by uuasheville | Jan 8, 2026 | Featured, Weekly Message
As we move out of the holiday season, we hope you and your loved ones found moments of rest, connection, and joy in whatever ways you celebrate. As we look ahead to the new year, we wish you a 2026 filled with love, hope, laughter, and possibility. Everything that...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 23, 2025 | Featured, Weekly Message
What a year this has been! All of us have experienced joys and celebrations this year as well as losses and sorrows. It has often been in community that we have been held as we rejoiced or lamented. A special shout out to our Pastoral Care Team who hosted a worship...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 18, 2025 | Family Ministry, Featured, Weekly Message
The Family Drop-In Soul Matters group is happening this Sunday! Join me in The Commons after worship on Sunday as we explore the theme of Hope using the discussion questions in this month’s Soulful Home packet. Plan to bring a lunch or snack for your fam, kids...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 10, 2025 | Featured, Weekly Message
Putting Our UU Values Into Action this Holiday Season As the holiday season unfolds, I’m delighted to share that our congregation has once again gathered around the warmth and symbolism of our annual UU Holiday Giving Tree. This year’s theme—sustaining a community...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 4, 2025 | Featured, Weekly Message
We live in disorienting times. For many of us, our own day to day reality feels somewhat normal, and yet, we’re aware – acutely or dimly – that our neighbors and loved ones, our country itself, is in turmoil, at risk. It is hard to find our footing, as we try to...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 26, 2025 | Featured, Weekly Message
Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday, given its history and the lore around it. There’s the most likely apocryphal story of the first Thanksgiving. There’s the history of pumpkin pie, which rose to prevalence as a symbol of abolitionism, given that pumpkins could be...
