by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 18, 2015 | Weekly Message
I often hear parents talk about how much they would like to have more time with their kids. Sometimes, church can get in the way of that. I have a few families currently whose younger kids attend service with parents – which I think is great. And we know that children...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 15, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Early in my reading for this sermon I chanced on a recent book with a provocative title that intrigued me: “The End of Men and the Rise of Women.” It’s not that the male gender is in danger of disappearing, Hanna Rosen says. Instead, she...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 10, 2015 | Weekly Message
‘…Come ‘round right’ is the last line of the Shaker song ‘Simple Gifts’ that you’ve probably sung at service. It’s a short song with an easy melody that has become part of the Old American Songs for voice and piano and now widely used. For me, those words seem to...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 9, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Years ago Unitarianism was known as “the Boston Religion,” with its attention focused ever on New England. Today we’ll explore some of the stories of Unitarianism, Universalism and Unitarian Universalism in the South, where our impact may...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 5, 2015 | Weekly Message
Well, we knew last spring when we proposed the Welcome Project that it would be an adventure, and it sure has been. Most of you have heard the story of how this project began as a proposal to replace the 40-year-old sign at the corner of Charlotte St. and Edwin Pl....
