The service will be led by Pastor Lehman Bates of Ebenezer Baptist Church and Laura Horn, Worship Weaver. “Show Me Your ID”. In any organization, leadership transition provides an opportunity to identify, investigate, and inventory. Identification reminds and reaffirms us of WHO we are. Investigation helps us to uncover and rediscover WHERE, WHEN, HOW, and […]
The service was led by Rev. Karen Lewis Foley, retired UU minister from New England, now living in Charlottesville, and Bob Gross, Worship Weaver. Opening Words: “The Rabbi’s Gift,” as told by William Houff in Infinity in Your Hand: in which an abbot of a monastery which has fallen on hard times with decreasing members […]
The theme of our worship reflection this month is Transformation. So, I picked the poem about the spider weaving its web because it has many images of transformation. Erik read the poem to the children, and it is also printed in your order of service so you can post it on your fridge or share […]
As we consider the very real threats to our beloved Earth, it’s easy to get discouraged and overwhelmed. Instead, let us observe Earth Day by renewing both our spirits and our resolve with our annual flower communion. Bring a flower to help fill our sanctuary with beauty and our hearts with hope.
Our Christian kin celebrate Easter, the commemoration of Christ’s resurrection from the grave. Yet there are many ways of understanding – and experiencing – “resurrection.” Our “Rite of Spring” service is a look at the transformation of death to life, winter to spring, and the “tomb time” in our own lives into our own resurrection. […]
The work of social justice is the work of societal transformation, and the Interfaith Movement Promoting Action by Congregations Together (IMPACT) is one way this work has been done in the Charlottesville – Albemarle area for the past decade. As with all community organizing, the power of an individual is transformed into the power of […]
The Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism: Celebrating our Rainbow Chalice. Through song, story and reflection, Leia Durland-Jones and Rev. Wik will explore in multigenerational community what it means to live our values as UUs. If you have ever struggled with articulating what UUs believe, this service will help you think about ways to articulate (y)our […]
