Congregational Meeting September 9, 2018

(Following  10AM Single Service, @ 11:30am)  All members of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian Universalist community are invited to attend a Congregational Meeting on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in the church Sanctuary after service. The agenda for this meeting will include: – approve the minutes from the June 3,...

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And the Award Goes To… Kim & Barbara Beach

Kim & Barbara received the Creative Sageing award at this year’s meeting of the Elderberries, the UU Retired Ministers and Partners Association. Take a look at the attached pdf (click below) commemorating them. Including great photos by Leighton Brown, it’s a lovely read. These fellow UUS have done, and are...

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#ResilientCville

The City of Charlottesville recognizes that August 2018 will be an important time for our community to acknowledge painful feelings about the tragic events of last summer and also a time to promote resilience and healing. The #ResilientCville website is one way you can access resources from and provide feedback to the...

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Remember August 12th

Events and services to remember August 12th. All are welcome to attend. Shabbat Service at Congregation Beth Israel – Friday August 10, 6:15 pm Congregation Beth Israel, 301 E Jefferson St. invites the Charlottesville community to join us for Friday night Shabbat services at 6:15 p.m. on August 10. We...

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Rev. Alex will visit our partner congregation

Oltheviz, Transylvania, Romania Dear Congregation: After worship this Sunday, I hope you will come to the social hall and write a note to our partner congregation in the town of Oltheviz, in the region of Transylvania, in Romania. The minister there, Istvan, and his wife, Melinda, and their daughter, Karola,...

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The Talk of TJMC – Lead Minister’s Report

Congregational Meeting, June 3rd, 2018 During our Congregational Meeting I made reference to the written report I’d submitted, and I heard from some folks that they hadn’t found it easily accessible.  Following up on publishing Adam’s President’s Report yesterday, I thought it’d make sense to post mine here as well....

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The Talk of TJMC – President’s Report

Congregational Meeting — June 3rd, 2018 This is the text of the report Adam Slate, President of the Board, shared with the congregation at our annual Congregational Meeting on June 3rd, 2018 As I enter the last few weeks of my term as Board president, and I consider where we...

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The Talk of TJMC – We Are At a Crossroad

Anyone who has lived in Charlottesville for over a year has likely spent some time explaining where and who we are. No, we’re not in North Carolina. Home of University of Virginia. A little blue dot in a sea of red. That changed suddenly after the events of August 12,...

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