The Board of Trustees held their monthly meeting on Wednesday night. The minutes will be posted on the website once they have been submitted and approved. In the meantime, here are a few quick take-aways: Linda Olson Peebles informed the Board that she accepts the invitation to continue as the...
Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey. Please stand by to see the results and where our congregation goes next. Once the results are in, we’ll talk about it in group conversations and see if we know how to come to consensus (Perhaps some ancestral Quakers will help...
The Blue Ridge Abortion Fund and the Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville share a powerful mutual commitment to ensuring people have the support they need to make decisions about their lives. Your commitment includes being at the source of this work in the 1990’s because of your belief in social justice...
These hour-long weekly events are designed for everyone: newcomers, people interested in visiting our congregation, returning members, long-time members who haven’t connected yet with our online services, and anyone in our church community who would like to check-in and enjoy casual fellowship time with new and old friends.
In pursuit of brainstorming and then coming to consensus about our new name, we offered the following process as our first step: Conversation Questions: 1. What about our faith community brings you joy or is essentially us? 2. Should we include “Unitarian Universalist” in our name? 3. What organizational structure...
12 conversation groups met engaging 51 people using 7 facilitators and scribes. 11 Elders were interviewed individually. The YRUU teens discussed the questions and came to some consensus with their contributions. Submissions were also received from the January 31rst Chapel and Faith Development.
In a year of uncertainty, tragedy and turmoil, it is time to gather in the circle once more. With the blessing of Zoom technology, we will be able to see and hear each other, participate in small groups, witness beautiful imagery and hear the beloved music.
What do you know about the Beloved Community? What does your child know? I’ll admit that what I thought I knew about the Beloved Community, and what I’d shared with my children, turned out to be woefully under-nuanced for the tasks of our times, and I’ve gratefully anticipated this theme’s...
Tomas Manto is a Charlottesville native artist currently studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. He works primarily with oil paint and photoshop. His work focuses on themes of love, friendship, and companionship, but they are also influenced by film, and there are references to this throughout his...
I invite you to imagine a time in your own life when you were willing and strong. A time when you felt ready and you had fortitude to do something you did not think you could do… As you ponder this, does something arise for you immediately—or is your mind...