Minnesota’s Peter Mayer has been singing and songwriting full-time for over 20 years, performing in venues across the United States and beyond. He writes songs for a small planet–songs about interconnectedness and the human journey–songs about life on earth and the mysterious and wondrous fact of our existence. He also writes songs about dress hats, pumpkins and pajamas, and other important stuff. His music has been performed by artists like Kathy Mattea, David Wilcox, Claudia Schmidt, Anne Hills, Priscilla Herdman, Darryl Purpose, Billy Jonas, and Ronny Cox, to name a few. His work has been included in song books, church hymnals, and folk radio playlists across the country. He is the recipient of fellowships from both the McKnight and the Bush foundations. Peter has eleven albums to his credit, and has sold over 100,000 of them. He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota with his wife and two daughters.
The concert will be held at:The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville1 Edwin Place Asheville, NC 28801
Tickets: Advance Tickets $30; Advanced Ticket sales begin Tuesday, March 25th at 12 Noon & end Friday, April 26th at 12 Noon. Door Tickets $35 based on availability. Sales tax and processing fees are added to the cost of each ticket purchase. Tickets are non-refundable.
Spring is a time of new beginnings, but also a time of planning and preparation for the future. While many of us are itching to get out into the garden and the dirt and plant all the things, we must first plan our gardens and prepare the soil. Right now in Religious Exploration, we are planning our garden for next year! We are looking at things like registration and attendance numbers and figuring out how to group grades, which spaces to use for what, what curriculums we’ll use etc. We are talking to our volunteers, parents, and children and youth about what worked this year and what didn’t, just like how gardeners take stock of which plants thrived and which plants didn’t do well in the previous season.
It’s also time for us to cultivate a new crop of RE leaders and teachers! Religious Exploration at UU Asheville is like a community garden, it only works because a large group of folks tends it together. Every Sunday morning, 15-25 caring and curious adults take time to invest in our children and youth and cultivate learning, relationships, and fun. Last Sunday, our high school youth were serving hot donuts during coffee hour to help encourage congregants to engage with our annual giving drive. Our Pre-K group was doing experiential learning using different senses to explore nature, while our K-3rd groups combined together to hear a story about community and then helped prepare and beautify our campus by spreading mulch and painting rocks for our actual garden. Our 7th-8th, Our Whole Lives class was learning about pregnancy and parenthood while our other middle school group explored Imagination as a quality of a justice maker. Like a community garden, everyone who participates in RE nurtures their soul and reaps the benefits of being with our children and learning and playing alongside them. We always need more helpers in our garden of love and community! Working with our children and youth is rewarding, fun, and fulfilling and I promise it will benefit your own spiritual development in the process! We will also equip you with all the tools you’ll need, including fun training. We have all sorts of needs and we have the perfect fit for you, look for us during coffee hour beginning in April and find your place in our garden! If you already know what you want to do or have an exciting idea – email me! I’d love to hear from you!
Thanks to all who attended, participated and danced a little salsa at our Celebration Vespers. Your presence throughout the year during this time of fellowship and worship has strengthened and deepened our community. See you in the fall!
With access to medication abortions increasingly threatened, Plan C follows the grassroots fight to provide information and access to abortion pills across the United States. Called “a real superhero movie” by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, the documentary was shot over a four-year period, capturing the work of activists and providers determined to assist women in the face of crumbling reproductive rights.
Following the showing of the 60-minute version of the film, we will provide an opportunity for discussion and camaraderie, and host a brief presentation from Planned Parenthood about current abortion access in North Carolina.
The film will be shown free of charge, but please register here in advance.
Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 pm – Sandburg Hall at UUCAvl
Event co-sponsored by UUCAvl & Congregation Beth HaTephila
Consumers love – and live on – their smartphones, tablets and laptops. A cascade of new devices pours endlessly into the market, promising even better communication, non-stop entertainment and instant information. The numbers are staggering. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone.
But this revolution has a dark side, hidden from most consumers. In an investigation that spans the globe, filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry and reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs.
From the intensely secretive factories in China, to a ravaged New York community and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley, Death By Design tells a story of environmental degradation, of health tragedies, and the fast approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability.
“You won’t look at your iPhone in quite the same way again after viewing Sue Williams’ thoughtful documentary” Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times
Note: This film will be shown in person in Sandburg Hall and on Zoom. If you wish to view the film on Zoom, request a link from Charlie Wussow at mnpopi@icloud.com . If you intend to view the film in person, please RSVP YES for planning purposes. Due to technical limitations, there will be separate in person and Zoom discussions.
