Speaker: Rev. Claudia Jiménez
Rev. Claudia has served as the UU Congregation of Asheville’s Minister of Faith Development since 2018. Prior to her ordination, Rev. Jimenez served as Director of Religious Education at the UU Fellowship of Vero Beach, Florida from 2001 to 2018. She has 10 years of teaching experience in middle school science and in elementary schools in Colombia, Brazil, Canada, and Florida. While in Vero Beach, she also was elected for two terms to the Indian River County School Board from 2008 to 2016. She is a certified Religious Educator through the Liberal Religious Educator’s Association and is a trained Our Whole Lives (OWL) Facilitator and a certified sexuality educator. She is married and has two adult daughters.
One of the proposed Article II values is “Transformation”. We adapt to the changing world.
We covenant to collectively transform and grow spiritually and ethically. Openness to change is fundamental to our Unitarian and Universalist heritages, never complete and never perfect.”
This value informs our commitment and work for … read more.
They are not little green persons. They are individuals from all over the world who come to our country seeking peace, freedom of speech and economic opportunity. Aliens, you say? Until recently their residency documents described them as “registered aliens.” Lacking documents, they are called … read more.
Our denomination is re-imagining its foundational documents i.e. Article II. Have you heard about this? Wow! The last major change was in 1985. The charge to the team reviewing the documents emphasized that one core theological value shared among UUs is LOVE. Join us to explore … read more.