Announcements


Beginners QiGong

Beginners QiGong (easy movement and energy), continues for the month of March on Fridays at 2PM in the NCUU sanctuary. Members and friends are welcome. There is no fee to attend.


Sunday Service Committee

If you would like to give feedback on any or all our speakers, please click the link and do so at any time. The Sunday Service Com. appreciates your input.

Speaker Feedback Form

Thanks,
Pam


NCUU Calendar

Please send additions, deletions, updates, and edits to Gordon Hart, [email protected], so that he may keep the calendar updated on our website, ncuu.org.


Announcement E-mail Address

Our email address for announcements: [email protected].


Membership Committee

Membership has a new program called “I Can Help” to offer rides too those congregants in need of transportation to doctor’s appointments, etc. Volunteers can sign up for various Citrus or Marion County neighborhoods.

Jeanne Wright and Connie Hart, Co-chairs, Membership


Share the Plate – March

Our March donations will go to the Citrus County Foundation for Animal Protection. They focus on animal welfare and protection of animals in a shelter environment and partner with the county animal shelter to help meet their needs. They support compassionate care, provide enrichment programs, and work to increase adoptions to reduce unwanted euthanasia of homeless animals.


Grounds Committee

Spring is here! Chas invites you to come rake, weed, mulch, prune, plant and help beautiful the church grounds. First Fridays of the month, starting March 1st, 10 AM – 12 noon.


Social Activities Committee

Upcoming Social Activities for 2024

Month Activity
March Ocala Civic Theater to see CLUE
April Picnic at the Rainbow Springs Park

Sunday, March 17, 2024 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day we will have a Corn Beef and Cabbage meal. The Social Committee will prove the main meal. Sign up will be in the lobby starting in March.

The Ocala Civic Theatre had to change the show from CLUE to BASKERVILLE which is a Sherlock Holmes play. The show we have chosen is for Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. If you are interested in attending please buy your own tickets. They went on sale Feb. 19th. After the show we can go out to dinner. Also, I will have a signup sheet in the lobby so we know who is coming and we can arrange to carpool.

Sincerely,
Bonnie Anderson, Social Activities Chair


NCUU Hikes – March

The March hike is fairly short, but very sweet! Thursday, 15 March we will hike about 2 miles at the Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve in Yankeetown. Be prepared for a variety of surfaces: gravel road, boardwalk, sandy path with roots and rocks. We can climb the observation tower for a birdseye view of the tidal marsh and hike around the salt pond on the boardwalk. Total distance is about 2 miles, and there is a lot to see. Meet at 10 am at the Education Center at the end of the road. (Thursday is good because if we go to lunch afterwards, the Blackwater Restaurant in Yankeetown offers appetizers at half-price on Thursdays!) From Inglis, drive west on Hwy 40 (Follow that Dream Pkwy) to the stop sign at Hwy 40A. Continue for 0.1 mile to the entrance to the Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve on your right. Follow the gravel road until it ends at the Education Center. Well-behaved dogs are welcome.


Wildlife Club

The Wildlife Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Nature Coast Unitarian Universalist (NCUU) Fellowship Hall, 7633 N. Florida Ave., Citrus Springs.

The guest speaker will be Maxine Hunter, MS, from the UF/IFAS Extension of Marion County, doing a presentation on Florida Snakes and their role in the environment.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and free wildlife handouts. There will be a door prize, raffle and 50/50 drawing to benefit the NCUU.

For more information contact: Brenda L. Roberts at 352-746-2384 or or [email protected].


Mindfulness Meditation at Nature Coast Universalist Fellowship (NCUU.ORG)

Fridays from 4:00- 5:00 PM

Mindfulness meditation has been practiced by Eastern religions for several millennia. It is not underpinned by any dogma or particular religion, although it is most widely practiced by Buddhists today. It mainly involves clearing one’s mind of clutter and allowing peace and intuitive, or spiritual, awareness to emerge. It does not require difficult or uncomfortable postures; simply reverence and calm. The NCUU Mindfulness Meditation group meets at the fellowship every Friday afternoon for one hour, during which two twenty-minute sitting meditation sessions are interspersed by a brief session of walking, mediation and readings of Buddhist and Taoist teachings from different traditions including Zen. Participants from all faiths, age groups and persuasions are invited to attend. All sessions are free of charge. For more information, contact Don Wright ([email protected]) or Rob Deremer ([email protected]).


Wildhart Photography

The photographs on the walls of the sanctuary can be purchased with 50% of the purchase price going to NCUU.

Talk to Gordon Hart if interested.

Please check out wildhartphotography.com for more of Gordon’s photographs.

The same deal will be honored if someone from the congregation wants to order a photo from the website.


Website Section for Members Only

Are you a member who has a business or service? If you would like to share the information about your business or service to the Members Only section of the website, please write what you would like and let Connie or Amy know. Amy will add it.

– Connie Hart


Newsletter Deadline

Please Remember That The Deadline For Next Newsletter Is
March 23, 2024
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Please Adhere To This Deadline; Otherwise, your material won’t be included in the newsletter.

All request entries should be sent to the email address [email protected]. That will make it easier to keep all requests organized in one place. I have been getting emails sent to several of my email accounts, and it makes it very difficult to organize the items to will be in the monthly issues. I can only guarantee that it will be in the issue, if it’s sent to this email address. Please send the proofread text and photo attachments. In addition, please keep your text to a maximum of three short paragraphs. If it is longer, we will edit to shorten the announcement.