Adult Small Groups
Welcome to the Small Group Program
for Fall 2019!
UCG's Small Group Program is an unusually diverse and rich set of offerings that strengthens our community through shared experiences. It continues to thrive only through the thoughtful engagement of both leaders and participants. We hope that you will find within these pages some offerings that fit your interests and schedule this Spring. Registering for a small group signals your firm commitment to attend all sessions, thereby honoring the strong offering of time and energy made by each leader. If you cannot commit to the full duration of a certain group, please refrain from registering and allow someone else to take your place. And if you have ideas for future groups, or are moved to lead one yourself, by all means let the Small Group Committee know! Let’s keep growing this program together.
Spiritual Exploration
Morning Prayer
If you long for a time of quiet reflection, in the company of kindred souls, join us for Friday morning prayer. We gather in the Chapel in silence, followed by a reading from scripture and a resonating poem. We break into small groups to share our thoughts and to pray for one another. Following a short blessing and singing “Alleluia” together, we end promptly at 8:45. The leadership is shared by participants who volunteer. Open to anyone. Walk-ins welcome!
Leader: Sandy Reimer
Dates: Fridays, ongoing
Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
Place: UCG Chapel
Live Oak Sangha
A Sangha is a community that lives and practices in harmony and awareness. We are guided, supported, and encouraged by the Dharma teachings of the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Our practice is the cultivation of mindfulness, out of which arises understanding, joy, compassion, and transformation. As a Sangha, our practice is made up of many elements such as listening to the bell, walking meditation, smiling, embracing our suffering, mindful breathing, sitting meditation, chanting, and singing. If you would like to join us on Wednesday evenings, all that we ask is that you have some familiarity with Thich Nhat Hanh (perhaps have read one of his many books) and be truly interested in mindfulness practice. If you decide to join us, we hope you will come to find and enjoy safe refuge in this humble and noble Sangha.
Leaders: Mark Burlingame, Cindy Bergbower, and Tom Bergbower
Dates: Wednesdays, ongoing
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Place: UCG Sanctuary
Limit: This is an ongoing group which has been meeting for several years with limited space available for new members. The group leader will contact all those interested in participating.
Swamp Sangha
Swamp Sangha is an independent mindfulness meditation group that meets weekly in the UCG Chapel. Join us for 30 minutes of meditation followed by a short reading and discussion and/or some mindful movement (qi gong, breathing exercises, or gentle "street clothes" yoga.) On the first Friday of each month, instruction and practice tips are the focus of the meeting. The sangha is free and all are welcome.
“I enter a swamp as a sacred place, a sanctum sanctorum… I seemed to have reached a new world, so wild a place…far away from human society. What’s the need of visiting far-off mountains and bogs, if a half-hour’s walk will carry me into such wildness and novelty.” – Henry David Thoreau
Co-Leaders: Nancy Wright, Anne Seraphine, Nancy Lasseter, and Darrell Hartman
Dates: Fridays, ongoing
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Place: UCG Chapel
Touching Our True Nature: The Practice of Stopping, Calming, and Resting One-Day Meditation Retreat
“Resting is a very important practice. Our physical body needs rest to restore itself, and our consciousness is no different.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
A one-day meditation retreat will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at UCG. During this retreat we will have a chance to join with each other in sitting meditation, walking meditation, a silent meal, mindful movement, deep relaxation, mindful sharing and listening, and other practices that will help us to stop and cultivate healing and insight. There is no cost to attend this retreat although donations will be accepted in the spirit of dana (generosity) and will be used by UCG to support the mission of the church. Once we have confirmed your attendance, you will be contacted and provided additional information regarding the retreat.
Leader: Mark Burlingame
Date: Saturday, November 16
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Place: UCG Reimer Hall
Coffee and Conversation: Zealot by Reza Aslan
Join Andy Bachmann for some coffee and conversation around the book, “Zealot” by Reza Aslan. We’ll gather on Wednesday mornings at 8 am starting on September 25th and will cover 4 chapters per week. Our last gathering will be on Wednesday, October 23rd.
