The Charlottesville UU’s have provided holiday gifts to Greer Elementary School families for several years, even before I arrived at Greer three years ago. Each year, our Greer Family Support Team gathered information on 8-10 of our neediest families. And each December, our team arrived at Cville UU with vans...
2020 was a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of our neighbors without jobs and struggling to provide food and shelter for their families. Over the past six months, Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville have contributed generously to six local non-profits whose social justice purposes are in...
Most of the growth, learning, work, and meaningful connections in a congregation take place in small groups – committees or book groups or Covenant Groups or support groups. Oftentimes, the quality of the experience felt by the participants depends on caring facilitation. If you are a small group facilitator or...
The Blue Ridge Health District is now collecting information through a survey on its website for person 75 and older to indicate interest in the COVID-19 vaccine.
You are all invited to participate in an Inauguration Celebration Reception on Wednesday January 20 at 5pm.
Supporting Each Other During Troubled Times. These are difficult days for all who care about democracy and justice. We pray that our nation’s Presidential Inauguration will take place peacefully, but news reports are troubling. Leaders of UUC’Ville are committed to supporting our members, realizing that each of us has differing...
Need help with your pledge? EMAIL pledge@uucharlottesville.org Thank you to Dawn Dirks for stepping into the position of Canvass Chair 2021/22! And thank you to the team of volunteers who will work to make sure this pledge season is fun and successful. PLEDGE DRIVE CHAIR: Dawn Dirks Askers Team...
UU WORSHIP AND RITUALS TO DO AT HOME As we will discover together, imagination doesn’t just help us make our way through life it makes our life come to life. May this month’s at-home worships illuminate the magic waiting for all of us in the corners and crevices of our...
Being guided by “what if…” is something humans do really well. We can imagine possibilities, informed by past observations and experiences, to create new realities that did not exist before. I consider this one of humanity’s great superpowers–along with our (theoretical) ability to collaborate well with one another. It marks...
Dear Families, You have been on my mind and in my heart as we all grapple with the horrifying behaviors seen yesterday at our Capitol in Washington, DC. I hope you have been able to find comforting ways to be with your children and to talk as a family about...