by uuasheville | Jan 16, 2020 | Weekly Message
Happy 2020, friends! I hope that your new year is off to a wonderful beginning. If, though, like me, you’re already feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything only ten days into the new year, I invite you to use this season of new beginnings and new approaches to try a...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 9, 2020 | Weekly Message
I’ve been looking at Susan Beaumont’s book, How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, again. This time I’ve been reading more about the soul of an institution. As part of that discussion, Beaumont talks about the spirituality of an institution (pp. 57-59). ...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 2, 2020 | Weekly Message
If numbers stir your curiosity, then it’s a good bet that this new year has you wondering. 2020 – it’s been a century since we had a double year like this, and the last time we did – 1919 – was monumental, marking as it did the Versailles Treaty that ended the First...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 16, 2019 | Featured, Weekly Message
Linda Topp, Director of Administration Surprise! This is NOT about asking for donations. Though that’s not a bad idea. In fact, why don’t you just keep that idea in the back of your head while you keep reading? This IS about the many ways we accept...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 12, 2019 | Weekly Message
It’s that time of year for many of us when, in addition to thinking about holiday festivities, we are also beginning to think of resolutions for the coming year. Well, the Board is no different and this past Tuesday night, we sat around the table and started a...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 5, 2019 | Weekly Message
It’s a question I’ve heard over the years: “Now, you Unitarian Universalists don’t identify as Christian, is that right?” “Well, there are certainly people in our congregations who are drawn to the teachings of Jesus and identify as Christian in some way. But, yes, I...