Leader: Andy Bachmann
Dates: Wednesdays, Sept. 25, Oct.2, Oct. 9, Oct. 16, Oct. 23
Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
Place: UCG Kitchen, (Library for October 23rd only)
Personal Growth
Sacred Sound Symphony
In the years I have been playing the bowls, I have come to feel their presence as a beautiful choir. Stress is relieved, and the body/system receives a full internal massage. This is an incredible gift to give yourself, preparing you to be the best you can be for the upcoming events of the week. Come as often as you are able. Thank you for your presence.
Leader: Sapphira (Cindy Bergbower)
Dates: 2nd Sunday of the month, ongoing
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: UCG Sanctuary
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Group
This support group for caregivers and family of those with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia will offer information, resources, opportunities for sharing, and a network of support. This is an ongoing support group, open to the public as well.
Leaders: Tom Summers, Dar Mikula, Leigh Baker and Norma Berger
Dates: 3rd Tuesdays of the month, ongoing
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: UCG Library
Simple Living - Get out of the Hamster Wheel
How complicated is your life?
Our family of four left a six-figure job in Germany five years ago to get out of the Hamster Wheel. A journey around the world started: India, Mid-East, Fiji, USA. We just want to live simple, off grid, grow food, homeschool, live fully, fulfill higher purposes, reconnect with God and nature. Is it normal that we work our ass off, stressed, hating our job, to just get through with the mortgage? Is it normal that we eat food that we don't trust, that we eat food that is toxic for us? Is it normal that our children are exposed to toxic influences and we cannot do more than observe? Are cancer, depression, burn-out, diabetes, gluten-allergies and other modern illnesses normal? What are our options in a toxic world? How can we disentangle and declutter, to live fully and focus on purposeful goals? We have been doing it for five years and want to share proven models for change, methodologies that make you uncover the hidden beliefs, that keep you from thriving towards your dreams, that keep you stuck in stuff and clutter that is not serving you anymore. Join us in Simple Living!
Leader: Bharat Ben Berwing
Date: Sunday, October 13
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Place: UCG Seminar B
Limit: 12
Holiday Stress-Busters
The Holidays are coming! The Holidays are coming! Many Americans admit to feeling stress when they contemplate the upcoming Season of Joy. What’s it like for you? Any concerns about (fill in your personal blanks) family expectations, anticipated expense, overloaded social calendar, challenging relatives, work demands, travel, etc.? If you answered even a tentative maybe, this workshop may be for you. UCG member and retired Unitarian Universalist minister Maureen Killoran will share tools she developed during her work as a Life Coach to help us identify and focus areas of strength most present in our lives right now. Warning: this workshop may lead to personal change.
Leader: Maureen Killoran
Date: Wednesday, November 6
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: West Wing
Limit: 12
Ortho-Bionomy & Visceral Restrictions
I have been practicing Ortho-Bionomy for over 20 years and have developed gentle techniques for interacting with visceral adhesions and patterns that cause pain. I would like to share a lecture and demonstration of these techniques for addressing a range of processes from reducing stress by softening specific glands to releasing adhesions between organs to expanding joints and breaking up scarring.
Leader: Kalpesh R Patel
Date: Sunday, October 6
Times: 12:30pm
Location: UCG Seminar B
Preparing a Child to Succeed in Learning to Read
Every year, bright, articulate children who have been read to in their pre-school years, begin Kindergarten or first grade and, to everyone’s surprise, encounter difficulty in learning to read. As wonderful as reading aloud is, it isn’t always sufficient. The purpose of these small group meetings is to provide practical ways to develop the concepts and skills that children need for a successful launch into beginning reading and writing. As we learn and practice effective ways to promote a child’s emerging literacy, we will clarify exactly what knowledge and skills we’re helping to develop and why. Participants are encouraged to bring a book, or books, that they’re reading aloud to a child and time will be devoted in each meeting to examining and discussing the books. The meetings are designed for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or other caring adults in a child’s life. The focus will be on preventing the development of a problem.
