Bob came from upstate Troy, New York. He majored in history and philosophy at West Virginia Wesleyan College then majored in theology at Yale Divinity School. While in college and seminary, he worked small churches to support his young family. He did graduate work in intellectual history at Temple University and in theology at Drew University. He was ordained in the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 2006, he retired and a year later, discovered the TCUUC, where started the book club. In 2008, he began seven years of part-time ministry at the TCUUC then retired again and moved to Asheville, NC. A year later, Bob and his wife returned to the area, and the TCUUC. 
Sunday Service Videos
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Recordings from Past Sundays
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4.26.2026 | Deborah Harris: Cultivating Compassion
4.19.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Selfless, Selfish, Narcissistic...The Search for Healthy ME
4.12.2026 | Rev Dr John Brown III: Do I Inspire Hope?
4.5.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: “Just When We Need Easter, Spring, Rising Up”
3.29.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Organize For What?
3.22.2026 | John “Threadzie” Manson: For Just a Moment… Let Us Suppose
3.15.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Why I Can't Let God Go
3.8.2026 | Scott Gledhill: Finding Our Own Voice
3.1.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Activism Unites and Divides Us
2.22.2026 | Jim Rose: "The New Thought Movement - A History Of Spiritual Action"
2.15.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Filling the Void We Are Born With
2.8.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Time to Talk and Listen
1.18.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Beliefs for Starters
1.11.2026 | Rev Dr John Brown: Power of the Inner Voices
1.4.2026 | Rev Bob MacDonald: Dare We Dream?
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