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Natty Averett, UUA Board Trustee from the Joseph Priestly District (and UUCA member & former UUCA Board Chair), invites you to join her at General Assembly in Louisville this year to be in community with other Unitarian Universalists and take action for environmental justice.

Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles, President-Designate of the Unitarian Universalist Minister's Association describes why it is especially important for ministers and other religious professionals to attend this year's General Assembly in Louisville, KY.

The UUCA Board of Trustees has just published its restated Policy Manual (dated May 10, 2013).  The development and maintenance of such a manual is a Board duty under the Church's Bylaws.  On Tuesday, May 21 at 6pm, the Board will hold a feedback session focused on its policies and the revised manual. Please go…

Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington



Is Seeking a



Consulting Director of Religious Education



Beginning summer 2013

Context

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA), with over 800 members, has a strong Religious Education ministry, which serves over 400 children and youth, and includes many opportunities for education and faith development for adults. Over 150…

The Board has been busy this year renewing its commitment to policy-based governance.  This has included training sessions and a restatement of the Board's policies.  Two major sections of the revised policy manual have now been completed. Follow this link for a copy.

                       

The…

From Carlton Elliott Smith, M.Div

I've heard it said time and again since I've been at UUCA: I love my Covenant Group. How great it is that for more than a decade, UUCA's small group ministry program has touched hundreds of lives. Members and friends of the congregation sign up and agree to meet at least monthly with the same group of eight to ten people. Inside those groups are opportunities to listen, learn and grow as an individual and as part of a larger whole. Being part…

Monday night's meditation class will have a special guest speaker -- Tara Brach, teacher of Buddhist meditation and clinical psychologist. Tara has practiced and taught meditation for over 35 years, with an emphasis on vipassana (mindfulness or insight) meditation. She is the senior teacher and founder…

All good things must come to an end - and so it has with Chalice Theatre's colorful and unique production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Sunday's closing performance was to a full house. Anyone who saw the play will not be surprised at it…

Mark Hicks is a leading educator, Unitarian Universalist and seminary professor at Meadville Lombard Theological School and he's coming to UUCA to lead us in a process he has created to help us develop the skills needed to do the work of transformation to diverse multi-cultural…

Click here to read the March issue of The Arlingtarian.…

UUCA’s Nominating Committee (NomCom), after calling more than 800 UUCA members who provided over 600 names, representing over 250 unique individuals to serve on the seven-member Search Committee for our new senior minister, then identified and contacted more than 40 members and met with 21 finalists, is enthusiastically nominating a slate of outstanding and dedicated members to serve on the Search Committee. The nominees are Bill Fogarty, Kathleen Fugle, Jennifer Hsu, Sarah Munson, D…

Demonstration was also featured in HuffPost article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/virginia-gay-marriage_n_2688093.html#slide=more281034

Did you know Clara Barton - founder of the Red Cross, nurse, teacher and women's activist, was brought up in the Universalist Church? Here's a chance to find out more about this fascinating and witty woman in UU history -- The Clara Barton National Historic site in Glen Echo, Maryland, is sponsoring a dramatic production and open house -- "Clara Barton: Red Cross Angel" -- Sat., March 16. Suitable for all ages. Reservations required at 301-320-1410.…

Here's a sweetheart of a deal! -- Pay what you can on Thur, Feb 14, 7:30 p.m.

Visit Chalice Theatre page here for more…

Former UUCA director of religious education (1970), Ruth Leonard, died January 28. We send our condolences to her family.

Below is her obituary re-printed from the Washington Post

PHYLLIS RUTH BACHNER LEONARD  



Died January 28, 2013 at the age of 83. Phyllis was born on October 29, 1929, a day infamously known as Black Tuesday. Her parents Sam and Anna Bachner were both deaf. Phyllis attended Girls' Latin School in Boston, and entered…

Tickets are now on sale each Sunday in Fellowship Hall -- you can also reserve tickets at ChaliceTheatre.Tickets@gmail.com or call 703-892-0202. Don't miss out - tickets go fast - buy your tickets today.…

We send our deepest condolences to Anne Clarke, wife to Robert Clarke, a former minister here at UUCA (1967-1977), who died on January 18 in Wisconsin.  Below is Rev. Clarke's obituary:

Robert C. Clarke    

(June 11, 1928 - January 18, 2013)



Friday, January 18, 2013, Robert (Bob) Clarke passed on.  He was born in Seattle on June 11, 1928. He grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, and graduated from New Trier High School.  In 1951, he…

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Save the dates - Opens Feb 15 - Weekend performances thru March 3

Here's one of the tastiest fundraisers of the year - UUCA's Annual CHILI CUUK-OFF! - sponsored by the Youth.

CHILI ENTRIES ARE NEEDED! ENTER TODAY BY CONTACTING Erin.Stephens@uucava.org…