If a child has already completed kindergarten or first grade and is struggling, some, if not all of content covered, may be helpful. However, if a youngster is beyond the primary grades, these meetings will not be adequate preparation for the provision of remedial instruction of the type that such children usually require.
Leader: Nora Lee Hoover, Ed.D. (Nora is the developer of Reading Rescue®, a first-grade literacy intervention under wide adoption in New York City schools. On the first page of the . site, there’s paragraph describing what Reading Rescue is and, further down on the page, information about Nora.)
Dates: Wednesdays, September 25, October 2 and 9
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: UCG Seminar A
Limit: 8
The Impact of Emotions on our Health
As more is learned about the human energy system an increasing connection between the body and the emotions has become apparent. When an original traumatic event occurs the body "records" the event automatically and subconsciously. This happens with no mental effort or awareness and the recording can be filed away as neutral, positive or negative at the time of the experience. If the body interprets the event as neutral or positive no conflict is stored in the system that could cause systemic discord.
However, if the event is interpreted by the autonomic nervous system as a threatening or unsafe experience, the event is stored in the body and limbic system and can create conflict, confusion and lack of clarity in one's system.
With energy psychology/kinesiology techniques these stuck/chronic patterns causing discord in the system can be located and released with ease by a person trained in behavioral/applied kinesiology. This small group is educational, informative and voluntarily participatory. It is designed to open your mind to new ideas and thoughts that have the potential to create more insight, clarity, happiness and health in your life. The group is limited to 12 people and each person must be committed to attending all three sessions.
Leader: Sandy Jones
Dates: Tuesdays, October 1, 8, and 15
Times: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: UCG Seminar A
Limit: 12
Cultivating Self-Love
What I've found to be the root of all of my struggle in life - feeling dissatisfied, frustrated, anxious, and stressed - has been a lack of loving and accepting myself where I'm at. I want to share with you tools to begin to accept yourself as you are, give yourself empathy, treat yourself with care and gentleness, and shift the pattern of self-hatred that is so rampant in our world. Cultivate the self love that will allow you to feel loved no matter what is going on around you, because "wherever you go, there you are."
Leader: Eze Sanchez
Dates: Thursdays, November 7,14, and 21
Times: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Place: UCG Seminar B
Limit: 12
Step Parents Connect, Support and Unite
Families come in all shapes and sizes. Blended families in particular can present unique challenges. One of these challenges is the role of stepparents. If you find yourself in a stepparent role this group might be for you. This group is inclusive of all the stepparents of the world including those from mix-gender and same-gender couples both married and not married and those previously married (as well as those never planning to marry.) It’s a group to support the parents of “kids” that we may not have birthed or raised initially but we embrace and love and care for in all the ways we do in addition to our partners. It’s a group to find support, encouragement, and understanding for this unique role we all share. Please know that the word stepparent is broadly defined so if you have questions about whether or not this group is for you please contact the group leader.
The group leader identifies as a stepparent as well as a mental health provider, however this group is not a therapy group.
Leader: Angela Koivula
Dates: Sundays
Times: TBD
Place: TBD
Limit: 10
Big Stories, Tiny Books
Do you ever feel like you have stories and images inside you that you don’t know how to get out? Interested in how we store memories in our bodies? Want to write, create, and share about being a person in a body in the world? We will use a few exercises from somatic experiencing (a body-based psychology approach to healing), some creative writing prompts, and simple art supplies to make little books about the big questions, experiences, and feelings in our lives. Bring an open mind and dress comfortably, as we will do a few gentle movement exercises each session, in addition to writing and art-making.
Leader: Kristen Stone
Dates: Sundays, October 6,13, 20, and 27
Times: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Place: UCG Room 9
Limit: 15
Matter of Balance
Matter of Balance is an evidenced based eight week program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels in older adults. Participants will learn to view falls as controllable, set goals to increase activity, make changes to reduce fall risk, and exercise to increase strength and balance. Those who may want to attend include anyone concerned about falls, anyone interested in improving balance, flexibility and strength, anyone who has fallen in the past and anyone who has restricted activities because of falling concerns. This program is sponsored by Elder Options.
