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...
Each year our congregation hosts the homeless men and women of PACEM in our Summit House. This year our guests will spend the night from November 14 to December 3rd. We will feed our guests from November 23 to 30. (Other churches will feed the guests the rest of the...
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...
Sin Barreras’ mission is to empower immigrants and their families in Central Virginia with a focus on the Latinx population by educating, advocating, and supporting their needs. We serve people by phone or in person in our office.
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...