Monthly Ministry Theme: The Gifts of Transformation An Invitation to Amazement: The Poetry of Mary Oliver Rev. Tim Temerson & Tori Goodloe March 24, 2024 As we mark Women’s History Month, today’s service celebrates the vision and artistry of the late Mary Oliver. For over five decades, Mary Oliver’s poetry offered a vision of nature […]
With a new year come all manner of goals, resolutions, and plans for improving our lives. Today’s service will ask what our lives would look and feel like if we resolved to, as our worship theme for January suggests, “Find our Center.” Join us as we explore this and other questions, and kick-off our monthly […]
“The Wisdom in Our Differences” with Rev. Tim Temerson, Every Sunday, our congregation affirms that we are a “church of the open-mind.” But what exactly does it mean to be open-minded, and can our open-mindedness extend to beliefs or religions other than our own? As we continue to explore our monthly theme of “Courage,” today’s […]
“The Courage of Forgiveness” Rev. Tim Temerson As we begin exploring our monthly theme of courage, today’s service will consider the meaning of forgiveness as well as the courage needed to forgive and to seek forgiveness. ORDER OF SERVICE “The Courage of Forgiveness” Rev. Tim Temerson & Patrick Miga “There is No Future Without […]
Rev. Tim Temerson As we conclude our monthly services about the theme of Belonging, today’s service will imagine what a world of belonging might look and feel like and ask what role religious communities like the UU Congregation of Charlottesville can and must play in building such a world. ORDER OF SERVICE The church is […]
“Free Together” Rev. Tim Temerson LINK TO 11AM ZOOM SERVICE Unitarian Universalism values religious freedom – the freedom to question, to doubt, to grow, and to search for one’s own authentic spiritual truth and meaning. But rather than searching for truth alone, Unitarian Universalists live and celebrate their spiritual freedom in communities like the UU […]
August’s Theme: EMBODIMENT Text of Rev. Tim Temerson’s Sermon – Living the Shirk Life Whenever I preach about the importance of rest and of being rather than always doing, I begin with a confession. You see, this is one of those sermons where I’m preaching as much if not more to myself as I […]
Service led by Rev. Tim Temerson & Debby Norton (Worship Weaver) As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm mystery and wonder as important sources of truth and meaning. Today we will explore the importance of uncertainty in Unitarian Universalism and ask if one can be “spiritual” or “religious” while, at the same time, saying “I don’t know” […]