Leader: Betty Flagg
Date: Mondays; Sept. 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: UCG Reimer Hall
Limit: 12
Service Groups
Family Promise
Four times a year, UCG becomes a home to families in transition. We need lots of volunteers to help with everything from preparing the church to be a cozy home to providing meals for our guests. We need all the help we can get, to share the love of UCG with our friends in need. Sign-up now to express your interest and we will contact you when we’re ready to sign-up specific jobs.
Leader: Lisa Ingram
Dates: The week of October 20 - 27
Times: various
Place: UCG
Dinner at St. Francis House
We will prepare and serve dinner to 35 people at St. Francis house one weeknight in October, November and December. We will need 6 to 8 volunteers each month to prepare and serve the meal.
Leader: Dennis Comfort & Compassion In Action Committee
Dates: Fridays, October 4, November 1, and December 6
Times: 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Place: Dinner at St. Francis House
Limit: 8
Rebuilding Together
For several years now, UCG volunteers of all skill levels have come together to complete critical home repairs for the elderly, disabled, and/or low-income homeowners of Alachua County. Rebuilding Together of North Central Florida coordinates these efforts with local businesses and social justice groups like ours. This fall we will be working the two Saturday mornings of October 19 and October 26. Our primary job this year will be to paint the exterior of the house plus the kitchen and bathroom. Contact Tom Bergbower at 481-4497 for any questions.
Leader: Tom Bergbower
Date: Saturdays, October 19 and 26
Time: TBA
Place: Offsite
NAMI Gainesville Walk/5K
NAMI Gainesville sponsors an annual Walk, hoping to raise some funds for local NAMI programs. More importantly, we walk to raise awareness, and to lower, and eventually eliminate, stigma. This year NAMI Gainesville's Walk will be a 5K walk/run. You are invited to participate in any way, however known, come walk with the UCG NAMI Walk Team by signing up for this Small Group. There is no fee involved in participating on the UCG NAMI Walk Team. For more information got to gainesville
Leader: Joan Stevens
Date: Saturday, November 2
Time: Check-in: 8:00am Start time:9:00am
Location: Westwood Middle School
SAVVY Caregiver Training
The SAVVY Caregiver program is a FREE evidenced based, seven-week training designed for caregivers, family, or friends who assist persons with dementia including Alzheimer’s disease. Information presented will include discussion of different types of dementia and disease progression, caregiver self-care, responding to challenging behaviors, setting caregiver goals, and information on community resources. This program is sponsored by Elder Options. Please call Renee Horne at 352-692-5226 to register. The training starts October 1 and will be held at UCG from 1:00 to 3:00.
SAVVY Caregiver Training (continued)
Leader: Renee Horne
Dates: Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12
Times: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Place: UCG Reimer Hall
Limit: 20
CWC Volunteer Energy Coach Training
Help your community and planet in a hands-on way! Volunteers are trained during a three-part, 12-hour workshop how to perform home energy tune-ups for local families. Learn how to inspect homes, review utility bills, and install items such as water-saving shower heads to save energy, water, and money for low-income renters and homeowners throughout Alachua County. CWC's three-part training will take place October/November, with the first two sessions to be held in UCG's Reimer Hall (specific dates TBD. Note: This training is only offered twice a year, so don't miss out!)
Leader: Alane Humrich
Dates: Tuesdays, October 1 and 8; Saturday, October 12
Times: October 1 & 8; 4:30pm - 9:00pm
Saturday October 12 9:00am - 3:00pm
Place: Tuesdays in Reimer Hall, Saturday Offsite
Holiday Decorating
Help us decorate UCG inside and out for the Holiday season! The Board of Parish Ministry will need 10-15 people to help us decorate the courtyard with wreaths, garland and lights between services on November 24th. We also need help after the 2nd service decorating the Christmas Tree and Sanctuary. Take down will take place the first or second week of January. If you can help, please register today or sign-up outside the Church Office in early November.
