by uuasheville | Feb 27, 2020 | Weekly Message
Last weekend we had two events that highlighted the importance of Faith Development and parent engagement in the lives of our youth. On Sunday, the Young Religious Unitarian Universalist (YRUU) youth group crafted and presented a service on the importance of...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 20, 2020 | Weekly Message
This past Sunday, UUCA Board President Ryan Williams spoke about his membership path at UUCA, where he arrived as a consumer (look at all the cool things I can get from this!) to his current position much further down that path as a supporter (what can I do to keep...
by uuasheville | Feb 13, 2020 | Weekly Message
As almost all are well aware by now, our minister of 16 years is retiring in just a few months. I myself have been here less than three years, but that too-short time at UUCA, with Rev. Mark in the pulpit, has left me wishing that I’d moved to Asheville much earlier!...
by uuasheville | Feb 6, 2020 | Weekly Message
When I mention to people that before entering the ministry I spent 25 years in newspaper journalism, they often ask what I miss from that former life. The truth is: not much. At about the time I was leaving for ministry, the newspaper world was changing dramatically....
by uuasheville | Jan 30, 2020 | Weekly Message
One of the qualities of our congregation I admire is your willingness to experiment. We have been experimenting with The Wednesday Thing (this is year three!) and with multigenerational worship. These are two of the programs that generated excitement when I...
by uuasheville | Jan 23, 2020 | Weekly Message
Last Sunday after Melissa Murphy’s call to action to get out the vote and advocate for electoral justice, the congregation joined in “Social Justice Stretching.” We touched our toes reaching down to get the power of the grassroots. We reached our arms up to the sky...
