by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Aug 14, 2025 | Weekly Message
In these times when it is difficult to express the heaviness in so many of our hearts as we witness immoral leadership making decisions that impact our communities, this story shared recently in Piloting Faith reminds me that we are not in this alone. “They say that...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Aug 7, 2025 | Featured, Weekly Message
Beloveds, my Ministerial Internship is wrapping up. My farewell service is Sunday, August 31 st . In that service I will reflect on my time as your intern: what it has meant to me, the healing power of community, how I’ve learned, some challenges I’ve faced, and so...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jul 17, 2025 | Weekly Message
There’s a pithy saying that I heard a lot growing up: “If you want to make God laugh, make plans.” It’s supposed to be a silly little proverb but it has started to take on an unkind edge in the past five years. Last September, my wife and I were in the process of...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jul 10, 2025 | Weekly Message
As I prepared for my sabbatical adventures a few months ago, I shared that I was centering my Camino Portugues walk from Porto to Santiago de Compostela on the invitation by Francis Zanzaro in “Zen of the Wild” to focus not so much on what one can get out of the walk,...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 26, 2025 | Weekly Message
In 2023 the Board of Trustees developed the Four Pillars Strategy as a follow on to the successful Meet the Moment campaign. Confronted with another deficit budget the strategy was implemented with the goal of reaching a balanced budget and setting the stage for...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 18, 2025 | Weekly Message
Our youth group travelers are heading to GA this week! Fresh faced and mostly excited, ten of our high schoolers piled into vans with their four chaperone/sponsors Wednesday morning, headed to Baltimore, MD to attend UUA’s annual General Assembly (GA). We expect...