Leader: Board of Parish Ministry
Date: Sunday, November 24 and take down date is TBA
Time: 10:15am - 11:10am
Place: UCG Campus
Pride Parade Float Design and Construction
Help us design and build a fabulous and meaningful UCG float for the 2019 Pride Parade! No artistic or construction skills required. Of course, all artists, designers and building construction gurus are appreciated!
Leader: Open & Affirming Committee
Date: October 3,10,25, and 26 (Pride Day)
Times: 7:00 pm for October 3,10, and 25; 7:30am on October 26
Place: Room 9
Limit: 25
Arts, Fellowship & Recreation
Ukulele Club of Gainesville
The Ukulele Club of Gainesville is an ongoing, year-round group that is open and welcoming, happy to have new members of every skill level at any time of the year. Beginners meet separately to learn the chords and strumming patterns before joining the main group to practice various songs in Seminar B. We enjoy several opportunities to play for the congregation and the wider community during the year, and regularly share information about other ukulele-related local events. Like us on Facebook to see our photos and news!
Leader: Mary Fukuyama and Vic Harrell
Dates: 1st and 3rd Mondays, ongoing
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: UCG Sanctuary
Picnic in the Park
Join friends and make new ones while enjoying nature in a different park each month. After picnicking we may go for a short walk or just enjoy visiting with each other. The food (potluck) and the company are always delightful.
Leaders: Judy Munselle
Dates: Sundays, October 6, November 3, & December 1
Time: 12:30pm
Place: Various Parks, TBA
Sunday Afternoon at the HIPP
Let’s go to the Hippodrome on Sunday afternoon and watch a film together. After, we’ll have dinner at Liquid Ginger for fellowship and a chance to talk about the film. Participating in this group requires some flexibility. The title of the film will probably not be confirmed until a week before our scheduled date. The show time will not be confirmed until the Tuesday preceding our Sunday gathering, at the earliest.
Leader: Carol Sarisky
Date: TBA
Time: TBA, depends upon movie schedule
Place: Hippodrome Theater Cinema, Liquid Ginger
Limit: 30 participants
Cost: Members will pay for their own film tickets and dinners.
UCG Good Men Drinking Beer (GMDB)
This group is open to all UCG men who are interested in meeting with other UCG men to socialize and drink beer or non-alcoholic beverages at a local brew pub. We meet on the first Friday of each month. To join the e-mail listserv that announces each meeting, send an e-mail to Tim Martin (tamartin@ufl.edu.)
Leader: Tim Martin
Date: First Friday of each month
Time: 4:30pm
Place: Local Brewery, TBA each month
Beginning Hand Building Ceramics
This 2-session Small Group is geared for beginning hand builders who want to expand their horizons and explore an array of techniques for making functional pottery pieces with soft clay slabs. You will learn to use a variety of clay molds to create serving pieces and then decorate the surfaces using multiple techniques.
During the 1st session, you will make 2-3 pieces and during the 2nd class you will glaze your pieces. The workshop includes plenty of demonstrations and an opportunity for personal creativity and fun.
Leader: Reisa George and Sallie Maxwell
Date: Saturdays, October 19 and 26
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Place: Arts and Crafts Studio, Reitz Union UF
Limit: 7
Cost: $15.00 to be paid to UF at first session; Clay $13.00 payable to Reisa George in cash
Dances of Universal Peace
Simple and much beloved dances celebrating sacred chants
and songs from many faiths & traditions. Dances are from 3:00 – 5:00pm followed by a potluck till 6:30pm. Live music always! Beginners welcomed. Bring friends!
Leader: Nurallah Eleanor Briseno
Date: 2nd Saturdays of the month, ongoing (Exception: November meeting will be on November 16)
Time: 3:00pm - 6:30pm
Place: West Wing
UCG Drum Circle
Mickey Hart once said, "The voice of the drum is a spirit thing." Join us on the first and third Thursdays of each month for an hour of healing rhythm. Renew your spirit. Calm your mind. And enjoy the experience of unity as everyone's drumbeats morph into one rhythm…a song of healing and hope! Come if you have drummed for years. Participate if you have never drummed before. Everyone is welcome. This small group is active year-round. Come when you can! Please bring your own drum. If you don't have a drum, please contact Leigh Baker so we can make arrangements.
