Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change and economic upheaval together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Inspired by the book Active Hope, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, a group of UUCvillers has been meeting to consider ways to strengthen our capacity […]

  Order of Service Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville AWAKENING! This Easter Sunday is a multigenerational Sunday, in which we honor both the darkness of the winter and the new life that comes with the spring, as found in the stories of the Passover, Good Friday and the Resurrection. The choir will be singing, Revs. […]

Our life journeys take us to high places and low. We can be inspired to keep on keeping on through the journeys remembered this week – Moses and the Exodus, Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem, and the journey of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy. Rev. Linda reflects on the meaning of the Soul Matters […]

MULTIGENERATIONAL WORSHIP IN-PERSON! We welcome Rev. Brenda Brown-Grooms to UUCVille’s pulpit today, bringing a message inspired by the story of Jonah and Rev. Brown-Grooms’ experience with David Isay’s Story Corps and One Small Step. The Rev. Brenda Brown-Grooms is Co-Pastor of New Beginnings Christian Community. Pianist James Smith will offer special music. Awakening Unitarian Universalist […]

“Hope Is Our Door – Something to Celebrate” MULTIGENERATIONAL WORSHIP IN-PERSON!  Coloring Your Hopes   We invite everyone to take a few minutes to draw a picture of what your hopes for this congregation might look like.  We offer a coloring page with the picture of our building’s open doors.  Hope Is Our Door!  Add pictures, […]

ORDER OF SERVICE Hope invites us not to despair, but to enter the future to answer the call to deepen our sense of the holy, our compassion for others, and our love for the gift of life. Rev. Linda invites us all to give ourselves to love, to find the spirit within and among us […]

UUCville has been a community that has always hoped to be a part of making the world more just and fair for all people, and many of our members and friends continue to work to make these hopes come true. Rev. Linda reflects on the strengths, the challenges and the new possibilities that we find […]

With the ongoing challenges in our own lives and in the world around us and it can be hard sometimes to feel hopeful. Join Rev. Leia as we explore together through song, sharing, and silence how to tap into our faith, to renew it, and to remember how to use it to fuel our hope. […]

Ingathering​​​​​ – UUCville Director of Music Scott DeVeaux Welcome and Call to Worship​​​ – Breck Gastinger, Worship Weaver Opening Hymn – Morning Has Come composed and offered by Jason Shelton Chalice Lighting – ​​​​​​the Jaeger-Landis family Chalice Song – Spirit of Life by Carolyn McDade, sung by the Orange County UU Choir, signed by UUCVille […]

We welcome to our worship the voices and music of UU ministers and leaders from around the nation, assembled by the Unitarian Universalist Association 30 Days of Love program. The sermon offered is titled “What If I Had Only 30 Days to Love?” Our service will include greetings from our Social Action Collection recipient PHAR […]