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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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July 28, 2019

Posted on July 20, 2019

The service will be led by Rev. Ed Piper, retired minister from Waynesboro, and Laura Horn, Worship Weaver

July 21, 2019: “Show Me Your ID”

Posted on July 19, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

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 […]

July 14, 2019: What Does Love Ask of Me

Posted on July 14, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

The service was led by Rev. Alex McGee, Assistant Minister and Bob Gross, Worship Weaver. This text and notes are generally what I said from the pulpit, but some extemporizing and changes occurred during delivery. Please give credit when citing sources. For today, I picked the sermon title “What Does Love Ask of Me?” As […]

July 7, 2019: Seeds of Transformation

Posted on July 7, 2019

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 […]

June 30, 2019: It’s almost enough…

Posted on June 17, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

This is the text of the Reflections I offered on Sunday, June 30, 2019 to the congregation I have served for the past 8 years. It is the last Reflection I will offer as their Lead Minister. It is also quite possibly the last sermon I will offer for quite some time, because I do […]

June 23, 2019: Penultimate Words

Posted on June 15, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

The story is told that on his deathbed, when his closest companions were bereft and asked him, “Who’s going to teach us now?” Shakyamuni Buddha said, “Be ye lamps unto yourselves.” And on his deathbed St. Francis of Assisi was asked by his closest companions, “What are we supposed to do now?” His response is […]

June 16, 2019: Leave it… You’re fine

Posted on June 15, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

This is the text of the reflection I offered on Sunday, June 16, 2019 to the congregation I serve in Charlottesville, Virginia. A woman is doing some painting in her kitchen. She bumps into a small table and then, in that horrified slow motion way, watches as the jar of paint falls off. When it […]

June 9, 2019: Goodbye As A Life Skill

Posted on June 9, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

As always, this text is close to what I said in the pulpit, but not exact, for a sermon is always a present-moment experience with the people gathered. Some of the wise lines in this sermon came from a few women who advised and discussed this topic with me in the past week; I asked […]

June 2, 2019: Crossing Over

Posted on June 2, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

This was the Sunday of our annual Bridging Ceremony, the uniquely Unitarian Universalist rite of passage from “youth” to “young adult.” It might be worth noting that these words were illustrated by project images. (I’ve put the images at the end of the post, and noted throughout where they came.) Prior to the reflection, we […]

May 26, 2019: The Cost of Freedom

Posted on May 30, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

This is the text of the reflections I offered on Sunday, May 26, 2019. Every year until his death in 2012, Senator Daniel Inouye introduced legislation to change the date of Memorial Day from what it is now, the last Monday in May, back to what it had been before, May 30th (regardless of what […]