Christmas Eve Services

Friday, December 24, 2021 5pm YouTube and In-Person 7:45pm In-Person only Both services will be nearly identical, led by Revs. Harrington and Jiménez: Vaccinations, masks and registration required to attend in person. The 5pm service will be live streamed on a closed...

Embracing the Season

This year again we approach the holidays with caution as the pandemic persists and COVID variants arise. Many have been vaccinated and boosted; some have not, for a variety of reasons. They too, have worth and dignity. We are still masking at UUAvl and figuring out...

Worship Services on 12/26 and 1/2

We’re giving everyone a break.  On Sunday, December 26 the worship service will be pre-recorded so you can watch it any time after you get the link that morning. On January 2, we will return to our in-person and live-streamed format with the service starting at...

Winter Solstice Service

Sunday, December 19, 2021 11am  YouTube and In-person with reservation Rev. Cathy Harrington, Interim Lead Minister and CUUPS Solstice is from the Latin sol stetit meaning sun stood still. Carolyn McVickor Edwards explains this in her book, The Return of...

Finding Peace Among the Turmoil

Sunday, January 9, 2022  11am Youtube and In-Person Rev. Cathy Harrington, Interim Lead Minister We experienced a forced slow-down due to Covid-19 lockdowns, and I hoped that people would recognize that slowing our crazy lives down is a better way to live. But it...

FAQs regarding Reopening Procedures

The November report by the Reopening Task Force is available on our website.  Consequently, we have a few questions that have come to us regarding that report.  Since others may be interested in the same things, here’s a follow-up for all. Who is making our re-opening...

Decorating a Tree is Always Fun

That’s what participants in Sunday’s ornament-making, tree-decorating, and cookie-exchanging extravaganza  reported.  And the tree looks great!  Come see it in Sandburg Hall.

Hope is a Verb

Sunday, December 12, 2021 11am YouTube Rev. Cathy Harrington, Interim Lead Minister and Rev. Claudia Jimenez, Minister of Fatih Development The temptation these days is to focus on what’s wrong in our world, Cathy and Claudia will invite us to reflect on the many...

Two Christmas Eve Services, 5pm and 7:45pm

Vaccinations, masks and registration required to attend in person.  The 5pm service will be live streamed on a closed link and can be watched at any time thereafter.  To receive the closed link, sign up for worship service emails on our home page.  We gather to mark a...

Sleeping Through the Revolution

Some reflections on the Ware Lecture Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, Hollywood, Florida, May 18, 1966. I recently had the occasion to re-read the Ware Lecture by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered...