The poet, May Sarton, wrote:
“Help us to be the always hopeful gardeners of the spirit,
Who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth,
As without light nothing flowers.”
Easter celebrates rebirth, hope and joy after times of great pain and hopelessness. Join us for a UU interpretation of the Easter story that looks at how to trust that our spirits can resurrect after difficult times.
Service at 8pm.
Good Friday gives us the opportunity to walk into darkness and pain, as we mourn the inevitable suffering in this life. This intimate service will take place at CVUUF at night to honor the dark, unknowing place represented by Jesus’ death on the cross, before emerging into rebirth and renewal on Easter Sunday. Join us for a UU exploration of this Christian tradition.
Critics say that Unitarian Universalism isn’t a real faith. Since we don’t have shared beliefs, some question our claim of being a religion at all. Furthermore, some UUs don’t believe in any kind of higher power or deity. So what does the word ‘Faith’ mean to UUs, both in describing our religion and for us personally? Join us to unpack the complex word ‘Faith’ and understand more deeply the roots and trajectory of our UU faith tradition.
Mahatma Gandhi said: “Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions so it is toward this one God that all religious people are climbing.” The 2015 Parliament of World Religions brought together over 10,000 people from all over the world in Salt Lake City to share practices, social justice calls and a multi-cultural vision of faith. It was a giant experiment in seeing whether all these diverse religious paths really shared one vision. This service will explore this multiplicity of paths and whether there really is one vision.
This life is a beautiful gift. None of us know how long we will get to enjoy it. It is the finite nature of life that makes it so precious. Yet many of us live as though we have forever. We can forget that each year of life is not a given. Carpe Diem encourages us to seize the day, to live with intention and make the most of every precious day we have here on this earth. Join us to live fully now.
Compassion is love in action. Writer and theologian, Karen Armstrong, believes that only compassion will save our planet. Only through growing our compassion, she insists, will we not destroy one another and our planet. This service will explore ways to nurture our compassion personally and throughout the world. It will invite us to be the change we wish to see in the world.
The Unitarian Universalist Campaign for “30 Days of Love” kicked off on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 16. Our actions for love as a community began that day too and show no signs of slowing. During the last month we have participated in marches, interfaith movements and service projects, standing on the side of love for the world we want. Join us for this service to be inspired to witness for UU values and learn the joy of resistance and the tools for resilience.
As we begin our month focusing on love, we explore what it means to let our lives be guided by our hearts. Can listening to our hearts connect us more deeply to our inner knowing? This service of poetry, music and meditation will draw on the wisdom of mystics and sages to teach us about living in connection with our heart’s guidance.
Why do we gather in religious community every week? What inspires us and keeps us coming here again and again? Religious community, among its many benefits, is said to increase longevity! Discover other reasons why gathering is important, especially now.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was that we would live as a ‘Beloved Community’, with everyone committed to justice, equal opportunity and love of one’s fellow human being. Beloved Community is also an aspirational term frequently used in UU congregations. Today we explore what it will take in 2017 to pursue our dreams of Beloved Community within and beyond our walls?
