Food scarcity is a reality for some members of our congregation and we have begun the practice of having “Food Sharing Sunday” every other month. On these Sundays, congregants who are able bring in fresh food groceries to share. Congregants whose food dollars are tight are welcome to take food...
Revs. Tim and Leia shifted our monthly ministry themes for the remainder of the church year. As some Covenant groups and other ministries, such as our sanctuary altar team, utilize the themes and thematic materials, we want you to know that: March’s theme connects with our stewardship campaign “Together with...
Together on Purpose, Together with Purpose Cottage Conversations Have you heard that the UU Congregation of Charlottesville is developing a new statement of mission/purpose? In February and March we held 17 small group meetings, Cottage Conversations, with 120 participants. We asked everyone to discuss these three questions: 1. What does...
What happens to the money you pledge? How do we plan our spending? Join Board Members Kay Frazer, Haley Owens, and Bev Ryan for a discussion of UUCville’s budget and finances.
This month I want to write about all UUCville has accomplished since July in our current fiscal year. I wanted to list some of those things, so we can appreciate how far we have come in a few important areas of our congregation life: supporting each other and developing our...
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations is Unitarian Universalism’s third principle.
Numerous times over the past month, I have felt enormous appreciation for UUCville. Interestingly, this often happened in meetings! In every gathering, each person brought their own diverse way of thinking and their own unique wisdom. We listened to each other, built on each other’s understanding and we got to...
Together We Build our Commitment to Social Justice AT LEFT: Nik Skaggs Co-Founder of UUCville Food Pantry The second principle of Unitarian Universalism, Justice, Equity and Compassion in Human Relations, many call it Social Justice, is one in which the congregation of UUCville truly lives its belief.You may be surprised,...
Due to COVID infection levels dropping significantly in our local community, the UUCville Building Use Task Force has recommended that we modify our masking policy and the Board of Trustees has voted to approve these modifications. While it remains safer for congregants to wear high quality masks, current COVID infection rate data enables us to...
This year’s IMPACT work has been tremendously exciting: we’re tackling some thorny, systemic problems, and we’re able to do it because our organization keeps growing! We now have 26 member congregations with healthy internal networks, and we’re proud to say that this is one of the most deeply interfaith projects...