New Volunteer Opportunities! There are several volunteer “jobs” ready for the taking. If you like gardening and landscaping, working in the soil with like-minded people, organizing workdays, and enjoying the outdoors consider becoming the Gardens and Grounds Committee Chair. The Gardens and Grounds Committee oversees the care and maintenance of...
By Stephanie Lowenhaupt UU-Charlottesville Member Wondering about Christmas Holiday plans and not being able to travel? Here is an opportunity to connect with other UU’s around the country. Are you interested in connecting with a diverse group of friendly and fascinating folks.? SWIM (Southeast Winter Institute Unitarian Universalist...
This month’s theme question: What does it mean to be a people of peace? At 08:15 on August 6th, 1945, above the city of Hiroshima, Japan, the bomb doors on the Enola Gay opened, dropping the first atomic bomb to be used as a weapon. Three days later, at...
By Lynn Heath/Kate Fraleigh TJMC members attending General Assembly in June came home with new energy for racial justice work in Charlottesville. Consistent with the GA theme of interfaith action, we heard from representatives of the United Church of Christ, the Union for Reform Judaism, and the Disciples of Christ,...
If for some reason you come by our building during the week it is very likely that you’ll run into somebody doing something – mowing the lawn, fixing a light, watering the gardens, weeding the gardens, repairing playground equipment, painting something … The list could go on. And I don’t...
By Scott DeVeaux Are you musical? Most of you would answer, “No, I’m not!” But I know that for a lot of you that’s not true. You played clarinet in high school marching band, or sang in the choir. You like playing guitar with friends, and sing lullabies to...
by Karen Ransom Okay, I have to admit that coming up with something to write about this month for the bulletin has been a challenge for me. Not that I don’t have tons of ideas and thoughts and wishes for the church, but crafting it for publication can be hard....
By Sara Gondwe, Chair, Racial Justice Steering Committee HaHa Probably you have. Perhaps you are aware that I have sons whom society identifies as African American. Did it occur to you that they also have a White identity so it would make just as much sense to label them as...
By Barbara Kres Beach Karola Torok is the daughter of Istvan and Melinda Torok of our partner church in Romania. She just finished her first year master studies in business information management. Her father, Reverend Torok, modestly tells us, “The results were very good.” To recoup her strength...
BozART Fine Art Collective: The art show, “Blaze of Color” features the paintings from the BozART Fine Art Collective, a group active for 20 years. “Blaze of color” has been used to describe Van Gogh’s style of painting…we thought it was also appropriate for this show in early summer. BozART has been...