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March’s Ministry Theme: “The Practice of Paying Attention”

11 a.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026
Rev. Tim Temerson

Religion is often understood in terms of belief and having faith in a creed or a particular sacred text. Today’s service will focus on a different approach rooted in listening, humility, and the power of paying attention.

Those joining via Zoom are welcome to stay after service until 12:30pm for Zoom “Coffee Hour”.

Religious Education Sunday, March 8, 2026

Nursery care is provided for our littlest UUs concurrent with the worship service. This Sunday we will be exploring “My World Has Birds” and celebrating the beauty of our natural world as we anticipate the arrival of spring!

Spirit Play (4 year-olds through 1^st grade) will be hearing the story “Butterfly Friends”, which teaches compassion for the world as we look forward to the coming of spring! As always, we will have time for the children to explore the message of the story using a variety of material and a little snack.

2^nd-4^th grade class: This session of “Growing Anti-Racist UUs” is called “Remembering the Past” and helps our younger elementary children be aware of human rights as promised in this country’s founding principles. This session ties into the principles of respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person, offering fair and kind treatment to others (red and orange in the Rainbow Chalice as well as insisting on peace and justice (indigo). The session explores the injustice toward children and families when freedoms and human rights are taken from them.

5^th & 6^th grade class: Our upper elementary class centers on the UU Rainbow Chalice and helping activities that we can do to make the world a more peaceful and loving place. Come have fun with your friends and live your UU values!

Our Whole Lives (7-9^th grade) meets at their regular time.

YRUU (senior high youth group) is meeting with Rev. Leia to plan the worship service they will be leading for the congregation on March 15!

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April 18. Chapel and Faith Development: The Power of Our Names and the Power of Naming

Posted on April 14, 2021

With Rev. Leia Durland-Jones As our congregation continues to work towards choosing a new name, we will explore together the power of names and of naming. Why are names important? What do you know about your own name and how it came to be your name? What might be the new name of our congregation? […]

April 18. Community Worship: Becoming …. A Nation Who Lives Up to Our Hopes

Posted on April 14, 2021

Rev. Walter Leflore, Minister of the UU Church of Roanoke, VA, joins us to share a powerful reflection on the continued struggle to become the inclusive and democratic nation we have hoped to be. Rev. Linda will join in welcoming and thanking her friend and colleague, a respected UU minister and denominational leader, to the […]

Chapel and Faith Development: April 11: “Embracing our Own Becoming”

Posted on April 9, 2021

Who are we meant to become? What unique gifts can we share with the world? These are questions every one of us explores for our entire lives. Growing into what is special and unique about us isn’t always easy. Sometimes we feel pressured into becoming something we’re not. So, what’s one of the ways our […]

Community Service. April 11: “Celebration Sunday Becoming…. a New Congregation”

Posted on April 9, 2021 | Pastor: Rev. Linda Peebles

Join Dawn Dirks and the Pledge Drive Team and Revs. Leia and Linda in a celebratory service, giving thanks to all the generous members of UUCVille whose pledges of support offer a promise for a new and positive future. Bring your favorite Sunday brunch bubbly to join in a toast! Order of Service UUCville Celebration […]

April 4. Community Worship: “Easter Becoming…. Awake Again”

Posted on April 1, 2021 | Pastor: Rev. Leia Durland-Jones, Rev. Linda Peebles

Revs. Leia and Linda lead this multigenerational service celebrating the Easter message, awakening to what we are becoming as we awaken anew to our new future. The virtual choir will offer a new anthem. All are invited to wear Easter bonnets to the Zoom service, and join a drive-by Easter Parade past the Edgewood Lane entrance […]

March 28. Chapel and Faith Development: “Committing to Our Dreams”

Posted on March 24, 2021

Throughout the month of March, we’ve been exploring our commitment to lifelong learning, growth, change, and to one another. This Sunday, we will share and explore together the idea of committing to our dreams. Mae Jemison’s childhood dream come true of being an astronaut will give us some inspiration. Come hear Mae Jemison’s story, share […]

March 28. Community Worship: “Commitment to Intimacy and Ultimacy”

Posted on March 24, 2021

UUCVille for over 75 years has been a community that invited people to deepen their relationships, their understanding of self, and their place in the larger universal journey of time and space. Listen to the reflections in poem, testimony, and song, how this congregation has meant so much to so many. Rev. Linda and others […]

March 21. Chapel and Faith Development. “Our Commitment to Each Other”

Posted on March 17, 2021

This Sunday, as we mark one year of being unable to gather in person due to the pandemic, we will take time to reflect on what we are feeling. How is it with our souls? What is like to be “us” right now. What have we learned? What do we long for? Come and sing […]

March 21. Community Worship: “Commitment to Compassion and Justice”

Posted on March 17, 2021 | Pastor: Rev. Linda Peebles

Rev. Linda will lift up the many ways UUCVille has, and will be, a home for the nurturing of compassion in human relations, service to others, and a moral conscience for justice. We gather…. Prelude Novelette by Kabalevsky James Smith, pianist Welcome Worship Weaver & Board member Breck Gastinger Opening Hymn Fire of Commitment UUCville Virtual […]

March 14. Community Worship: “Commitment to Lifelong Learning: A Place to Grow and Blossom”

Posted on March 10, 2021 | Pastor: Rev. Leia Durland-Jones, Rev. Linda Peebles

Rev. Leia leads this multigenerational service which reminds us that our UU faith calls us to keep growing, learning, and changing throughout our lives. Come experience how faith development opportunities in our congregation help us all keep growing into people who live lives of meaning, purpose, compassion and integrity. Order of Service “Commitment to Lifelong […]