Rev. Alex sends us today a prayer for health care workers. Please include Alex in your prayers and be mindful of her needs as she works as a hospital chaplain. Oh mysterious One who created within our bodies the power to heal We honor today the ones on in our...
March 20, 2020 Dear Church Family, We are in a challenging time—and it looks as if we may be here for a while. Your church staff wants you to know that we are thinking of you, holding you in our hearts and prayers, and finding ways to support and nourish...
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND INSPIRATION March 18, 2020 Greetings Dear Congregation: During these new and unusual times, our spiritual community is a continued source of comfort and courage. Whatever you usually do to connect yourself to hope and wisdom are exactly what can help you right now. Studies show that...
WELCOME! Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian Universalist Weekly Worship 10 am during Summer PREPARATION … SOUNDING THE CHIME WELCOME EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS INVITING THE SACRED INTO THIS SPACE Whoever you are, Whomever you love, However you express your identity; Whatever your situation in life, Whatever your experience of the holy,...
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,...
Dear parents, Your children, aged 6 – 12, are invited to join the TJMC children’s choir! Rehearsals will be held on Sundays, 10:30 am – 11:05 am, in the sanctuary, and will start on September 18. There will be no rehearsals on Oct 16., Nov. 13 and 27, Dec. 25, or Jan. 1....
In this article, drawn from her July 10 sermon, Rev. Alex shares about her decision in May to candidate at the UU congregation in Charleston, West Virginia, and her subsequent decision not to move. The poet Robert Frost wrote a poem called The Road Less Taken about a traveler who...
By Scott DeVeaux Are you musical? Most of you would answer, “No, I’m not!” But I know that for a lot of you that’s not true. You played clarinet in high school marching band, or sang in the choir. You like playing guitar with friends, and sing lullabies to...
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...