by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Oct 12, 2017 | Weekly Message
The future beckons. A backward look will, perhaps, Clarify the way. Sunday, October 29 will be an important day in the life of our congregation. On that day, at 4pm in our Sanctuary, we will have a Special Congregational Meeting with two important items: a report on...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Oct 5, 2017 | Weekly Message
I’m sorry to be missing our congregational retreat at The Mountain this year toward the end of October. Sadly, it conflicts with another obligation I have that weekend that I want to tell you a little about. It began with a retreat I took at the beginning of my...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 28, 2017 | Weekly Message
In June of 2016, this congregation passed a resolution affirming our commitment to working for racial justice in our congregation, community, denomination, and world. Toward that end, I am happy to announce a new initiative that’s comin’ down the pike: The Community...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 21, 2017 | Weekly Message
As UUs, we begin with the assumption that religion for each of us begins with our own individual experience. One way to describe this feeling is as a sense of wonder, that we are deeply connected to each other and all things. The Young Religious UU (YRUU) program...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 14, 2017 | Weekly Message
This summer, I was honored and privileged to have spent a week at the Southern Unitarian Universalist Leadership Experience. SUULE was empowering and it gave me a true understanding of what our real work is, which is to listen to one another, to learn from one another...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Sep 12, 2017 | Weekly Message
Tomorrow night is the first Wednesday Thing but it’s just the first. Â We’re doing it EVERY WEDNESDAY. Â Get here at 5:30 to eat ($5 per person, $20 maximum per family), stay for the vespers service at 6:00, and then dabble in whatever activities are...
