by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 10, 2024 | Featured, Weekly Message
Between October 4, 2023 and Jan. 1, 2024, the congregation undertook a process of first identifying areas of justice concerns and then voting on top priority areas, for the purpose of focusing efforts, energy and attention over the next two years. This focus is...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 3, 2024 | Featured, Weekly Message
So this is a good thing. Life at the UU Congregation of Asheville has been robust, joyful, engaged and – overflowing! Our Christmas Eve concert and candlelight service had folx sitting in the aisles, and there have been Sundays when people had to view the...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 20, 2023 | Weekly Message
Annoyed by end-of-year pleas to “please” give more to those organizations you’ve already given to? If you’re not aware, I can tell you that these requests are based on the established fact that the best people to ask for money are those who’ve given before. So, take a...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 12, 2023 | Weekly Message
We are lucky to have The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center only two hours from Asheville, and during the school year, kids from our congregation attend Youth CONferences, which are gatherings of UU youth and advisors for a weekend program filled with workshops,...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 6, 2023 | Weekly Message
The warnings are, frankly, quite dire. I’ve been following Rachel Maddow’s tour for her book Prequel, which is an expansion of her essential podcast ULTRA, and she always notes: prepare for quite a year to come. But the same warning signs are up across the political...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 20, 2023 | Weekly Message
With sincere apologies to EBB, EBB fans, sonnet fans, & English teachers everywhere, here goes: We love you our bidders, our volunteers, our donors From scarves & dinners and paintings & hikes, To vans & vacation homes & games & bikes We wish...
