During worship on Sunday March 27, everyone was invited to add their hopes for our congregation to a special page created by Jude Bias. Here are some of the completed drawings. More coloring pages are available. We invite you to add your hopes to our collaborative mural in the church...
The 2022-2023 Pledge Drive Ends Today! Every member is invited to update their pledge card on file. Pledge cards do not roll over, so please fill out your form today for the 2022-2023 church year (click here for the current pledge total). With your pledge, you bring your dollars, your...
Tips for Healing Earth #20 – 4/1/2022 Regional Allies Healing earth takes lots of collaboration, from the local to the global level. Today we focus on two regional allies that would welcome your help. Both offer many opportunities for people in our area to join the good fight for the...
We have officially moved into phase YELLOW. This means we can have up to 100 people in the sanctuary and 30 in the social hall. N95 or KN95 masks are still required indoors and will be provided. We are still prohibiting eating and drinking in the building. We ask that...
Our refugee outreach continues, while war rages in Europe and more refugees arrive in the U.S. Most Afghan refugee families, in particular, are caught in the legal limbo described here. This inspiring story about helping Afghan refugees landed close to the heart, several of our mentors have said. Locally, there...
#19 – 3/25/2022 Transportation – Personal Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) The EPA reports that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation account for about 29 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, making it the largest contributor of U.S. GHG emissions. And these emissions are increasing. Generation180 notes that “Driving electric...
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville Board met on 3/23/22, with all members in attendance. The Board’s three focus areas this week were reports on the pledge drive and the budget, a check-in about building reopening, and a preview of the next three months. The 2022-2023 pledge drive is going...
This Sunday, March 20, we are opening the doors to UUCVille’s sanctuary once again! Welcome to those who want to be together in person, and who are fully vaccinated and wearing high-quality masks. Welcome as well to those who will join us on-line only, and who join in the community...
We are halfway through the month of March and halfway through our annual pledge drive! Why are we talking about money in our numerous emails and texts, and in Sunday services each week? Because funding your congregation’s mission and ministry is what will bring your hopes into being, and as...
#18 – 3/18/2022 Climate Anxiety – Simple Things to Do If you or your children have been feeling unusually short-tempered, frustrated, anxious, helpless, tired, or overwhelmed, it might be climate anxiety. Also called environmental melancholia, ecological grief, climate denial, pre traumatic stress, and solastalgia, the American Psychiatric Association now recognizes...