Like every other Monday morning since I started at TJMC-UU in 2015, after our ministry staff team meeting I picked up my mail and sat at my desk to sort it. I came to “the note” towards the last. As I read the note, my breath stopped…not like a metaphorical...
Ready for a yummy Sunday pancake breakfast? Join us after service this Sunday February 1th. Hope to see you!
On Sunday, September 10th I began our formal recognition and celebration of the 25th anniversary of our Director of Faith Development, Leia Durland-Jones, beginning her ministry to and with this congregation. Here are the words I said: The people we’ve just honored are among the many ministers of this congregation. ...
We are excited to welcome Mark Ewert, UU Stewardship consultant, to TJMCUU August 25-27, 2017 for a Next Steps Weekend (NSW). The NSW will provide a review of our financial situation and stewardship potential and give us feedback and guidance on where we can go forward as a congregation. The...
Summer of 2017: This is the official statement of the Charlottesville Clergy Collective, outlining the response(s) planned by many of the faith communities in C’ville. (The list of signatories is at the end.) Over the next several days I will post more information, both practical and theological. The Charlottesville Clergy Collective is...
We, the TJMC-UU and the UU Community Church, are delighted to invite you to attend the Ordination of Pamela K. Philips into the Unitarian Universalist ministry on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 2 pm in the TJMC sanctuary. A reception will follow in the Social Hall. Ordination is the act...
Show your UU pride and help support our youth programming! The YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalist) Youth Group is selling custom designed TJMC t-shirts. On sale now for a limited time. Orders can be placed in the Social Hall after services or by emailing redirector@uucharlottesville.org. Include style, size and quantity desired....
The Social Action Collection for this month is collected on December for our own Religious Education service project to support the Interfaith Humanitarian Sanctum (IHS). Two or three times each year our children in Religious Education use their Sunday school time to assemble hundreds of meal packets for the Interfaith...
TJMC-UU Special Congregational Meeting Sunday, October 2, 12:45 pm in the Sanctuary All Members: Join us for a specially called Congregational Meeting to vote on adoption of long-term public witness in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement and Racial Justice. Childcare will be provided. Our Youth will offer a...
Dear parents, Your children, aged 6 – 12, are invited to join the TJMC children’s choir! Rehearsals will be held on Sundays, 10:30 am – 11:05 am, in the sanctuary, and will start on September 18. There will be no rehearsals on Oct 16., Nov. 13 and 27, Dec. 25, or Jan. 1....