Weekly Message
Each week, a member of our staff or congregational leadership writes about a topic touching our community. Topics can range from upcoming events to issues facing our local community.
News from UUA General Assembly 2024
UU Asheville had 7 voting delegates attending the 2024 UUA General Assembly (GA): Nancy Bragg, T Kay Browning, Susan Foster, Shawn Gibson, Bernise Lynch, Anna Martin, and me, Mara Sprain. GA was virtual this year, meaning we each signed-in remotely from our homes or...
The Purpose of Joy in the Midst of Turmoil
Recently I have been struggling to celebrate and find joy when it feels like the world is falling apart, when there is too much to mourn on this little blue speck. It seems I have lost some of my emotional elasticity. I can’t move from fear, and grief, and outrage to...
Introducing our new Director of Administration: David McKaig
David comes to UU Asheville with a lifelong love of reading, bookselling, classical music and great film, most notably CITIZEN KANE. Born in coastal Texas, he grew up among oil refineries and the Gulf of Mexico before attending college in Houston as a performance...
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Weekly Message
Each week, a member of our staff or congregational leadership writes about a topic touching our community. Topics can range from upcoming events to issues facing our local community.
Pastoral Letter, October 17,2024 UUAvl
The past three weeks have been a time of unprecedented disaster in Asheville. But even as our beloved places and people have faced almost unimaginable upheaval and loss, we have seen an outpouring of love, support, and community care that speaks so deeply to our...
Other People Matter
Like many of you, I’ve been spending a good bit of time in recent months writing postcards, making phone calls, and participating in door-to-door canvassing. These are activities I had no time for before I retired a yearago. Yet, at every event, I spot other UUs. Each...
Everything We Do is Faith Formation
This past Sunday was the kick off for our 2024-25 Children and Youth Faith Formation program! There was a palpable energy in the building when I arrived around 10:30 am. There was a newcomer meeting in the Commons, a Mountain Retreat Committee meeting in the art room,...