by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 25, 2018 | Weekly Message
A key part of each orientation for our OWL program is asking folks to think about the sexuality education they received as a child or youth. Think about it for a minute, what were you taught? Was it through school? Did your parents talk to you about it? Did you learn...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 23, 2018 | Sermons
https://uuasheville.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/180117-Is-It-Always-About-Race.mp3 READINGS Words of James Baldwin from “I am Not your Negro” “I am an American. My life was on the streets of NYC, and one of the most terrible things was to discover what means to be...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 18, 2018 | Weekly Message
We all think that living our values is an important part of being a UU. We all agree that it’s easy to say stuff, but what we DO about it is what counts. And as we have been learning through the “Stories of Us” series that has been featured one Sunday a month this...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 11, 2018 | Weekly Message
To me, snow is magical. One of my favorite things is a snow day, especially now that I work from home and don’t have to scramble for snow-day child care. While growing up in Asheville, school closed frequently, even being closed for almost the whole month in January...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 9, 2018 | Sermons
READINGS Edict of Religious Toleration, decreed at the Diet of Torda, January 6, 1568: “His Majesty, our Lord, reaffirms that in every place the preachers shall preach and explain the Gospel, each according to his understanding of it. And if the congregation...