by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 8, 2018 | Weekly Message
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about family. Right before the New Year, my nuclear family welcomed our third child, Lyra, to the world. We were thankful to receive tremendous help from our extended family, but Josh and I had no idea we’d feel so much love and...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Feb 1, 2018 | Weekly Message
This past weekend was a deep dive into UUCA activities for me, from being on the Search Committee for our new Minister of Faith Development, to the leadership event for this year’s annual budget drive. And sandwiched in between was a day of workshops focusing on faith...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 25, 2018 | Weekly Message
A key part of each orientation for our OWL program is asking folks to think about the sexuality education they received as a child or youth. Think about it for a minute, what were you taught? Was it through school? Did your parents talk to you about it? Did you learn...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 18, 2018 | Weekly Message
We all think that living our values is an important part of being a UU. We all agree that it’s easy to say stuff, but what we DO about it is what counts. And as we have been learning through the “Stories of Us” series that has been featured one Sunday a month this...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 11, 2018 | Weekly Message
To me, snow is magical. One of my favorite things is a snow day, especially now that I work from home and don’t have to scramble for snow-day child care. While growing up in Asheville, school closed frequently, even being closed for almost the whole month in January...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 4, 2018 | Weekly Message
I think I can officially say that the Wednesday Thing is not a new program anymore! And what a success it has been so far. We’ve done yoga together, and learned about Buddhism, empathy, and nonviolent communication. We’ve eaten delicious food and shared...
