Dear UUCville Members & Friends, Love at the Center That’s the theme of the UU Congregation of Charlottesville’s 2026 pledge drive and it perfectly describes all that we are doing and experiencing at UUCville. We are reaching out, offering a listening ear and an understanding heart, showing up and speaking...
Greg Townsend (Pledge Team Co-Leader) The work that we do at UUCville is important. It’s important for me, it’s important for the congregation, it’s important for our local communities, and it’s important for the world at large. It’s important for now and it’s even more important for the future. It’s...
I would like to take the opportunity this month to reflect on our ministry. Several years ago, in consultation with our interim minister at the time, our congregation decided to hire a Developmental Minister – a type of lead minister who has special skills and experience. We had already determined...
The Board met on Tuesday, January 27th. In addition to monthly reports from officers, the Board: approved the numbers for the annual housing allowances for our two Ministers discussed the Survey that will soon go out to our congregation, including suggestions from Board members on structure and content reviewed a...
I have been reflecting this month on the many ways our congregation works with the local community, and would like to highlight a few of them. We recently concluded nearly 2 weeks hosting 40 men as part of the PACEM winter shelter program. PACEM is a local organization that coordinates...
UUCville is delighted to announce an upcoming pulpit exchange between our own Rev. Tim Temerson and Pastor Lehman Bates from Ebenezer Baptist Church. This Sunday, the UUCville congregation will experience a service titled “The Joker is Wild” led by Pastor Bates, with our own Tori Goodloe serving as worship weaver....
This is the second report from the Committee on Ministries on the progress UUCville has made on our Long Range Plan. In the first report, COM described the progress on the Preamble of the plan. This report is about how UUCville are doing with Goal 1. Summary of Accomplishments I....
The Board met for our annual retreat in September 2025. In addition to getting to know each other better, we spent a lot of time discussing the strategic plan, our progress so far, and our priorities for this year. Two members of the Committee on Ministry (COM) attended to help...
At the October 28 Board Meeting, we: Heard from Donna Redmond who has done preliminary work on an Emergency Preparedness Plan. It was decided that task forces would be set up to work on each area that needs to be covered. Learned that we will be co-worshipping with the Sojourners...
As the days grow shorter and we move into the reflective months of November and December, we invite all members and friends of UUCville—of every age and artistic level—to contribute to our upcoming group art show, “Season of Light.” Light is at the heart of all visual art—whether it’s captured...