by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 14, 2019 | Sermons
January 13, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister “All around us life is dying and life is being born,” writes Howard Thurman. “Such is the growing edge.” It’s his way of reminding us that it is in possibility, not certainty that life awakes within...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 10, 2019 | Weekly Message
Two recent events, seemingly independent, deeply connected. Last Saturday I spoke about “Who’s in charge here?” at the Membership Orientation that led to our welcoming of new members to our congregation on Sunday. I had thirty minutes to talk about our way of being...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 9, 2019 | Sermons
For six weeks, 14 UUCA members, with 8 to 10 average weekly attendance, learned amazing stories about our own Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist history. Our origins go back to the earliest days of Christianity but would eventually find Christianity...
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 8, 2019 | Sermons
Sunday, January 6, 2019 Rev. Mark Ward, Lead Minister We take Emily Dickenson as our guide today, opening the New Year to the thought of what possibility gives us: possibilities we entertain, possibilities we make.
by UUAvl-WebAdmin | Jan 3, 2019 | Weekly Message
“Step into the center,” writes my colleague Rev. Marta Valentin. “Come in from the margins. I will hold you there.” We enter the New Year together with much on our hearts and minds. Our busy lives hold many challenges and adventures in 2019. That’s work enough, but we...
