Spirit of Life Unitarian Universalists Open New Home!

With a great feeling of excitement, members, friends, and visitors gathered under a canopy of trees to celebrate the first worship service at the new home of Spirit of Life Unitarian Universalists at 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 4, 2000. Members representing various groups from within this diverse congregation joined with the President, Joe Velazquez; Minister, Rev. Carole Yorke; and Director of Religious Education, Connie Goodbread to cut the ribbon to open the service. This setting also provided a beautiful backdrop for the annual Flower Communion.

The new home of Spirit of Life Unitarian Universalists is located at 18412 Burrell Road in Odessa, Florida. The property is just north of Keystone/Tarpon Springs Road in northwestern Hillsborough County. The site includes a house of approximately 3,000 square feet that is being used to provide office, meeting, social hour, and religious education classroom space.

The congregation’s first priority is the construction of a covered pavilion to serve as a temporary sanctuary. Until this construction is competed, Sunday services will continue under the trees. A second priority is to provide additional classroom space for the Children’s Religious Education program that has an enrollment of over 60 children.

Spirit of Life Unitarian Universalists invites all to visit and join us for worship services at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings. For more information see our web site at: http://members.aol.com/spirituu or call (813) 792-1622.

— RICK HALLMARK, NEWSLETTER EDITOR, SPIRIT OF LIFE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS