There’s nothing more intriguing than the human face and nothing more difficult to capture on canvas. To find the spark of a person’s essence, to make a good painting as well as a good likeness is a thrilling adventure. I work from life for some quick portraits, but more often...
New Beginnings Christian Community Food Ministry serves 300 people each week regardless of where they live or their legal status. We don’t require any identification, so we don’t get government funding or surplus food. Our groceries are donated by Food Lion, Walmart, and the Blue Ridge Food Bank. We also...
The UUCville Board of Trustees met this past Wednesday, July 26th by Zoom. We had a pretty light mid-summer agenda. Revs Leia and Tim are both taking well-deserved respites, and several board members are on vacation. Kay and Jim (members of the Stewardship Steering Committee) gave updates on Developmental Goal...
We’re offering a bake sale at the yard sale. Yum! We’re calling on bakers to make muffins, scones, cookies, brownies or bars for our hungry shoppers. Please wrap for individual portions! You may drop off at church Friday Aug. 18 5:30-7:00pm, or by 8am at the yard sale on Saturday....
Is there a unique message based in our UU values and principles that UUCville can bring to the Charlottesville community? Our commitment to love and kindness is nurturing our UUCville community and we already have so many ways we express our Love In Action in Charlottesville. Is there more we...
by Hayley Owens Click to View Video of 2023 ASP Trip Photos provided by: Jennifer Davis, Hayley Owens, Larry Moulis, Carly Moulis, Beth Jaeger-Landis, Caroline Landis, Lily Bolling On July 8th, twenty-nine youth and adults from our congregation, returned from our week-long service trip to Jonesville, Virginia doing home repair...
The Congregational Meeting was a huge success with getting so much done. We now have an excellent balanced budget for 2023/2024, we have great teams for our board, nominating and personnel committees, we updated the bylaws and we have a new mission statement. We can now turn our attention to...
Dear Parents, Happy Summer! I hope you and your family are finding time for rest and renewal. Even as we enjoy the gifts of summer, it is time to prepare for the upcoming year of growth and learning at UUCville! I am excited about the opportunities for us to be...
UUCville’s Social Action Collection Giving is an attitude. It’s a heart issue. -unknown Our UUCville congregation has developed a unique way to contribute to Charlottesville area social justice causes through its monthly Social Action Collections. Satyendra Huja led the Social Action Collection for many years; he thought it was a...
Who’s that girl? & Who’s that guy? The first person to email ssc@uucharlottesville.orgwith the correct answer wins a free ice cream sundae! What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall About nine years ago, the youth of...