Afghan family - Refugee Welcome. Front Row: Breck Gastinger, Nasrat, Haji Muhammad, Hikmat, Saeeda, Regina White, and her daughter Second Row: Lara Gastinger, Sharon Baiocco , Burnie Davis, Rev. Tim Temersen

Rev. Tim Meets the Ghaznavis

Front Row: Breck Gastinger, Nasrat, Haji Muhammad, Hikmat, Saeeda, Regina White, and her daughterSecond Row: Lara Gastinger, Sharon Baiocco , Burnie Davis, Rev. Tim Temersen May 10, 2023Sharon Baiocco On a beautiful May morning, Rev. Tim met with the Afghan family of four whom our congregation has been assisting through...

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Out with the Old – In with the New & a Sign Blessing

Congregation photograph by David Shutt One last look… In September 2022 the Church Signage Task Force was formed and charged with providing a recommendation to the Board of Trustees for updating and/or replacing the sign on Rugby Road to reflect the congregation’s name change from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church...

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Easter Sunday Service and Party

A UU Easter Over 200 were in attendance at “The First Easter Sermon” given by Rev Tim Temerson and Rev Leia Durland-Jones, it was a delightful way to start a beautiful Easter Sunday. We were blessed to have guest pianist Alex Sug play at the Easter service. He was phenomenal!...

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The Spire

The story of the spire The unique spire that sits atop the congregation building at 717 Rugby Road was designed for the church at its founding in 1950. The twisting aluminum ribbons represent eight major religious traditions, and are woven to symbolize that the closer each approaches the truth, the closer...

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Renovation Reveal. Glenn Short Fund Progress on Sanctuary and Parlor

[yotuwp type=”videos” id=”fnAvTP3KE64″ ] When Glenn Short passed away in September 2018, he had been a familiar face in our sanctuary and social hall for about 16 years. He enthusiastically participated in environmental and racial justice efforts both in church and in our community. He regularly attended congregational meetings and...

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TJMC

Future of Ministry at TJMC-UU

Seasons Greetings from the TJMC Board of Trustees! The Board of Trustees has been in deliberation over the future of the church’s ministry for the past several weeks. We have tried to keep the congregation apprised of our discussions and debates as best as we can through email updates, Congregational...

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Current Staff Schedule

Fall 2019 your church is currently staffed by: Rev. Alex McGee, Assistant Minister (20 hours a week.) Alex works Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and some Sundays. Leia Durland-Jones, Director of Faith Development. Leia works Sundays through Thursdays. Sean Skally, Director of Administration and Finance (30 hours). Sean works Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays...

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We need photos!

Have any wonderful pictures of our church in the snow? Send them to communications@uucharlottesville.org to have them featured on our new Facebook page!

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