by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 26, 2015 | Weekly Message
If you could design religious education experiences for kids that were so memorable and compelling that they’d continue to seek out those kinds of experience as adults, what would they look like? I’m convinced, after asking dozens of people about their best memory of...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 19, 2015 | Weekly Message
Well, it’s that time of year again! We are approaching April 16, National Health Care Decisions Day, and I’m excited to tell you about a new initiative that will be launched next week. The JLC Initiative is the brainchild of Jill Preyer, Cindy Bovee-Kemper, and...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 16, 2015 | Sermons
Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister We are now only a few weeks past the latest round of national elections. And amid the tally of winners and losers is the ongoing rumination over the direction of our political life. I’ll admit to being among those feeling discouraged by...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Mar 12, 2015 | Weekly Message
My finger pokes into the bread dough, and the resilient flour and yeast mixture springs back. It is ready for the next step. The instructions say “Punch down,” and, while I wish for a less violent command, I use my fist to deflate the dough. Then, reshaped, it rises...
by uuasheville | Mar 10, 2015 | News 4 Leaders
As you may recall, last spring the RE Committee announced a new way to offer Spirit Play to our kindergarten-5th graders. The Spirit Play curriculum is already an outstandingly interactive, age-appropriate, fun way to encourage faith development in our youngest UUs...
