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12 Bethesda Church Rd.
Lawrenceville, GA 30044

770-717-7913

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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett

Sustaining a community of love through Trust, Compassion, and Inquiry
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Beyond Sunday Morning

August 2, 2024 • Aline Harris

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11:00 AM - Sunday Morning Worship Service
1:00 PM - Private Event
6:00 PM - Mindfulness and Meditation
1
6:30 PM - Alphabet SoUUp
2
7:00 PM - Choir Rehearsal
3
10:00 AM - Yarns From the Heart
7:00 PM - Pastoral Care Team Meeting
4
5
7:00 PM - Shared Ministry Council Meeting
6
10:00 AM - Tending Our Grounds
7
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10:00 AM - Food Bank Collection
11:00 AM - Sunday Morning Worship Service
12:30 PM - Congregational Conversation: Budget Presentation
more...
8
7:00 PM - Covenant Group A
9
7:00 PM - Choir Rehearsal
10
7:00 PM - Covenant Group B
7:00 PM - Communications Team Meeting
7:00 PM - Book Group
11
10:00 AM - Covenant Group C
6:30 PM - Worship Team Meeting
12
7:00 PM - QUUest Jr. - Dungeons and Dragons
13
9:00 AM - UUCG Men's Group
2:00 PM - CUUPs Yule Party
14
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11:00 AM - Sunday Morning Worship Service
12:30 PM - Spiral Scouts
12:30 PM - Belief Explorers
more...
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16
7:00 PM - Choir Rehearsal
17
10:00 AM - Yarns From the Heart
18
6:30 PM - Sweet MUUsic Rehearsal
19
20
9:30 AM - Green Team Meeting
6:00 PM - Winter Solstice Ritual
21
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11:00 AM - Sunday Morning Worship Service
12:30 PM - Resisting Fascism Team
12:30 PM - Congregational Meeting: Budget Vote
more...
22
7:00 PM - Covenant Group A
23
7:00 PM - Choir Rehearsal
24
10:00 AM - Private Event
7:00 PM - Christmas Eve Service
25
26
27
10:00 AM - CANCELED-The Open Circle Women's Group
28
11:00 AM - Sunday Morning Worship Service
12:30 PM - "Good Trouble"
6:00 PM - Mindfulness and Meditation
29
30
7:00 PM - ON HIATUS - Choir Rehearsal
31
1
2
7:00 PM - Shared Ministry Council Meeting
7:30 PM - CANCELED - Tarot: Major Arcana Study
3
10:00 AM - Tending Our Grounds
3:00 PM - Heart Centered Spiritual and Emotional Healing
Sunday Morning Worship Service
Sunday Morning Worship Service
11/30/2025    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Worship Services
in person, Online, Worship Service
We invite you to attend our Worship Services in-person or online via Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/565460176 Worship Services at UUCG are offered every Sunday morning at 11:00am. [...]
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Private Event
Private Event
11/30/2025    
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sanctuary
  • Rental/Private Event
Bo & Jenn's Baby Shower
More Info
Mindfulness and Meditation
Mindfulness and Meditation
11/30/2025    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Spiritual Growth
Mindfulness and meditation, Online, Onsite
Two Hands Sangha is a Buddhist Meditation Community which meets to train the heart and mind to respond to life with mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion. [...]
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Alphabet SoUUp
Alphabet SoUUp
12/01/2025    
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Entire Building of UUCG
  • Connecting Within
  • Radical Welcome
Alphabet SoUUp, Discussion Group, in person, Radical Welcome
Please join us for a gathering of Alphabet SoUUp, a monthly potluck social & discussion group for LGBTQIA+ adults among the UUCG community! Be you [...]
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Choir Rehearsal
Choir Rehearsal
12/02/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Connecting Within
in person, Music, Onsite
The UUCG Covenant Choir meets for rehearsals every Tuesday to practice selections for performance on Sunday mornings during Worship Services. Bring a warm heart, an [...]
More Info
Yarns From the Heart
Yarns From the Heart
12/03/2025    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Library and Online
  • Connecting Within
Online, Yarns from the Heart
Knitters and crocheters gather to create prayer shawls, lap blankets, baby blankets and other fiber gifts for members and friends of UUCG and the wider [...]
More Info
Pastoral Care Team Meeting
Pastoral Care Team Meeting
12/03/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Committee Meeting
The monthly Pastoral Care Team meeting.
More Info
Shared Ministry Council Meeting
Shared Ministry Council Meeting
12/05/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Committee Meeting
The monthly Shared Ministry Council meeting.
More Info
Tending Our Grounds
Tending Our Grounds
12/06/2025    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Grounds at UUCG
  • Green Space
Onsite, Property Work Day
Join us the 1st Saturday of each month for Tending Our Grounds. Keeping our property pleasant and green is a part of being welcoming, as [...]
More Info
Food Bank Collection
Food Bank Collection
12/07/2025    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Grounds at UUCG
  • Connecting Beyond
Food Bank Collection, Onsite
You may bring food bank donations to UUCG every 1st Sunday from 10 to 1 pm.  For current needs, please visit https://lawrencevilleco-op.org/donate/
More Info
Sunday Morning Worship Service
