Sunny has served as UUCville’s Office Assistant since June 2025 and is the new Religious Education Assistant as of May 2026. Sunny works in the office Tuesday-Thursday from 10am-3PM. They also serve as RE Assistant on Sundays and other times during the week. Sunny came to Charlottesville in 2019 to...

Sandra serves as UUCville’s part-time Operations Manager (works Tuesdays & Thursdays). With her expertise in financial management, Sandra oversees a wide range of fiscal responsibilities essential to the smooth operation of our organization. Her duties include processing pledges and donations, paying expenses, maintaining accurate financial records, preparing regular financial reports...

Steve works Tues, Wed, and Thurs  10-3. He brings a wealth of experience to UUCville. With a background spanning over 15 years as a building engineer and facilities manager, including a significant tenure at the John Paul Jones Arena, Steve is well-equipped to oversee UUCville’s buildings and grounds and special...

Rev. Tim Temerson is the UUCville Developmental Minister beginning his position August 2022. He has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for thirteen years. After graduating from seminary in 2009, Tim served as the minister at Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, Ohio for 11 years. In addition to ministry, Tim also...

Rev. Leia Durland-Jones serves as UU-Cville’s Minister of Faith Development.  A birthright UU, Leia grew up in the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Lubbock, Texas and has fond memories of her own religious education experiences and the RE teachers from her childhood. Having grown up in the church, Leia knows...

Scott DeVeaux is a professor at the University of Virginia. His research covers jazz and contemporary American music. Among his publications are Jazz, co-written with critic Gary Giddins (W. W. Norton, 2009); and The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History (University of California, 1997). The Birth of Bebop...