SAVE the DATE! Saturday, May 9 1:30 – 3:30 Lewis Hall, Vashon The Vashon Island Unitarian Universalists together with the Friends of Thunderbird, The Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, Vashon-Maury SURJ and the Vashon Heritage Museum invite you to a special afternoon with Ramona Bennett Bill (Puyallup), longtime tribal leader, activist, and author of Fighting for … Continue reading A Special Afternoon with Ramona Bennett Bill
Listening With the Heart Saturday, April 11, 1-2:30 pm Lewis Hall Led by Rev. Florence Caplow and Beth White Do you aspire to be a better listener for friends, family, and others in your life? In this interactive workshop, led by Beth White from the Pastoral Care team and Rev. Florence Caplow, you will learn … Continue reading Listening With the Heart Workshop
Islanders Rachel Tefft and Ben Hunter built a food pantry, the COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, on their property (east side of Vashon Highway and 188th Street – across from VHH’s new housing development, Island Center Homes) and are inviting the Vashon community to help keep it full. The Social and Environmental Justice Committee thought this would be … Continue reading Help Fill the Community Cupboard!
The Social & Environmental Justice Committee recommends: The Voice of Hind Rajab Film Playing at Vashon Theatre on March 11th and 12th. The Voice of Hind Rajab is a 2025 docudrama film written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It follows the Red Crescent response during the killing of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl, by the Israel Defense Forces during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. … Continue reading The Voice of Hind Rajab Film
Saturday, March 7, 1-2:30 PM Have you wanted to try doing a reading on Sunday morning, but feel too shy to read aloud? Do you love poetry but don’t feel confident reading it aloud? Or are you an experienced reader who would love some tips for reading aloud with feeling? If so, this workshop, sponsored … Continue reading The Art of Reading Poetry Aloud – workshop with Rev. Florence
From our welcoming workshop with Rev. Florence.. visioning about the future of VIUU – we went through a beautiful exercise where everyone wrote words about what they loved about VIUU, and then we made a word cloud in the shape of a heart, which you can see here. You can see all the words that … Continue reading Sharing about the future of VIUU
VIUU is co-sponsoring an event on Prison Reform on Feb. 22 after our service. The event is a screening of the documentary Pathway to Freedom showing how two Washington inmates transformed their lives in prison, revealing why people cannot be defined by their darkest moments. The film is 25 minutes long and will be followed by a … Continue reading Pathway to Freedom Film Screening + Discussion
Saturday February 7th, 1-3 pm You are invited to a Welcoming Workshop with members of the VIUU Board and our new minister, Rev. Florence Caplow, on Saturday Feb 7th, 1-3 pm. This will be a playful and fun opportunity to share with her what we love about VIUU and our hopes and dreams for our beloved community. Bring potluck finger food if you’d like, … Continue reading Attend a Welcoming Workshop for our new minister!
Tuesday January 27, 2026 5:30pm Vashon Theatre Free – donations benefit The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Join us for a documentary screening of SUGARCANE. The award-winning debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is a groundbreaking investigation into an Indian residential school, shedding light on years of forced separation, assimilation … Continue reading SUGARCANE Documentary Screening
An Invitation from the Social Justice Committee Members and Friends, please join us in reading The Serviceberry, Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer over the next few weeks. We will host a discussion of the book on Sunday, February 22, following the service. The Vashon Bookshop has copies, as does the … Continue reading Planning Ahead: February Book Discussion
