Services at 9:15 & 11:00
The poet Rumi wrote: “Raise your words, not your voice, it is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” The possibility of words to enchant, to nurture, to grow, cannot be denied. In this service, poets from our congregation reflect on the meaning and possibility of words to evoke and influence change.
Services at 9:15 and 11:00a
We create possibilities out of future mysteries. Is this a conscious action? Do we have free will? Is it more an autonomous, predestined activity? Join us to explore the mystery of new year possibilities.
Service at 5:00p ONLY
Join us for a Unitarian Universalist take on Christmas Eve. We will sing our favorite carols, enjoy Christmas readings and a service that’s appropriate for young and old alike. We will conclude with our traditional silent night candle vigil.
Services at 9:15 and 11:00a
Christmas dominates this time of year, even as many other faith traditions share this season. Let’s explore all of the traditions of the holiday season, and find our own place together.
Services at 915 & 11:00a
“I have faith in the night” writes the poet Rilke. The darkness has gifts that are sometimes hard to perceive. Many of us are navigating challenging times in our personal lives, our community and the world. As we approach the winter solstice, the darkest time of year, we will explore how to find our way during the darkest times.
Services at 9:15 & 11:00a
As we welcome new members into our midst, we explore what it means to truly be a Unitarian Universalist. Several longtime UUs will share their stories together with Reverend Nica’s thoughts on the essence of Unitarian Universalism. Join us for this special celebratory service featuring our choir.
Services at 9:15 & 11:00
Mystery is an important part of our spiritual lives. There is so much we cannot and will never know in life. How do we want to interact with the mystery of the unknowable? Do we resist it or can we surrender to it? Join us to explore the mystery.
Memories can be sweet or bitter, and sometimes both. This goes for collective memory, those stories and recollections of a people that provide meaning for us in our culture, and it goes for the individual. Whether we think of a holiday like Thanksgiving and all its ambivalences that we had this week, or whether it’s the remembered experiences that shape us as individuals, our emotional centers bring us back, again and again, to places of joy and pain. Can we use all of them to move into a better place, a place of wholeness and healing?
On this Sunday before Thanksgiving, in the midst of all the turmoil in the Conejo Valley, we turn our attention to the good in our lives. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges we face, especially at this time. It can feel like a daily onslaught, a constant uphill struggle, juggling disasters, illness and stress. So this Sunday, we’ll intentionally shift our perspective to remember all the good we share – the good that has been, is now and is yet to come. Join us to celebrate gratitude as a community.
10am-11:30am
In what might be a first-ever for CVUUF, we will hold tomorrow’s service “virtually”.
We will however be gathering on Zoom (an internet group platform) from 10 – 11:30. You can join us by phone or live on camera. We will light a chalice, share stories, hear uplifting readings, sing together, mourn the tragedies of these past few days and be in community even when we are physically apart. You can join us at any time during that window, or be with us for the whole time. And if you have CVUUF neighbors nearby, you may want to invite them over so you can have some fellowship, while we’re on the Zoom call together. If you know people who do not have internet, please let them know the phone number they can call tomorrow.
Here is the access information for zoom:
To join Zoom Meeting by internet (so we can see one another) – paste this link into your browser:
https://zoom.us/j/161146667
To join by mobile phone dial:
+1 669 900 6833 US
Press Meeting ID: 161 146 667
