SEJ Summer Movie Series The Social & Environmental Justice Committee invites you to the 2nd Annual Summer Movie Series. This year’s series focuses is on our First Nation’s Voices. Join us at Lewis Hall 10am – 12:30pm for the movie screening and discussion. Sunday July 13 Dawnland A story of stolen children and cultural … Continue reading Join us for our 2nd annual Summer Movie Series
Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion Vashon Theatre Tuesday June 10, 2025 6:00pm, Doors at 5:30pm Everyone is invited to attend the Documentary Screening of “Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem” followed by a Panel Discussion with members of Community Passageways & Vashon-Maury Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). America’s Misdemeanor Problem exposes how our country’s history … Continue reading Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem
The Sunday Service Committee joyfully prepared a variety of Sunday Services this year. Some focused on Unitarian-Universalist history and values, some explored other faiths, highlighted social justice issues, spoke to our spirituality, and more. Thank you to all who have coordinated, led, and participated in services! Now we would like to know how these offerings … Continue reading VIUU Sunday Service Reflection 2024-2025
The annual meeting of Vashon Island Unitarian Universalists will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM at Lewis Hall. Business to be conducted at this meeting: The election to open positions of officers and at-large board members and members of the Nominating Committee. See the slate of candidates here The review, revision … Continue reading Notice of Annual Meeting
$109, 708 This is the amount we hope to collect for the 2025/26 service year. We have increased our membership. We have increased our giving to the community. We have increased the compensation for those who provide services, music and support. We have grown stronger in the face of tumult and global confusion. We have … Continue reading 2025/26 Annual Pledge Drive
On Sunday, May 11, we will have a new member welcome during the Sunday service. Joining is easy. Our membership declaration states: I wish to become a member of the Vashon Island Unitarian Universalists. I am in sympathy with the Mission and operation of VIUU as laid out in the Bylaws. I am aware of … Continue reading An Invitation to Join VIUU
This morning, I was honored to be invited to give the invocation for the opening of the Washington State Senate session. I enjoyed a visit to the legislative building in Olympia, where the staff were welcoming and friendly. I had a chat with the high school page about her college aspirations as we waited to … Continue reading WA State Senate Invocation w/ Rev. Victoria
This month’s theme is Living Love through the Practice of Joy. I like the way the word “rejoice” encourages a return to joy. Whether or not you feel joyful; whether or not joy seems to have come around lately, the encouragement is to allow your joy to be renewed by what is greater than you: … Continue reading April Hymn of the Month: #361 Enter, Rejoice and Come In
Please join us for a Grief Retreat at Lewis Hall Friday evening May 16th 6:30-8:30 and Saturday May 17th, 9:00-4:30. There are very few spaces where we are invited to experience and express the many dimensions of grief, personal as well as planetary. The retreat will be facilitated by Jean Berolzheimer, an experienced grief tender … Continue reading Save the Date – Grief Retreat
n Between by Kate Walker In between, liminal, that space where we wait. Between moments; events, results, action, no action. To stand on the threshold, waiting for something to end, And something new to arrive, a pause in the rumble of time. Awareness claims us, alert, a shadow of something different. In between invitation and … Continue reading In Between by Kate Walker
