Category: Announcements

Peter Racine is Our New Lay Minister

It is with great excitement that the Board is welcoming long-term member Peter Racine as our part-time Lay Minister for the next two years.  His first official day was November 1st.  He will be working 1/4 time but is planning to be in the pulpit … read more.

Submit Your Social Justice Ideas

Please submit ideas and proposals for social justice ACTIONS that we can execute together, in small (or large!) teams, as a force, standing together on the side of love, collectively expressing our UU Principles.

Can be one-time events or ongoing endeavors. Can be petition signing, letter … read more.

ICARE Nehemiah Assembly 2023

UUCJ has been a member of ICARE (Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment) for over 20 years.  Members of UUCJ have served on many research committees and the executive committee. Lois Hoeft served on the steering committee for youth civil citations for 10 years until … read more.

Childcare Worker Position

The Membership Team would like to hire an adult (over 18) child care worker for Sunday mornings for three hours a week. Could lead to more hours as we build the REC Room and open the nursery for more events. Application, interview and background check … read more.

Action Needed to Protect the Okefenokee Swamp!

Twin Pines, a mining company based in Alabama, is proposing to mine titanium in the immediate vicinity of the Okefenokee Swamp. The mining would require the withdrawal of millions of gallons of water which would be very detrimental to the health of the Swamp and … read more.

Mini-Concert for 3/5/2023: Oleta Riggs

Oleta Riggs is a vocalist and guitarist from Northeast Florida . She grew up listening to Linda Rondstat, Joni Mitchell, and the Eagles. Over the years she has gravitated towards country/folk. She sings covers by Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert as well as the ones … read more.

Sermon for 3/5/2023: The Vulnerability of Protest

Everytime we push back against the oppressive forces in our culture, we are vulnerable. Everytime we speak the truth to power (or to anyone, really) we are vulnerable. Join us on Sunday as Rev. Lee Anne explores how embracing vulnerability may be our greatest superpower.

Speaker Bio: Shutta Crum

Shutta Crum, served for thirty years as an educator and a librarian. She is also an award-winning writer of books for children and poetry for adults, who was awarded the Michigan Library Assoc. Award of Merit as youth librarian of the year (2002). She’s taught … read more.

MLK Parade Parking

If you plan on joining UUCJ for the MLK parade Monday, January 16: Parking is available at the Vystar Tower Parking Garage–37 Hogan Street between Bay and Water. This location is about 1 mile from the staging area behind Prime Osborne and 1 mile from … read more.

Minister’s Message for January 2023

Dear Ones,

Our liturgical theme this month is “The Path of Finding Our Center.”  What does that even mean?

What comes immediately to mind is the way moments of appreciating my natural surroundings can often quiet the prioritizing, strategizing, and negotiations continuously taking place in the recesses … read more.