by uuasheville | Sep 16, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
UUAvl has palpable energy right now. As fall begins to arrive in the mountains, we have returned to two Sunday services, programs are getting underway, and our campus is once again full of activity. I’m excited about all that this new season brings. Sunday mornings...
by uuasheville | Sep 10, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
In my last message, we were deep in the sprawling, unstructured days of summer. Now, as the calendar turns over, there’s a familiar, grounding shift in the atmosphere. Even here on the coast, where the late-summer sun still shines bright, the early mornings are just...
by uuasheville | Sep 3, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
“You Hospice people are so happy,” a patient’s family member once remarked. There were three of us staff members dancing to James Brown’s ‘I Feel Good’ by the nursing station. It had been true too. The paradox was people thought we would be sad surrounded by dying...
by uuasheville | Aug 13, 2026 | Announcements, Featured
Dear friends, It is with excitement and great joy I invite our members and friends to join in welcoming Dr. Matt Farris to our staff and our shared ministry as UU Asheville’s Director of Faith Formation and Justice! Many of you already know Matt — and love him....
by uuasheville | Aug 13, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
As we rapidly approach the end of the Summer months and the beginning of our program year* I’m thinking a lot about what makes us the community of meaningful relationships that we are. Part of this is the nature of the work that I do, trying to build community and...
