by Faith Dev Team | Dec 9, 2021 | Family Ministry
The theme this month is Opening to Joy. In a time when it seems to be increasingly hard to find moments of joy, how can we do this? I am learning right along with our kids this month, that sometimes you have to look for it, but often it will just sneak up on you. So...
by Faith Dev Team | Dec 9, 2021 | Vespers & Wednesday Program
In the bleak and cold winter, We gather ourselves in To light the fire to warm our spirits, To kindle the flame of love and hope. ~ by Cynthia Landrum. Join Rev. Cathy for reflection and music to warm your spirits during our last Vespers service of the year. ...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 8, 2021 | Featured
This service will be offered at 2pm in the Sanctuary for all who wish to attend (registration required) and will be live streamed on YouTube. The link will be added to the 12/19 Sunday email. The winter holiday season can be difficult. With all the colors...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Dec 5, 2021 | Scoop
It’s not quite like the good ole days but it’s way closer than YouTube-watching. Today was a great day with a “regular” worship service, a Coming of Age class meeting in Sandburg Hall, a lot of people...
by uuasheville | Dec 5, 2021 | Sermons
Sunday, December 5, 2021 11am You/Tube Rev. Cathy Harrington, Interim Lead Minister As the days grow shorter, we are eager for the solstice when light begins to grow again. Christians observe Advent as waiting for the birth of Jesus, but non-Christians,...
by Faith Dev Team | Dec 2, 2021 | Vespers & Wednesday Program
6:30pm Vespers-“It’s not joy that makes us grateful, it’s gratitude that makes us joyful.”~David Steindi-Rost. Join Rev. Claudia for a meditative, music Vespers exploring the connection between joy and gratitude. 7pm Program -We are not offering our own...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured
Party like it’s Christmas! Full details below, but the short form is: Share cookies that are packaged in small clear plastic bags. Make ornaments with all supplies provided. Add your ornament to our NEW Christmas tree! It’s also a Soup-er Event. To-go...
by Faith Dev Team | Nov 26, 2021 | Vespers & Wednesday Program
In the Disney Pixar movie Up, the end is the beginning for Carl Fredrickson, a balloon salesman who loses his beloved wife Ellie and discovers what author and Franciscan priest Richard Rohr calls “the second half of life” – one that is characterized by necessary...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Weekly Message
Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday. Historically we have been fed a narrative of Pilgrims and Native Peoples sharing a meal of thanksgiving that overlooks the theft of land, the erasure of culture, and genocide. This challenges us to explore the history we have not...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Nov 23, 2021 | Featured
Following the worship service on December 5 we will dispatch to the fire pit behind 21 Edwin Place for Christmas caroling! If you’re coming from home, aim for noon-ish. There will probably be some suitably seasonal goodies available. Following the fun there,...
