Donation goes to: The Northwest Community Bail Fund (NCBF) provides cash bail for marginalized people charged with crimes who are unable to afford bail and find themselves incarcerated while awaiting routine court appearances in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties.This allows people to get out of jail during their trial period and defend themselves from a … Continue reading January’s Service Offering: Northwest Community Bail Fund
Lydia Maria Child (1802- 1880) – abolitionist. Lydia Maria Child was brought up in Medford, Massachusetts in the Calvinist First Parish Church and went to local schools. Her brother went to Harvard and became a Unitarian minister, but like most women of the time Child was not allowed advanced schooling and was largely self-educated. After the … Continue reading UU History Corner: Lydia Maria Child
On Jan. 3, 2021 we celebrated our first Sunday together. Alix Clarke led an amazing service which helped us to reflect on the year behind us as well as prepare for the year ahead. Part of the service involved two activities that involved words that begin with “re.” First participants were invited to think about … Continue reading VIUF Word Search
On the Sunday closest to January 1st, many Unitarian Universalist congregations find creative ways to celebrate or mark the beginning of a new year. Themes can include reflection upon the year that has just passed; letting go of regrets and pain; hope for the promise of the year to come; resolutions to change; the passage … Continue reading UUs: Celebrating the New Year
Hello dear VIUF members and friends. Kirk Barker, your humble treasurer, here to announce that you can expect (by the end of January 2021) an email or written information regarding your financial contributions you’ve made during Calendar Year 2020 and Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of this fiscal year (2020-21). I apologize for the delay … Continue reading A Message from Kirk, our Treasurer
Friends, this is a message from UUA’s President Susan Frederic Gray. I love it. I hope you will too. “One of the things that gives me hope and strength when fear and despair move into my heart is all of you and this faith that we share. The practice of religious community calls me back to my humanity, to a … Continue reading A message from UUA’s President Susan Frederic Gray.
VIUF Book Club has chosen the book: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, Avery ( an imprint of Penguin Random house), 2016. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama’s home in India to celebrate the 80th birthday of His Holiness. They … Continue reading January Book Club – Book Announcement
The VIUF December Community Offering will go towards Vashon Kids. Vashon Kids provides dependable, creative, and convenient before and after school care for 5 to 12-year-olds. Since 1995, they have provided creative programming, delivered by experienced staff, that encourages children’s unique spirit to thrive. They promote healthy play, accept differences, and seek to resolve conflicts … Continue reading December Community Offering
Adapted from Rev. Tracy Springberry Want the first part of this article? You can read it here. In the 1800s, the Unitarians were trendsetters. They were well-educated, often wealthy, and had access to and control of the media. Unitarian thinkers began to write about Christmas, bringing their values and theology to the forefront of the … Continue reading A Unitarian Christmas – Part 2
