by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jul 31, 2024 | Justice Ministry
UU Avl & UU Justice EventsUU Justice NC’s Friday Action Hour –  11:00 AM every Friday Sign up for the Zoom link & weekly Friday Action Hour promo email here. TOPIC: Aug 23 – This week, we will be joined by our friends at the North Carolina Budget and Tax...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jul 17, 2024 | Weekly Message
Faith formation doesn’t stop over the summer – we’ve been reading and learning with Banned Books Summer! In June, we read LGBTQ+ themed books to celebrate Pride Month. We heard the stories of This Day in June, And Tango Makes 3, and Jacob’s New Dress. In July,...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jul 11, 2024 | Weekly Message
The last Soul Matters theme for the congregational year was the gift of renewal, an appropriate theme to launch the summer season. What does renewal mean to you? Replenishment? Recovery? Restoration? Summer can be a time of replenishment when schedules slow down...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jul 3, 2024 | Weekly Message
As I write this, it’s Friday morning, June 28th – the morning after the first Presidential debate of the momentous 2024 election. It’s not a good morning for those of us deeply concerned about democracy and the health of the US system of governance. But you are...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jul 1, 2024 | Justice Ministry
UU Avl & UU Justice EventsUU Justice NC’s Friday Action Hour –  11:00 AM every Friday Sign up for the Zoom link & weekly Friday Action Hour promo email here. TOPIC: This week, we will conclude our Two Part Series on The Politics of Polarization, brought to us...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 26, 2024 | Weekly Message
UU Asheville had 7 voting delegates attending the 2024 UUA General Assembly (GA): Nancy Bragg, T Kay Browning, Susan Foster, Shawn Gibson, Bernise Lynch, Anna Martin, and me, Mara Sprain. GA was virtual this year, meaning we each signed-in remotely from our homes or...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 20, 2024 | Weekly Message
Recently I have been struggling to celebrate and find joy when it feels like the world is falling apart, when there is too much to mourn on this little blue speck. It seems I have lost some of my emotional elasticity. I can’t move from fear, and grief, and outrage to...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 20, 2024 | Family Ministry, Featured
I’m pleased to let you know that registration for our 2024-25 year is open! I know it seems a little soon, but doing this early is tremendously helpful for us as we plan for the coming year. You can find out what we’re planning to offer, including info...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 16, 2024 | Featured, Weekly Message
David comes to UU Asheville with a lifelong love of reading, bookselling, classical music and great film, most notably CITIZEN KANE. Born in coastal Texas, he grew up among oil refineries and the Gulf of Mexico before attending college in Houston as a performance...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jun 12, 2024 | Weekly Message
Greetings Friends! I was invited by Rev. Claudia to write a blog about what the Environmental Action Team has been up to. And since I am chilling at home resting a wounded shoulder, I thought “Why not, it’ll keep me from getting bored and I can brag about this...