Sunday Morning Worship Service
12/07/2025    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Worship Services
in person, Online, Worship Service
We invite you to attend our Worship Services in-person or online via Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/565460176 Worship Services at UUCG are offered every Sunday morning at 11:00am. [...]
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Congregational Conversation: Budget Presentation
Congregational Conversation: Budget Presentation
12/07/2025    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Public Meetings
More Info
Covenant Group A
Covenant Group A
12/08/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Connecting Within
Would you like to be part of this vital small group ministry within our community? In Covenant Groups, we come together to listen deeply as [...]
More Info
Choir Rehearsal
Choir Rehearsal
12/09/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Connecting Within
in person, Music, Onsite
The UUCG Covenant Choir meets for rehearsals every Tuesday to practice selections for performance on Sunday mornings during Worship Services. Bring a warm heart, an [...]
More Info
Covenant Group B
Covenant Group B
12/10/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Classrooms
  • Connecting Within
Would you like to be part of this vital small group ministry within our community? In Covenant Groups, we come together to listen deeply as [...]
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Communications Team Meeting
Communications Team Meeting
12/10/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Committee Meeting
Committee
Monthly meeting of the UUCG Communications Team, via Zoom. If you have an upcoming event that you wish to be added to the calendar and/or [...]
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Book Group
Book Group
12/10/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Connecting Within
Book Group, Online
The UUCG book group meets via Zoom and is open to everyone! We choose books across various genres, with an eye toward what will provide [...]
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Covenant Group C
Covenant Group C
12/11/2025    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Connecting Within
Would you like to be part of this vital small group ministry within our community? In Covenant Groups, we come together to listen deeply as [...]
More Info
Worship Team Meeting
Worship Team Meeting
12/11/2025    
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Committee Meeting
The monthly Worship Team meeting.
More Info
QUUest Jr. - Dungeons and Dragons
QUUest Jr. - Dungeons and Dragons
12/12/2025    
7:00 pm
Library
  • Connecting Within
in person, QUUest
Kids and youth group of adventurers, exploring a fantasy world guided by UU Values. Preregistration is required. For more information, email info@uucg.org
More Info
UUCG Men's Group
UUCG Men's Group
12/13/2025    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Library
  • Connecting Within
connecting within, Men's Group, on-site
This group welcomes cis and trans male-identified folx, along with all congregants, guests, and community members who want to gather for fellowship and contemplation on [...]
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CUUPs Yule Party
CUUPs Yule Party
12/13/2025    
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sanctuary
  • Spiritual Growth
Come and enjoy Merriment, food and fun! Our annual Yule party includes a yule gift exchange game, please bring a gender neutral gift to add [...]
More Info
Sunday Morning Worship Service
Sunday Morning Worship Service
12/14/2025    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Worship Services
in person, Online, Worship Service
We invite you to attend our Worship Services in-person or online via Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/565460176 Worship Services at UUCG are offered every Sunday morning at 11:00am. [...]
More Info
Spiral Scouts
Spiral Scouts
12/14/2025    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Grounds at UUCG
  • Connecting Within
Children, in person, Onsite, Pre-Registration Required, Spiral Scouts
Spiral Scouts is an all-gender scouting group, open to ages 3-13, that focuses on nature-based learning and activities. Meetings vary between on-site at UUCG and [...]
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Belief Explorers
Belief Explorers
12/14/2025    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Library and Online
  • Spiritual Growth
Belief Exploration
Belief Explorers is a group of curious people interested in the wide variety of spirituality and beliefs. We meet from 12:30 - 1:30PM on the [...]
More Info
Choir Rehearsal
Choir Rehearsal
12/16/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Connecting Within
in person, Music, Onsite
The UUCG Covenant Choir meets for rehearsals every Tuesday to practice selections for performance on Sunday mornings during Worship Services. Bring a warm heart, an [...]
More Info
Yarns From the Heart
Yarns From the Heart
12/17/2025    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Library and Online
  • Connecting Within
Online, Yarns from the Heart
Knitters and crocheters gather to create prayer shawls, baby blankets and other fiber gifts for members and friends of UUCG and the wider community. This [...]
More Info
Sweet MUUsic Rehearsal
Sweet MUUsic Rehearsal
12/18/2025    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Sanctuary
