by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 14, 2016 | Sermons
Sunday, March 13 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Part of what a spiritual life gives us is the capacity to find peace and even comfort in time on our own. We’ll explore some of the dimensions of welcoming and even finding solace in those moments of solitude in our...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 10, 2016 | Weekly Message
On Sunday, 28 February, Associate Minister Rev. Lisa Bovee-Kemper led a service exploring the Movement Action Plan (MAP) Model of Doing Democracy (big thank you to Tom Blanford for his help and interpretation of the model). We heard compelling stories exploring the...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 7, 2016 | Sermons
March 6, 2016 Rev. Mark Ward What is or ought to be the concern of religion? A century and a half ago the Unitarian preacher Theodore Parker ignited a fierce controversy over his answer to that question, and it remains with us still. We’ll spend some time with it this...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 3, 2016 | Weekly Message
What a serendipitous moment for us to have LIBERATION as the theme for worship and small group ministry this month! Liberation, after all, is one of the hopes that are central to the religious life – personal liberation from worries, troubles and fear, but also giving...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 25, 2016 | Weekly Message
To be honest, when I list the most exciting things that happen in church, policies are not the first thing I would identify. But I’m actually really excited about a shiny new policy that just went into effect this month. We’ve created a Congregational Care...
