by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 9, 2019 | Sermons
Sunday, April 7, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister “Are you all there?’ It’s a question we get asked when we’re staring into space, disengaged from our surroundings. Sometimes we go for some time feeling split between an inner self of experience and an outer self...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 25, 2019 | Sermons
Sunday, March 24, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister “One day,” writes Mary Oliver, “you finally knew what you had to do, and began.” What was that day like for you?
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 18, 2019 | Sermons
Sunday, March 17, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward , Lead Minister The history of the Civil Rights movement is told in moments of achievement – protests made, laws passed – but the deeper work of justice is focused on the continuing journey of freedom. This Sunday we’ll recall the...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 13, 2019 | Sermons
Sunday, March 10, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister The Buddhist practice of “metta” offers a way of guiding our lives by the principles of loving kindness. This Sunday we’ll explore what that might mean for us and how we might orient ourselves to this practice....
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 5, 2019 | Sermons
Sunday, March 3, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister Come help us celebrate this amazing congregation, all that we are and all that we do. There will be wonderful music, good words, and best of all our community joined as one. Please fill out and bring with you the...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 25, 2019 | Sermons
Sunday, February 24, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister “Amazing Grace” is a song loaded with history and knotty theology. This year’s auction winner of the sermon topic, Phil Roudebush, asked that I grapple with how we UUs might respond to it. So, here we go! From...