Leader: Leigh Baker and Nancy Ryan
Date: First and third Thursdays of each month, ongoing
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Place: UCG Reimer Hall
Knitting 101: Cotton Dishcloth
Learn the fundamentals of creating fabric with yarn and knitting needles. Knitting offers an avenue to creative expression and the opportunity to explore a tactile, visual and written language. We will create one or two cotton dishcloths using the fundamental stitches, knit and purl. From casting on to binding off, embrace the challenge as your mind and hands explore the process of hand knitting. Ages 14 and up welcome. First pair of needles and yarn provided at initial meeting.
Leader: Rhonda Clark
Date: October 12,16,19,23,30
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Place: UCG Library
Limit: 5
Poetry and Potluck
Participants will bring printed copies of poems to read to the group, originals or favorites. After potluck food and visiting, we'll relax and enjoy poems read by everyone.
Leader: Art and Mary Crummer
Date: Friday, October 11
Time: 6:30pm
Place: The Crummer’s House
Limit: 20
Friends & Family Tabletop Gaming Night
Bring your friends and family for a gaming night of EPIC proportions! Board games aren't just limited to Sorry, Monopoly, or Yahtzee anymore. Come out and learn how to play all types of games from fun cards or dice games; like Sushi Go!, Exploding Kittens, 3 Dragon Ante, and Tenzi to nontraditional board games like Betrayal at House on the Hill, Pandemic, and even a giant sized Jenga and so much more! This is a group for ages 6 and up. If you would like to bring a game to share, please do!
Leader: Shanna Swiers
Date: Friday, December 6
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Place: UCG Reimer Hall
Never too old--to be young at art!
Come out and play with Susan and bring along your inner child (aka wanna be artist). We are offering a half day painting workshop for adults who want to give their creative selves a place to explore and have fun. We will take our lead from artist Peter Max who once was quoted as saying “I fell in love with color and got the bug.” Come in your messy cloths and bring along a story to share about someone you love and hold near to your heart. All art materials will be provided. Also, please bring snacks to share and remember to leave the naysayers at home.
Leader: Susan Johnson
Date: Saturday, October 19
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Place: UCG Reimer Hall
Limit: 12
Potluck and Mary Oliver
Bring your favorite Mary Oliver writing (poetry or prose) and food to share with the group. We will eat and then read our Mary Oliver offering, telling us if you are so moved how you made this choice. Please bring enough copies to share with the group.
Leader: Susan Cary
Date: Friday, October 18
Time: 6:00pm
Place: UCG West Wing
Limit: 20
Solstice Sunset at Sweetwater Wetlands
According to The Farmers' Almanac, the Winter Solstice this year is on Saturday December 21st. Sunset is at 5:34 p.m. The park closes at sunset and the entry gate closes thirty minutes before that. We can gather at 4:30 as daylight wanes and see the big sky at Sweetwater Wetlands at sunset. Especially if there are scattered clouds, it should be beautiful. In case of total sun-blocking clouds or rain, we will re-schedule. A lovely way to mark the change of seasons. You can bring snacks to share, if you are so moved. $5.00 admission per vehicle.
Leader: Susan Cary
Date: Saturday, December 21
Time: 4:30pm
Place: Sweetwater Wetlands Park
Price: $5.00 admission per vehicle
Flea Market Flip – UCG Style
Flea Market Flip, an HGTV show, takes furniture bought at a flea market and transforms it into chic & beautiful pieces. For this small group, we will watch the show for inspiration then go to local thrift shops, garage sales and The Repurpose Project to get our project (if you have one at home that’s great). We will then repurpose them into amazing pieces that we can keep for our homes or donate them to UCG for the YU/MST Fundraiser auctions. Join me as we create great repurposed furniture!