  • Connecting Within
in person, Music
The UUCG House Band, Sweet MUUsic, will rehearse to support upcoming Sunday worship services. Musicians and singers of all skill levels are welcome to join, [...]
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Green Team Meeting
Green Team Meeting
12/20/2025    
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Online via Zoom
  • Green Space
Green Space, Online
Monthly meeting of the Green Team. All who are interested in environmental issues are welcome. https://zoom.us/j/92617830455
More Info
Winter Solstice Ritual
Winter Solstice Ritual
12/20/2025    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Grove and Sanctuary
  • Spiritual Growth
Join us as we celebrate the turning of the year and the return of the light! This seasonal ritual honors the balance between darkness and [...]
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Sunday Morning Worship Service
Sunday Morning Worship Service
12/21/2025    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Worship Services
in person, Online, Worship Service
We invite you to attend our Worship Services in-person or online via Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/565460176 Worship Services at UUCG are offered every Sunday morning at 11:00am. [...]
More Info
Resisting Fascism Team
Resisting Fascism Team
12/21/2025    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Playhouse and Online
  • Connecting Within
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the torrent of bad news and gut-punched by the nonstop onslaught of hateful rhetoric and retrograde, intentionally cruel policies? Are [...]
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Congregational Meeting: Budget Vote
Congregational Meeting: Budget Vote
12/21/2025    
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Public Meetings
Board Meeting, Online
More Info
Covenant Group A
Covenant Group A
12/22/2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Connecting Within
Would you like to be part of this vital small group ministry within our community? In Covenant Groups, we come together to listen deeply as [...]
More Info
Choir Rehearsal
Choir Rehearsal
12/23/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Connecting Within
in person, Music, Onsite
The UUCG Covenant Choir meets for rehearsals every Tuesday to practice selections for performance on Sunday mornings during Worship Services. Bring a warm heart, an [...]
More Info
Private Event
Private Event
12/24/2025    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Playhouse
  • Rental/Private Event
More Info
Christmas Eve Service
Christmas Eve Service
12/24/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Worship Services
An Inclusive and Defiant Love: The Message of Christmas Eve In a wonderful blend of traditional carols and fresh takes on the old story, we [...]
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CANCELED-The Open Circle Women's Group
CANCELED-The Open Circle Women's Group
12/27/2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Sanctuary
  • Cancelled
  • Connecting Within
connecting within, Womens Group
***THE OPEN CIRCLE WILL BE ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE*** In our fast-paced world, when asked how we are, we often respond “fine”, “okay”, or [...]
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Sunday Morning Worship Service
Sunday Morning Worship Service
12/28/2025    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Worship Services
in person, Online, Worship Service
We invite you to attend our Worship Services in-person or online via Zoom: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/565460176 Worship Services at UUCG are offered every Sunday morning at 11:00am. [...]
More Info
"Good Trouble"
"Good Trouble"
12/28/2025    
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Faith Development
  • Spiritual Growth
Faith Development, Good Trouble, Social Justice
"Good Trouble" meets every fourth Sunday following the Worship Service at 12:30pm in the Sanctuary. Borrowing our title from the words of the late Congressman [...]
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Mindfulness and Meditation
Mindfulness and Meditation
12/28/2025    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sanctuary and Online
  • Spiritual Growth
Mindfulness and meditation, Online, Onsite
* This will be our annual intention setting ceremony (new years resolutions without the building failure)...we will do the intentions and offer the three refuges [...]
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ON HIATUS - Choir Rehearsal
ON HIATUS - Choir Rehearsal
12/30/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Cancelled
  • Connecting Within
Canceled, in person, Music, Onsite
The Choir is off this week for this holiday week.  Please plan to join us next Tuesday when rehearsals resume. __________________________________   The UUCG Covenant [...]
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Shared Ministry Council Meeting
Shared Ministry Council Meeting
01/02/2026    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online via Zoom
  • Committee Meeting
The monthly Shared Ministry Council meeting.
More Info
CANCELED - Tarot: Major Arcana Study
CANCELED - Tarot: Major Arcana Study
01/02/2026    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Library
  • Cancelled
  • Spiritual Growth
Tarot
Weekly spreads available to discuss either in the email group or FB group. Attendees should bring a 3 ring binder for handouts, a deck of [...]
