Onsite & Zoom. Come and explore this month’s Soul Matters Theme of Resistance with Social Justice Ministry leader Mary Hadley and Green Mountain Justice Chair Jason Duquette-Hoffman. We’ll share our offering plate with Green Mountain Justice to support the immediate legal and fiscal needs of our marginalized neighbors. See our order of service: RE activities … Continue reading Caring for Neighbors
Onsite & Zoom. Working for racial justice has played a central role in UUism for many decades. We will consider the roots of this commitment, how it has defined us, and where we’re headed. Third in the “Stories That Have Shaped Us” series on Unitarian and Universalist history and theology. Rev. Tricia leads us in … Continue reading How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed UUism
CVUUS Founders led us in reflections on how far we’ve come and where we hope to head. We shared our offering plate with Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund to support the immediate legal and fiscal needs of our marginalized neighbors. See our order of service: OOS 1.11.26 See our wonderful slide show featuring many pictures … Continue reading Acorn to Oak: 40 Years at CVUUS
We explored this month’s Soul Matters Theme of Resistance with Rev. Christina and the small group ministry leaders. We share our offering plate with Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund to support the immediate legal and fiscal needs of our marginalized neighbors. Guest musician Barry Cohen, bassoonist, played music by Satie and by Ibert during the … Continue reading A Small Group Ministry Experience
Liam Battjes Greenwood reflected on stitching together different aspects of faith to reflect Christian roots, Buddhist sensitivities, humanistic values, pagan naturalism, and interest in U.U. pluralism. What would you suggest? Our slide show features quilts by Kathryn Schloff and Dorothy Mammen’s Milk & Honey Quilting Guild which meets regularly at CVUUS. We share our offering … Continue reading Quilting Faith for a New Year
We had readings and songs, and ended with the traditional lighting of candles and singing of Silent Night. We collected for the CVUUS Discretionary Fund used for urgent mutual aid requests. See our order of service: OOS Xmas Eve 7 pm Here is a video recording of the service:
Onsite. We will not be doing the “traditional” nativity pageant this year, but instead it will be a rehearsed pageant that is connected to Christmas, but not the traditional story. The story will be an adaptation of O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi. Ends with the traditional lighting of candles and singing of Silent Night. … Continue reading All-Ages Christmas Pageant
We honored the solstice through ritual. Before 10 am our music began with our Music Director Jennifer Cohen and others playing steel drums. We remained silent for three minutes to honor moment of the solstice at 10:03. There were No Milestones and Passages this week. If you have a pastoral need or concern, please feel free … Continue reading Choosing Hope: All-Ages Solstice Celebration
The Jewish holiday of Chanukah celebrates the victory of the Jews over their imperial occupiers in ancient Judea – symbolized by the miracle of the holy lamp that burned for eight days. Do the stories of religions of the past have something to teach us in this darkening time? We continue to sell ornaments made … Continue reading Choosing Hope: Celebrating Chanukah
How does the evolving history of UUism fit into the larger story of religion in this country? We decorate our holiday tree with ornaments made and sold by our RE children for a good cause (Green Mountain Justice’s Warmth with Dignity Project) and share our offering plate this month World Central Kitchen. See our order … Continue reading Why Do (Some) Unitarian Universalists Celebrate Christmas?
