All are Welcome for Pot Luck
Finger Food After the Service
Sunday, 14 March 2010, 11 a.m.
Brigid, Ireland's Gold-Red Woman
Byron Ballard
Brigid is an Irish Goddess/saint who is a bridge between so many worlds. Byron Ballard, who is a dedicant to Brigid, will talk about her time in Kildare, share the many aspects of Brigid and teach us a little Gaeilge in celebration of Imbolc. Get your Irish on and celebrate the beginning of spring, old-school.
In addition to being a Wiccan priestess, H.
Byron Ballard is a bookseller, organic gardener,
and beekeeper. Her writings have appeared in local
and national print and electronic media. Byron
lives on an urban farmstead in Asheville's historic
West End with her husband Joe and daughter Kate.
Currently she is working to build a Goddess Temple
in Asheville.
Sunday, 21 March 2010, 11 a.m.
Our Slice of the Pie
Sally Beth Shore, Phil Fryberger, Lee Reading
We welcome the Spring Equinox (finally!) today
with an annual UUCSV Rite of Spring: the kick-off
to our budget drive, which will be over the top and
a little different this year with the theme of how
we contribute to and receive from our communal pie.
Will we be belaboring the pie metaphor as we look
ahead at fulfilling our mission in 2010-11? You
bet! Bring your best pie if you can
for the pie potluck after the service, and come
prepared to enjoy special music by our choir and
guests.
Sunday, 28 March 2010, 11 a.m.
What We Worship
UUCSV Worship Team
"A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshiping we are becoming." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The term "Worship" has diverse connotations, not
all of them positive, for Unitarian Universalists.
Today, as we inaugurate a new Worship Team for
UUCSV, and we'll hear from each Associate about
their perspectives on what it means for us to come
together on Sunday mornings as a religious
community, as well as how our forebears have viewed
the subject.
Sunday, 4 April 2010, 11 a.m., Easter
Atonement, Suffering, and Redemption
Intergenerational Service
The highest Christian holiday, Easter,
celebrating Jesus' resurrection from death, is a
time when Unitarian Universalists might also go
deep in examining Easter's themes of redemption,
suffering and atonement. Long words, but these are
concepts that children wonder about too, so we'll
make the topic accessible through story and song to
explore these human concerns in this
Intergenerational Service.
