by uuasheville | Mar 12, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
Our UU Asheville Justice Teams continue to be active. I meet with team leads monthly as the Justice Ministry Council (JMC). Teams share updates on their work and explore opportunities for collective action. One of our goals this year is for team volunteers to table...
by uuasheville | Mar 5, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
The board is grateful to Jim Gamble and Ken Brame for organizing the recent Town Hall meeting to update the congregation on the activities of the Long-Range Planning Committee. A summary of the February 22 meeting follows. If you were unable to attend the town hall in...
by uuasheville | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
Perhaps the quietest volunteer group at UU AVL is the Pastoral Care Team (PCT). We practice silent presence, compassionate listening, quiet reflection, respect, and care for our beloveds who are vulnerable and in pain. The PCT is an extension of the ministry of our...
by uuasheville | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
There are some Sundays when our Sanctuary feels a little snug. You may have also noticed this. We have a lot of new folks coming through our doors and for good reasons. We have an amazing and loving community that is doing good work in our community. At the same time,...
by uuasheville | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
I don’t have to tell you that UUs are a religiously, spiritually, and humanistically polyglot lot. As I often say, our faith does not require us “to think alike, to love alike.” We are intentionally non-creedal and pluralistic in our religious orientation. So why do...
by uuasheville | Jan 29, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
Dear friends, In the quiet moments before dawn, or in the sudden silence after turning off the churning news cycle, I have found myself wrestling with a profound heaviness these past few weeks. I know I am not alone in this. Our shared hearts are bruised. The recent...
