Board of Trustees January 24, 2024 Meeting Highlights

The Board met on January 24, 2024 via zoom. The Building Use Task Force evaluates and recommends the measures to lower our risk of COVID.  At this time, it appears that the number of cases is actually declining, and we do not need to reinstitute mandatory masking.  Masks will still...

Continue reading

FOCUS: Who Are We?

One of the things I love most about being a Unitarian Universalist is that we are always questioning, exploring, and learning. Some of the questions we are always seeking to answer include “Who Are We?” “What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist?” and “How can we turn our...

Continue reading

Advocacy for Busy People – You Can Make a Difference!

UUCville Ministry for Earth Legislative Advocacy The VA General Assembly only meets for 60 days (Jan 10 – Mar 10) so your advocacy is needed NOW! Here are pending bills of interest organized by topic. You can write to your legislators to ask for their support (some organizations provide ready...

Continue reading

Stewardship Jan 2024 Word Search

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,...

Continue reading

An Update on Rev. Leia’s Sabbatical

Rev. Leia will be away on a well-earned sabbatical from February 25 to August 25, 2024. Per her letter of agreement with our congregation, Rev. Leia earns one month of salaried sabbatical leave for each twelve months of service and is eligible to take up to six months of sabbatical...

Continue reading

January Art Show: Shirley Paul

Artist statement: My work falls into the category called “intuitive” or “process” painting. This is the practice of meditating with brush in hand. It requires the suspension of fear, expectations, and the analytical brain. I allow the painting to evolve based on my vision, love of play and experimentation. As...

Continue reading

January Social Action Collection: PHAR

Click here to donate during January Founded in 1998, the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR) mission is to educate and empower low-income residents to protect and improve our own communities through collective action. The Board has always been majority Black, and is the local non-profit governed by low-income...

Continue reading

39th Annual C’ville Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration

“Honoring the Dream” Sunday, January 21, 2024 5:00 pm Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave., Charlottesville, VA 22902    Keynote Speaker: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson  Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is the author of My Monticello, a fiction debut that was called ‘a masterly feat’ by the New York Times...

Continue reading