We have received word that former member Carol Loreto Maddox died on Saturday, Dec 31. We will pass along more information in this space as it becomes available. There will be a gathering to remember her this coming Wednesday. Here are the details: When: Wednesday, January 11 from 1pm-4pm Where: Beryle Goverman’s Clubhouse Flagler Pointe, 1801 … Continue reading In Memoriam: Carol Loreto Maddox
We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of our own: Christel Behnke Gehlert of Fort Wayne, IN and Jupiter, FL died surrounded by family at home on June 19, 2022. She was 80 at the time of her death. Christel was born September 17, 1941, in Hamburg, Germany, she was the youngest … Continue reading In Memoriam: Christel Behnke Gehlert (1941-2022)
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
We are passing along the unfortunate news that Margaret (Wood Doty) Robson passed away at home in her sleep this morning (July 29, 2022), just a month shy of her 94th birthday. She was born August 31, 1928, in Daytona Beach, Florida. She was the daughter of the late Gresdna Wood Doty and James William … Continue reading In Memoriam: Margaret Robson (1928-2022)
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.