Leader: Maureen Cox
Date: Saturdays, October 5, 12, 19; November 2 & 9
Time: 10:00am
Place: Various Locations
Limit: 16
Awe-Inspiring Edifices and Religious Art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Remember the sense of grief you felt when you heard that Notre Dame was burning? What is it about Gothic cathedrals that makes people – even those who are not religious -- stand in awe? How did medieval builders, whose names were not even recorded, manage to erect these awe-inspiring places? The Great Gothic cathedrals of the 14th Century with their imposing sculptures and glorious stained glass were followed by artists of the Renaissance who brought the buildings down to the human scale and at the same time, developed a method of showing humans and their environment the way our eyes see them. It is the art that most people in the Western world still prefer. Masaccio was the first to successfully depict the illusion of depth in his painting The Holy Trinity. He was followed by many other artists who made their Biblical subjects appear undeniably real. Thus we marvel at the sorrow of Mary that Michelangelo evoked in his Pieta of St. Peter’s. We feel the anger of his Moses. We thrill to the glory of his David. Join Lois McNamara, retired Humanities Professor, on four successive weeks to share your reactions and learn (again?) about the development of these great art achievements.
Leader: Lois McNamara
Date: Mondays, October 7, 14, 28, and November 4
Time: 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Place: Seminar B
Limit: 20 participants
UCG Brings Back TGIF Parties!
Gainesville Cohousing has several UCG members living in this unique community and we invite all of you to come to our place for a “Thank God It’s Friday” party. It’ll be on Oct. 11th because that is Parents Night Out----parents can have their kids taken care of at church while the grown-ups come to the grown-up party. The party is from 6 to 9 pm. Bring your own beverage and a dish to share. The address is: 2570 NW 47 St Gainesville 32606. Google maps is incorrect for that street address but if you enter Gainesville Cohousing, it does get you there. Call Joyce Koopman if you have questions. 352 336 7532.
UCG Brings Back TGIF Parties! (continued)
Leader: Pam Smith
Date: Friday, October 11
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Place: 2570 NW 47 St Gainesville 32606; Google maps is incorrect for that street address but if you enter Gainesville Cohousing it comes up.
Book Groups
Book Discussion on How to Be Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
In this book, Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism. How to Be an Antiracist is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society.
Leader: Mary Fukuyama and Jackie Davis
Dates: Wednesdays, October 9, October 23, & November 13
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: UCG Library, Seminar B (10/23 only)
Friday Morning Book Group
This group selects books once a year from suggestions of members of the group. We meet the first Friday of every month from 10:30am to Noon in the church library.
Leader: Jim Archer
Dates: 1st Fridays, ongoing
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Location: UCG Library
Limit: Up to 2 new members
Dinner and a Good Book (full)
Mostly Fiction (full)
Food for Thought (full)
Love a Good Mystery Book Club (full)
While many ongoing book groups are full, we’d love to help you start a new one! If you are interested in participating in a book group, please sign up and we will match you with other interested folks to create one of your own.
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Do you have a small group idea that you’d like to lead or would like some help with? Let us know! Our next edition of UCG Small Groups will be released in December. Watch the bulletins, weekly emails and monthly newsletters for more information! Join us!
Thanks to the Small Groups Committee
for all their hard work!
Registration for Small Groups
is online!
Please go to this link to sign-up
IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ:
• After you complete the online form you will receive an email confirming receipt of your registration.
This does not guarantee you have a spot in the group, only that your registration has been received.
• During the late week of September 30, you will receive an email confirming which group(s) you are in; the group leader will then contact participants directly. If small group occurs before registration closes, you will be notified in advance.
• Please check your calendar to assure that you are available for each session.
• If there is a cost associated with a group, your registration is not complete until payment has been submitted.
• Members of UCG, official friends, and actively participating visitors have priority.
Registration deadline is
Sunday, September 29
If you need any additional information,
please contact the church office at info@
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Fall Small Groups
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