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Tending Our Grounds
Tending Our Grounds
01/03/2026    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Grounds at UUCG
  • Green Space
Onsite, Property Work Day
Join us the 1st Saturday of each month for Tending Our Grounds. Keeping our property pleasant and green is a part of being welcoming, as [...]
More Info
Heart Centered Spiritual and Emotional Healing
Heart Centered Spiritual and Emotional Healing
01/03/2026    
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Sanctuary
  • Spiritual Growth
Forming a Spiritual connection thru self acceptance, self soothing touch and massage, breathing, evocative imagery, and gentle movement. This event will be facilitated by Daniel [...]
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Events on 11/30/2025
Sunday Morning Worship Service
30 Nov 25
Lawrenceville
Private Event
30 Nov 25
Lawrenceville
Mindfulness and Meditation
30 Nov 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/01/2025
Alphabet SoUUp
1 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/02/2025
Choir Rehearsal
2 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/03/2025
Yarns From the Heart
3 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Pastoral Care Team Meeting
3 Dec 25
Events on 12/05/2025
Shared Ministry Council Meeting
5 Dec 25
Events on 12/06/2025
Tending Our Grounds
6 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/07/2025
Food Bank Collection
7 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Sunday Morning Worship Service
7 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Congregational Conversation: Budget Presentation
7 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
more...
Events on 12/08/2025
Covenant Group A
8 Dec 25
Events on 12/09/2025
Choir Rehearsal
9 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/10/2025
Covenant Group B
10 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Communications Team Meeting
10 Dec 25
Book Group
10 Dec 25
Events on 12/11/2025
Covenant Group C
11 Dec 25
Worship Team Meeting
11 Dec 25
Events on 12/12/2025
QUUest Jr. - Dungeons and Dragons
12 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/13/2025
UUCG Men's Group
13 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
CUUPs Yule Party
13 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/14/2025
Sunday Morning Worship Service
14 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Spiral Scouts
14 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Belief Explorers
14 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
more...
Events on 12/16/2025
Choir Rehearsal
16 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/17/2025
Yarns From the Heart
17 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/18/2025
Sweet MUUsic Rehearsal
18 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/20/2025
Green Team Meeting
20 Dec 25
Winter Solstice Ritual
20 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/21/2025
Sunday Morning Worship Service
21 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Resisting Fascism Team
21 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Congregational Meeting: Budget Vote
21 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
more...
Events on 12/22/2025
Covenant Group A
22 Dec 25
Events on 12/23/2025
Choir Rehearsal
23 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/24/2025
Private Event
24 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Christmas Eve Service
24 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/27/2025
CANCELED-The Open Circle Women's Group
27 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/28/2025
Sunday Morning Worship Service
28 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
"Good Trouble"
28 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Mindfulness and Meditation
28 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 12/30/2025
ON HIATUS - Choir Rehearsal
30 Dec 25
Lawrenceville
Events on 01/02/2026
Shared Ministry Council Meeting
2 Jan 26
CANCELED - Tarot: Major Arcana Study
2 Jan 26
Lawrenceville
Events on 01/03/2026
Tending Our Grounds
3 Jan 26
Lawrenceville
Heart Centered Spiritual and Emotional Healing
3 Jan 26
Lawrenceville
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Coming Up:

  • Book Group
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  • Sweet MUUsic Rehearsal
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  • Sunday Morning Worship Service
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  • Mindfulness and Meditation
    • 05/31/2026
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    • 06/01/2026

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UU Congregation of Gwinnett

12 Bethesda Church Rd.
Lawrenceville, GA 30044

770-717-7913

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photograph of Rev. Nancy, a woman with long, straight grey hair with bright blue streaks, wearing glasses, a blue sweater, and a circular fused glass pendant with a uu chalice at the centerWe are a congregation that practices shared ministry, led by a leadership team of members of the congregation in partnership with our part-time minister, Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones.  Our worship services are led by Rev. Nancy (she/her) and an experienced team of Service Leaders.  Our programs are developed and overseen by our Shared Ministry Council.
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