The Board has approved updated Covid-19 guidelines on campus. This was done to bring our guidelines more directly in line with the updated CDC guidelines, due to the desire of congregants to have more flexibility for events on campus, and to allow for individuals to make their own decisions/risk assessments. The Board will continue to … Continue reading Updated Covid Guidelines as of 8.20.2022
1stUUPB Members, Please join us for a special Congregational Meeting on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom. In order to provide the best experience for all and due to many members being out of town, this meeting will be held on ZOOM ONLY. Please use the 1stUUPB Zoom Meeting button on the … Continue reading Special Congregational Meeting, 2023 Ministerial Search
Updated Ministerial Cost Projections and Possible Effect on Endowment (Please look especially at the Summary – Scenario 1, 1A Budget, and 1B Endowment documents as those were projections used to determine the amount for the Proposed Motion. The additional projections are assuming zero return and a negative return. In all cases projections are not including … Continue reading 2023 Ministerial Search Cottage Meeting Information
We have learned that long term and beloved member of this congregation Dr. Richard “Rich” Palermo died on Friday, June 10, 2022. Rich died peacefully, in his sleep. He was a 27 year resident of Jupiter. After 25 years of building and maintaining a highly successful Chiropractic practice in New York, Rich retired from Chiropractic, … Continue reading In Memoriam: Dr. Richard Palermo
From time to time, our congregation offers a “Question Box Sunday”. This is an opportunity for people to ask the minister a question and s/he will answer it during a Sunday Service. This question can be theological, church-oriented or any other question you wish to ask. These questions will be asked and answered in public, … Continue reading Question Box Sunday
The Board of Trustees has approved new Covid-19 building use parameters on campus. Due to the changing landscape of Covid-19 and the CDC’s changing to the Community Level three color system rather than the five color Community Transmission system (which CovidActNow was based upon), the Reopening Task Force proposed new parameters, and the Board approved … Continue reading Notification of New Covid-19 Building Parameters
This year, our congregation, led by our Racial Justice Subcommittee of our Justice Action Ministry will be reading together Caste. Caste is written by Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns. In it, she examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2022Time: 10am – 12pm EDTLocation: Meyer Amphitheater, 104 Datura St, West Palm Beach, FL, 334011stUUPB Contact: Lauren FurstLink to Register: Follow this link to learn more and register. As you’ve probably already heard, a draft of the Supreme Court majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that explicitly overturns … Continue reading Bans off our Bodies: West Palm Beach
1stUUPB is happy to share this life-changing practice with its members, friends and members of the larger community as a way of advancing our mission of transforming lives through liberal religious community. Chair Yoga: Tuesdays 10am-11am (Leader, Amy Stauber)Using the support of a chair for both seated and standing postures, students will be guided through … Continue reading Yoga in the Sanctuary
Thank you to the members and friends who answered the Building Usage Parameters survey! The results showed that 57% of respondents (35 responses) strongly agreed or agreed with the parameters and another 12% were neutral. Of the 30% who disagreed or strongly disagreed, 92% found the policy to be too strict and 7% too lenient. … Continue reading BUILDING USAGE PARAMETERS SURVEY AND COVID PRECAUTIONS ON CAMPUS
