An Activity to Celebrate Solstice with Your family. To connect with the sacred stillness of the longest night of the year, this activity guides us to create a symbolic, toy-sized cave with our children. This quiet, holy, protective cave will shelter Mother Earth and the Sun Child, symbolically reborn the...
A poem by Irene Wellman. It Was Nothing Really A storm had passed. I stopped the car to walk up and down the country road, trees along the horizon, nearby new leaves, flowers, pools of water on the road. A few cars went by. and then the sun’s rays shone...
By Laura Wallace Like many UUs, I came from a religious background that one day no longer made sense for me. Disillusionment sent me searching, and finally to hovering nervously on a back pew nearly 40 years ago, scared but relieved to have blundered into a community that wouldn’t tell...
Did you ever wonder where our Sunday altars come from? They are created each month by our dedicated altar team. In this post, Maggie Ober explains their creative process. The altar team, Cindy Mick, Michelle Goodrich, Patty Wallens and Maggie Ober, with liberal support from Leia Durland-Jones and Nik Skaggs,...
Read the letter here: 12.11.20 Letter to UUCharlottesville from UUA Susan Gray
Statement to the Media from Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles I am disappointed that the Police Chief of Charlottesville made unfair accusations in a press conference December 10 about our church and about the people trying simply to bring a matter of concern to the Police Department. How sad that...
To : UU Congregation of Charlottesville Re: Report of Charlottesville Police Department From: Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles, Interim Lead Minister Following an incident on Rugby Road in October, when a church member was stopped and questioned by a number of police officers, the Board of Trustees of the UU...
Our outdoor wreath making party on Saturday, December 5 was just wonderful this year. It was quite different from our traditional holiday party since we were socially distanced and outdoors. Even though we weren’t able to have lots of craft options and holiday treats, we were warmed through the fellowship...
As we move into this holiday season, I am grateful to have the ministry theme of “stillness” as our guide. There is so much swirling around — the pandemic and the toll it has taken, racial injustice and the continuous ways it manifests in our communities, widespread economic stress and...
Charge for New Name Task Force: The New Name Task Force will be made up of Sharon Utz, Sachim Mehta, Debby Norton, Hayley Owens, Bonnie Hansen and Elizabeth Breeden. The Task Force is charged with using an inclusive and democratic process for our congregation to choose a new name. Our...