On Saturday, October 28th the Elders Brunch was attended by over 55 of our members and friends who were honored by our congregation in recognition of their contributions to the life of our beloved community and the history they hold of our life together. Revs Tim and Leia were there...
Highlights from the Meeting: The Buildings Committee and the Board discussed the needed repairs to the Summit House porch and ramps. The Board approved using $15,000 in Endowment Funds and $12,000 in Capital Reserve Funds for the project, currently estimated at a cost of $38,000. A fundraising campaign will be...
Kim Grover, a member of UUCville Ministry for Earth, said that they had a very successful clean up of the Rivanna Trails Pollocks Branch with some of our YRUU group along with the Ministry for Earth group. The work group made pretty short work of that section of stream that...
The November/December Art show is an invitation to all our members and friends (old and young alike) to submit work for a group show, titled, “Season of Light.” And what visual work of art is not using light? Up to three works of art per artist accepted. Work received on...
Enjoy this month’s online word search. Just click and drag to mark your find. You can print a version from this link Printable version of the Stewardship Steering Committee Word Search Answers Three words filled with promise, opportunity, and potential. What does the future hold for UUCville? Together, let’s...
Jayson Whitehead Executive Director at PACEM This year we host PACEM for the men from November 11 to 25 and the women from November 25 to December 9, 2023. Other congregations will feed our guests for the first three weeks. We partner with Ebenezer Baptist Church to feed our...
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. (May 2023 Visit by the Ghaznavis family to the UUCville campus) The Refugee Welcome Mentors are pleased to report that the UUCville sponsored...
The Board of Trustees met this past Wednesday evening on Zoom. We enjoyed having several guests at this meeting. Stephen Blair made the suggestion to replace the Marriage Equality banner in front of the church that is getting weathered. Elizabeth Breeden and Lorie Craddock presented Capital Projects Report ideas for...
As part of our ongoing effort to work in partnership with African American faith communities and to support Black-owned businesses, UUCville is participating in an Ebenezer Baptist Church initiative to promote and support local black farmers. We made a donation to a farmers’ market Ebenezer recently sponsored and we have...
At our Board Retreat in September, I started to see how our strategic plan can lead to an even stronger Social and Environmental Justice movement in our congregation. Rev Tim explained how groups can move to working on the upstream causes of suffering and injustice while continuing to work on...