by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 21, 2017 | Weekly Message
Abundance was our church theme last month. We talk about our congregational themes with our Religious Education (RE) kids, too. Take a listen to what they said about what our church has an abundance of: chalices, fun, love, stories, kind people… kind people,...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 14, 2017 | Weekly Message
Last month, my nephew, Greg, called from Santa Barbara. “Hey, Uncle Dale,” he exclaimed, “I won the lottery!” “No way,” I said. “Way!” he said, “I won big time. No kidding.” “That’s great. How much did you win?” “A lot,” he responded… Long pause…then the punch line....
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 7, 2017 | Weekly Message
Up until now, it’s been an odd autumn for this part of the world, with temperatures hovering around what we’re more accustomed to for September. But in the last week, the early winter grey visited, and daytime highs tumbled to a more seasonal chill. And so it feels...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 30, 2017 | Weekly Message
They say that change is the only constant. (Turns out in this case, “they” is actually Heraclitus!) It’s been a few weeks since the announcement of the restructuring of the second minister position and my departure from UUCA. Change is never easy,...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 16, 2017 | Weekly Message
This month, the Board of Trustees has finally wrapped up our LOV (Living Our Values) project. Throughout this year, we worked with many of you in the congregation on this project in order to come up with new Mission and Ends Statements for our community. And I am so...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 9, 2017 | Weekly Message
Last June you heard from then-Board President Kay Aler-Maida that for the past several years UUCA has been struggling with a couple of important financial problems: We have been running a budget deficit funded from cash reserves, and we have been unable to compensate...
