The Four Pillars Strategy: An Update

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...

Youth to GA!

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...

Mysticism & Activism

Opportunities to practice activism abound these days. In fact, we probably wish there weren’t such a need for our activism in service to collective liberation. Couldn’t we just get a little break from the injustices, the wrongs, the hurt? Sadly, the call for our...

Born to Dilly Dally

My birthday is in May, and I am a Taurus. Horoscopes are complete nonsense, except for all the ways they seem to be true (this is humor). Regardless of the stars, I do tend to go at work and justice-side things long and hard and with a certain amount of push, but to...

Reflecting Back

Reflecting on the past year, my experience as your intern minister has been profoundly impactful and, in many ways, unexpected. Having been a visitor at UU Asheville for several years, including a year as a Faith Formation teacher, I believed I had a solid...

Closing the Gap

  As the newest member of the UU Asheville Board, recently being appointed to fill an unexpired term, I bring a unique perspective to the Board. This is the seventh UU Congregation that I have joined, and I have been either a board or finance committee member in each...