All are welcome to join in our semi-annual Social Action meeting with Rev. Nica on Sunday, April 7 from 12:30pm to 2pm (date revised from March). Get acquainted with the activities of our three Social Action ministries and our Community Forums as we consider new possibilities together. Many of us find our lives are full and … Continue reading Social Action February 2019
Happy wet February and Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. I trust your roof didn’t leak and you that feel the love of people around you. Of course, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe your roof did leak, or maybe you’re feeling relatively unloved today or this month. If either of those are true, I am sorry for … Continue reading President’s Message February 2019
Minister’s Column February 2019 Theme: TRUST This month we explore the theme of Trust together. This Sunday, we’ll look at the possibility of trusting life, even when the old maps no longer work, when everything seems to fall apart, or the road ahead is unclear. Can we trust that life will unfold in a good … Continue reading Minister’s Message February
In preparing for our theme of Possibility, so much of the material I have read refers to Unitarian Universalism as the faith of possibility. In the darkest of times, our UU ancestors have striven for that silver lining, knowing our brightest days are just behind that cloud. We current day UUs have learned well from … Continue reading Religious Education News
Welcome to 2019! I hope that you had a wonderful holiday season, and that the return to the regular work days/week days hasn’t been too difficult. I really enjoyed the theme of Mystery for December, and now the next theme for January, Possibility, seems perfectly timed. Perhaps you can guess what I am referring to: … Continue reading President’s Message January
Community Event at the Abundant Table Farm Saturday, February 9th, from 2:30 to 5pm Please join us for this fun day of learning, service, fellowship, and spiritual growth! Open to all. The day will include a tour of the farm, a spiritually thematic grounding/exercise connected to the farm and activity on the farm (most likely weeding, … Continue reading Family Friendly Farm Learning
Happy 2019 and welcome to January, our month focused on the theme of Possibility! Paulo Cochlo wrote, “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” What dreams, what possibilities are you beginning with in 2019? What hopes do you have for your life, for our community and the world? The … Continue reading Minister’s Message January 2019 – Possibility
Season’s greetings from your Board President. Whatever and wherever you find yourselves celebrating this year, thank you for being a part of our CVUUF family. Hopefully you are not among those stressed out with shopping and planning and things to do lists. Of course, you need to do all that stuff, we all do. But … Continue reading President’s Message December
I love the mystery of miracles, don’t you? All range of miracles are worth cheering for, from the house spared from a wildfire, right down to that $5 bill you just found in the laundry. You’re not quite sure how it happened but feel gratitude, nonetheless. That house that was spared? The fire insurance lapsed … Continue reading Religious Education News December
“Listen to your life. See if for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness…because in the last analysis all moments are key moments and life itself is grace.” Frederick Buechner As our Soul Matters collective shares, Unitarian Universalists love puzzles. We … Continue reading Minister’s Message December
