Greetings Friends, It is the new year and with it comes new opportunities!! I am excited to be joining you, however briefly, as the Minister of Education and Outreach. As such, I plan to reach out to those among you involved in these areas to learn more about existing programs. I look forward to those […]
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From Your Lead Minister
Dear Folks, Welcome to a brand new year! Once in a while in our lives, we hear words spoken that stick with us for a long time or perhaps for the rest of our days. As we begin a new chapter here at Piedmont UU Church, I’d like to share some words that have stuck […]
Keeper of the Flame: Michael Demby
This article series continues the Keeper of the Flame tradition started by retired president Lee Elliott Carnes. The prompts are posed by Piedmont UU Church President of the Board of Trustees, Jim Price, and the answers are provided by members of our church community. About Me: I was born in Charlotte and have lived in […]
Caregiver Workshop
Michelle Murphy, Care Team Co-Chair As we gaze with awe and reverence at the changing foliage through our sanctuary windows, many are unaware that an insidious stranger has invaded some of our homes changing our lives forever. The impact on familiar systems is profound and permanent. It brings anxiety, fear, helplessness, frustration, anger, and a […]
Update from the Ministerial Search Committee
Meredith Norman, Ministerial Search Committee Member In September, the Ministerial Search Committee (MSC) created and electronically distributed a survey that was completed by 89 people. At the town hall meeting on Sunday, September 24, 2017 the MSC shared survey highlights with the congregation. These result highlights can be found by clicking this link goo.gl/3rV87p. In […]
A New Playground Highlights Relationship Between Preschool and Church
The Fall season brings a sense of excitement and new beginnings as students trade out their pool gear and beach towels for backpacks and school supplies. The students of the Piedmont Progressive Preschool had something extra to be excited about this year: an improved and expanded playground! Since its start in October of 2001, the […]
From Your Salisbury Gathering Minister: Macroeconomic Update!
Well Folks, I promised that I would not preach on macroeconomics again until 2019, but I did not promise that I wouldn’t write anything about it. There has been a big update to the first Macroeconomics sermon from way back in 2014 that I wanted to make sure to share with you all. (You can […]
From Your Minister of Congregational Care
Dear Folks, Our theme for the month of October is “vulnerability.” To be vulnerable is to be susceptible to pain, to wounding, or to some sort of harm. We make ourselves vulnerable when we love someone, when we speak an unpopular truth, or when we push against a tide of injustice. We all have the […]
From Your Interim Minister
Last Friday I drove to Asheville with some Piedmont UU Church friends to visit a retired UU minister, the Rev. Clark Olsen, who had a traumatic experience in Selma in 1965. I got to know Clark in the 1970s in connection with him serving as my future wife’s internship supervisor at his church in Morristown, […]
Keeper of the Flame: Meredith Merritt
This article series continues the Keeper of the Flame tradition started by retired president Lee Elliott Carnes. The questions are posed by Piedmont UU Church President of the Board of Trustees, Jim Price, and the answers are provided by members of our church community. 1) What brought you to Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church? I found […]
