Fall Faith Formation Update

Fall Faith Formation Update: We have some great stuff happening for families at UU Asheville! A couple of notes for this Sunday, 10/19: 7th-8th OWL begins at 10:30 am in room 3.  6th-8th Soul Matters will begin meeting in room 7 (next to the playground door on Edwin...

Practicing Compassion

Having compassion for yourself means that you honor and accept your humanness. – Kristin Neff  This month, our Soul Matters theme is cultivating compassion. We are invited to explore what it means to have compassion for ourselves and others, and how that...

Collective Liberation

“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” Poet Emma Lazarus Rev. Claudia and I spend a lot of time thinking, individually and together, about the life of this congregation and the best ways we can serve. We meet each week, with Donald as senior staff and one on...

Get to Know Your Board

On behalf of your board of trustees, welcome to the new church year! This year’s board officers and members are: Mara Sprain, president (serving through June 2026); Will Jernigan, vice president (2028); Monica Youngman, clerk (2026); Jim Gamble (2026); Susan Andrew...

Post-Internship Guidelines

Beloveds, my Ministerial Internship is wrapping up. My farewell service is Sunday, August 31 st . In that service I will reflect on my time as your intern: what it has meant to me, the healing power of community, how I’ve learned, some challenges I’ve faced, and so...