Together on Purpose, Together with Purpose Cottage Conversations Have you heard that the UU Congregation of Charlottesville is developing a new statement of mission/purpose? In February and March we held 17 small group meetings, Cottage Conversations, with 120 participants. We asked everyone to discuss these three questions: 1. What does...
What happens to the money you pledge? How do we plan our spending? Join Board Members Kay Frazer, Haley Owens, and Bev Ryan for a discussion of UUCville’s budget and finances.
This month I want to write about all UUCville has accomplished since July in our current fiscal year. I wanted to list some of those things, so we can appreciate how far we have come in a few important areas of our congregation life: supporting each other and developing our...
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations is Unitarian Universalism’s third principle.
Numerous times over the past month, I have felt enormous appreciation for UUCville. Interestingly, this often happened in meetings! In every gathering, each person brought their own diverse way of thinking and their own unique wisdom. We listened to each other, built on each other’s understanding and we got to...
Together We Build our Commitment to Social Justice AT LEFT: Nik Skaggs Co-Founder of UUCville Food Pantry The second principle of Unitarian Universalism, Justice, Equity and Compassion in Human Relations, many call it Social Justice, is one in which the congregation of UUCville truly lives its belief.You may be surprised,...
Due to COVID infection levels dropping significantly in our local community, the UUCville Building Use Task Force has recommended that we modify our masking policy and the Board of Trustees has voted to approve these modifications. While it remains safer for congregants to wear high quality masks, current COVID infection rate data enables us to...
This year’s IMPACT work has been tremendously exciting: we’re tackling some thorny, systemic problems, and we’re able to do it because our organization keeps growing! We now have 26 member congregations with healthy internal networks, and we’re proud to say that this is one of the most deeply interfaith projects...
Initiation December 8, 2022; 80th Birthday December 3, 2022 Ritual Introduction: Gerry Seedyke On Edith Good’s 90th birthday her sister-in-law gave her a cheerful tissue-paper bouquet. It stood on her counter for a couple of years as she wondered what could be done with it. In September 2021 when Greta...
HOW DO WE BUILD COMMUNITY? LET US COUNT THE WAYS. Pledge Drive co-chairs Hayley Owens & Bob Brett with Rev. Leia hear from the children about the promise of pledging! By hearing the comments of so many about how lovely it is to be together again in church! By...