by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 17, 2015 | Weekly Message
We have just launched our first week back to class in Religious Education, and there are what feel like a dozen balls in the air, so I’ll keep this brief. We have a great year planned. You can read about all our classes for children and youth, as well as see our...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 14, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister We never know where the invitation will come from. For Mary Oliver, it came when she chanced on a clutch of gold finches, chittering and warbling in a patch of thistles: “Their strong, blunt beaks drink the air, she said, as they...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 10, 2015 | Weekly Message
Through the construction and short relocation this summer, our community has continued to flourish. Attendance at the services has remained high and the topics as challenging and thought-provoking as ever. At the end of August, guest ministers, the Revs. Kerry Mueller...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 3, 2015 | Weekly Message
After the service on August 30, I made a brief visit to one of the few spots on our campus that is not currently being disrupted: our Memorial Garden. Each year I make a practice of pouring the water we receive in our Water Service onto the area of the garden where we...
