Dear Beloved Community, As an update to last week’s announcement regarding Rev. Alex’s ministerial candidating process with the UU congregation in Charleston, WV…after much discernment, Rev. Alex realized that Charlottesville is where both her home and ministry are centered and has withdrawn from their ministerial search process. She is deeply...
Each month we provide a series of question to consider, to sit with, to live into, as a way of engaging more deeply with that month’s theme. There are approximately 130 Unitarian Universalist congregations around the country that are exploring the same themes we are. If we assume a membership...
by RevWik on behalf of the Committee What is your favorite thing about your involvement with TJMC? What do you think is going really well? It’s extremely common to hear from people with complaints and concerns far more often than from those who are happy and feeling satisfied and well-served. ...
Is there some part of our life together in this Beloved Community that really matters to you? Have you ever thought about what you can do, personally, to help support this aspect of TJMC? These are, of course, just a few ideas. What is it that you care about, that...
Hello friends, Our Director of Administration and Finance, Christina Rivera, has been with us for a year now. She accepted my invitation to sit down for an interview. A video version of this interview will be available on the TJMC website in the near future. Christina, our search committee thought...
By Sara Gondwe Juneteenth, often known as “Our Other Independence Day” is a day designated to celebrate the last remaining slaves that were notified of their freedom on June 19th, 1865. As a Unitarian Universalist, I see our goal as being inclusive, to make sure that there are representatives “at...
This month’s theme question: What does it mean to be a people of simplicity? If you knew you were going to be stranded on a deserted island, and could bring only one book with you, what would it be? Seriously … I’m asking. Think about it for a minute. If...
By Bev Thierwechter As you may have heard, the TJMC B&B program is starting up again and you will definitely want to know about it. The program benefits UU travelers, TJMC hosts, and proceeds support TJMC. It’s a … Win-WinWin!! Here’s an overview. We have a number of TJMC members...
When people think about our congregation’s racial justice programming, one concern sometimes raised is that we do a lot of thinking and talking about racism, but not a lot of doing anything proactive and productive to change things. It can certainly be argued that, for people who have been raised to think of themselves as white,...