyner by the 2nd of March. We thank Lisa Parker and her family for bringing the idea of this service to us through their generous auction purchase of a sermon topic.
11th Sunday of Winter—4th UU Source:
Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.

March 14
Engaged Spirituality.
Rev. LoraKim Joyner.
After meeting for 5 months, the Engaged Spirituality Circle of Life has shared with one another understandings and experiences of the resources in their lives for engaging social and environmental issues fully, with joy and action. Today we reflect on how we as Unitarian Universalists may nurture our spirits to heal the world.
12th Sunday of Winter—5th UU Source:
Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.

March 21
The Trouble with Diversity.
Rev. Meredith Garmon.
Does the celebration of cultural and ethnic difference obscure our yawning economic divide? Does our enthusiastic affirmation of differences mask our neglect of a difference that matters most—the one between rich and poor? What do we make of the charge that diversity fails to offer a premise for social justice?
13th Sunday of Winter—6th UU Source:
Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

March 28
Dancing with Nature.
Revv. Meredith Garmon and LoraKim Joyner.
There will be no worship service at our 34th Street location – the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville convenes this Sunday morning at Camp Montgomery.
1st Sunday of Spring—7th UU Source:
Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.

Welcome

A home for liberal religion in North Central Florida, committed to lifelong spiritual growth and compassionate service to each other, our community, and the earth.

Come and Nurture Your Spirit and Help Heal the World.
We are a Welcoming Congregation.
We have signed and uphold the Earth Charter.

If you are new to Unitarian Universalism, we welcome you and invite you to attend our Sunday services and look in our New Visitors web area.

It's been a big change going to an electronic newsletter. The March Millhopper is available online for Members (click here!). If you wish to be subscribed to the Millhopper by mail, please mail a $25 check made out to UUFG for the annual subscription; include "Millhopper subscription" in the memo line and send to the church office. This charge is for printing/mailing costs.

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Pastoral Letter: Haiti