Worship Services: Worship Services are held each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. As a lay-led congregation our pulpit is filled with a variety of viewpoints represented by speakers from throughout Western North Carolina and beyond. Discussions with speakers usually follow their presentations with informal conversation over coffee and refreshments later.

This Month's Schedule Of Services:

• August 3: "Many Paths to the Mountain Top" - Rev. Scott Dillard

  an exploration of the many ways that people seek out and find spiritual enlightenment and a call for interfaith understanding

• August 10: "The First Principle" - Dr. Edward Frost

  The first principle of Unitarian Universalism is "We gather to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of everyperson." When the worth of any person or people is desecrated and when the dignity of any is denied, our faith knows its sister, which is justice. For we gather to affirm, as with one voice, and to promote with the strength of unity of vision, the inherent worth and dignity of every person. We will have copies of his book "With Purpose and Principle" on hand for sale the Sunday that he speaks.

• August 17: "Mysteries of the Day and of the Night" - Rev. Jean Rowe

  Rev. Rowe will talk about night and what lives in the dark or the things the darkness reveals. "I want to address the mysteries, the meanings of life that are often hidden from us. The psychologist Carl Jung reminded us that to grow we must eventually stop running from our dark side, our shadow side, and turn to face it. So let us praise the night and the darkness and what it has to teach us."

• August 24: "Criminal Justice: Outside the Box" - Marshall Frank

  Mr. Frank will present a powerful argumant for changing laws and procedures regarding the lost war on drugs, and will propose bold ideas for dealing with prostitutiion, abortiion, capital punishment, violent crime and sex offenses.

• August 31: "Smyrna, Mississippi or The Day Lady Justice Peeked - Poetic Justice" - Lackey Rowe

  "It's the true story about one of my first cases in Mississippi, when as a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi Law School and, I believe, 'Ole Miss's' first civil rights lawyer, I represented an Afro-American in front of an illiterate justice of the peace. Through ignorance and stealth 'justice"'was done. The case was about the alleged illegal moving of a Freedom House to a safer location in violation of Mississippi's 'Wide Load Limit Law'."

Religious Education: Children’s religious education classes are held during services. R.E. curricula are created by the UUA. Additionally, childcare for toddlers is available from 10:30 to 12:30.

Education and Advocacy: Study circles and other adult education activities are scheduled periodically. Often these include social as well as religious issues of import. As an accredited Green Sanctuary Congregation we advocate for environmental stewardship.

Social Support: Our Caring Network offers social support to members and friends in times of crisis. Our small group ministry program sponsors geographically-based social, educational and service activities.

Care Net Sunday: Always The First Sunday Of The Month (Bring Non-Perishables)