It is with great joy and gratitude that I am beginning a journey alongside you as your new quarter-time minister. I look forward to our shared ministry together. Let’s continue to bring about a beautiful, imperfect, and good enough Beloved Community of compassion and justice here on Vashon Island and beyond! Thanks to all who … Continue reading Greetings from Our New Minister
Dear VIUF members, Last night the Board approved the contract for the .25 ministerial candidate- Reverend Victoria Poling. This is one step amongst many, to help us reach our goal of having more connection with the greater UUA fellowship, more support for one another, more guidance as we seek to implement some of our planning … Continue reading VIUF SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING
Time: Saturday, December 3, 2022, 3:00–5:00 pm Place: Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship (in Lewis Hall, just uphill from Burton Church 23905 Vashon Hwy SW) Amy Huggins will return from a 4-week austere, intensive spiritual immersion at Ekam, the World Center for Enlightenment, in southeastern India. This very demanding inward journey in Sanskrit is called Tapas (which means “spiritual fire”) … Continue reading Receive a Taste of Enlightenment!
To continue the tradition that Tanya’s mother instilled in her, she has decided to offer the swag making party this year, outside to be covid safe. She has an outside covered place next to her garage and lots of evergreens trimmed from her trees. She said that while she has some wire, wire cutters, and ribbons, if … Continue reading HOLIDAY Swags Returns! – Dec. 4 (anytime between 1-4pm)
As we honor the land we live on, knowing it was taken from the Puyallp tribe, we endeavor to learn more of their history and forge meaningful relationships with tribal members. Lushootseed City Names Contributed by the Puyallup Tribal Language Program Throughout the United States, Native place names have been incorporated into American geography. The … Continue reading Indigenous Peoples Month
We will not meet as a fellowship on Sunday December 25th, 2022. Instead, we will have a service on Friday evening December 23, 2022 at Lewis Hall. If you’d like to be part of this service, or have ideas, please contact Julie, Kim or Robbie. Your Program Committee will bring more details to you soon!
Nov. 25,26, 27th and Dec. 3 and 4th from 10 am – 3 pm Littlest Bird Farm VIUF Sunday Market but not just on Sunday! Please bring your treasured 5 items to donate to the Vashon Afghan Refugee Team or the World Kitchen. Items will be placed on a long table in the barn and … Continue reading Open Barn Open Farm Open Studio
The Purpose of This Community is to Help Its People Grow By Erik Walker Wikstrom If you are who you were, and if the person next to you is who he or she was, if none of us has changed since the day we came in here— we have failed. The purpose of this community— … Continue reading Victoria’s reading from last Sunday…
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From Kim – As we move beyond our land acknowledgement, we look for ways to participate more fully with tribes. Learning more about the precious resource of salmon and what it means to tribal people is one way to move beyond and be inspired to support actions with tribes. The Symposium brings together thirty-five Indigenous … Continue reading The International Indigenous Salmon Seas Symposium
