Sign up now to help by providing food or serving dinner Each winter we host our homeless guests from PACEM overnight in Summit House. Guests will be here from November 16th through 30th. Everyone’s help is needed for this effort. We have divided the jobs into large and small from...
The Story of LilyPads Housing In 2015, Charlottesville local, Jen Koym, gave birth to a little girl with a very rare and serious heart defect. Her daughter, Lily, needed open-heart surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and their family was left scrambling to find housing while Lily was hospitalized far from...
The UUCville Board of Trustees met on Wednesday, October 23. Guests Kim Grover, Ellie Syverud, Keith McGlammery, and David Judd made a proposal to the board for our Ministry for Earth to Purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). The board will consider this proposal and vote on it at our next...
President’s Report to the Board, October 2024 In the next months, the board will be forming teams to begin (or continue) the tasks in our Long Range plan and we will support existing teams in new initiatives. Rev Tim has done a beautiful job of distilling the broad Long...
Above artwork by Flame Bilyué Each year, we invite artists of all ages to submit work celebrating the Season of Light. Since visual art cannot be created without light, this theme is very open-ended. Please submit artwork ready to hang on Sunday, October 27th. The work submitted will hang...
We all know what a vibrant, involved and very active community that makes up UUCville. The question is do you really know the extent of the areas of interest that are available, how many opportunities to be of service, and how many possibilities to expand your horizons that can be...
What a Year It’s Been! Through careful fiscal management and the generosity of members’ pledges and donations to special projects, UUCville has been able to undertake multiple much-needed projects on our buildings and grounds. Key Improvements Summit House Porch Replacement In January, the much-used Summit House porch was replaced! This...
The Meal Packets project is an incredible tradition at UUCville, begun some years ago as a way to provide loving and practical support to folks who are staying in Charlottesville due to loved ones who are patients at UVA Medical Center. These folks may be staying in one of the...
In early autumn 2021, UUCville was approved by the International Refugee Committee (IRC) to sponsor a refugee family from Afghanistan and a new outreach ministry began! Two UUCville groups were formed: Mentors and Planners (settlers) to aid directly in the settlement of the not-yet-assigned-to-us family. Immediately after UUCville was approved...
September 2024 We are beginning our third year of Developmental Ministry. You can find our Developmental Ministry webpage here: https://uucharlottesville.org/about-us/developmental-ministry-goals This month, I want to give a brief review of our progress on our Developmental Goals. Please note that there are so many things going on at UUCville, it is...