UUCville will be participating in this year’s 29th Annual Westhaven Community Day on Saturday, August 1, in partnership with Charlottesville’s Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR)! Westhaven Community Day gives children a day to play, gives elders a chance to be honored, gives neighbors a chance to connect, and gives...
The Food Pantry has 21 volunteers who distribute food received from the Food Bank each first Friday of the month. We also get donated fresh vegetables from Whole Foods and we purchase personal care products and cleaning supplies to distribute. We average about 57 customers each month.
The Pastoral Care Team (Cindy, Ellen, Joan, Patty, Meg, Rosalie, and Shirley) at UUCville does truly remarkable work. Through compassionate listening and presence, they help ensure that no one in our community faces life’s challenges alone. A team member reflected on what drew them to this ministry: “I knew from...
The Meal Packets project is an incredible tradition at UUCville, begun some years ago as a way to provide loving and practical support to folks who are staying in Charlottesville due to loved ones who are patients at UVA Medical Center. These folks may be staying in one of the...
In early autumn 2021, UUCville was approved by the International Refugee Committee (IRC) to sponsor a refugee family from Afghanistan and a new outreach ministry began! Two UUCville groups were formed: Mentors and Planners (settlers) to aid directly in the settlement of the not-yet-assigned-to-us family. Immediately after UUCville was approved...
Our senior high youth (YRUU) group members will be heading off to their week-long Appalachia Service Project (ASP) adventure on Sunday June 30th at 8am. During this mission trip to Central Appalachia, the youth will make homes warmer, safer, and drier for Appalachian families by providing critical repairs...
The UUCville Board of Trustees is excited to share that Rev. Leia is going on a well-earned sabbatical between February 25 and August 25, 2024. Per her letter of agreement with our congregation, Leia earns one month of salaried sabbatical leave for each twelve months of service and is eligible...
A small congregation – defined as one with 100 members or less – is sometimes called a “family-sized church.” One characteristic of a family-sized church is that you never need to know who the “right” person is to talk with about something because pretty much if you talk to anyone...