by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Apr 4, 2019 | Weekly Message
Our support of La Mariposa in sanctuary last year connected us more deeply to the whole struggle over immigrant rights, which is an ongoing mess. Much of what we read comes from the debates in Washington and the human rights crisis at our Southern border. But there’s...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 28, 2019 | Weekly Message
Unitarian Universalism challenges us to put our beliefs into action. Our faith development programs for children and adults explore what those beliefs are and how they inform our actions. This year during Sunday worship (yes, worship is faith development) we have been...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 14, 2019 | Weekly Message
I’m so glad we have UUCA to help us raise our child. My husband, daughter and I joined the congregation in 2013 when she was eight years old. At UUCA, we found a place that shares our values, a place where those values are brought to her by other people, in different...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 7, 2019 | Weekly Message
Meaningful social justice work is at the heart of what we do as a congregation, but the focus of our work shifts and changes as circumstances in and around us change. That creates challenges for organizing that work since we want to be nimble in responding to needs...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 31, 2019 | Weekly Message
What is a “living church” and what does it have to do with membership? Here is a description of a living church from an article that was adapted by the UU minister the Rev. Sam Trumbore. Living churches always have a parking problem; dying churches don’t. Living...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 24, 2019 | Weekly Message
This is challenging, important, on-going (and probably never-ending) work that we are doing. It is no easy task to build a community where adults and children participate together, respect each other, and learn from each other. The work is ours—all of us at UUCA. ...
