URGENT: Postcard writers needed NOW for Alabama voters. We have 200 postcards that need to be written and mailed by May 15th. Can you help by writing 20 postcards? Please contact Beth White AND stop by her house to pick up bundles of 20 cards beginning Thursday, May 5th morning. They are located in the … Continue reading Postcard Writing – Urgent Request!
Zoom Meetings Wednesday 5/11/22 6:00 pm and Sunday 5/15/22 after the conclusion of the service – use the Sunday service zoom link. Our fellowship is considering significant additions within our beloved community. We want your thoughts and input. The first is adding a .25 ministerial position for the 2022/23 service year. The Board has discussed … Continue reading Big Decisions to Discuss Together
A rummage sale Saturday and Sunday May 7,8 and 14,15 from 10 am – 3 pm to benefit Ukraine and Afghans. Local artists and crafters will have items for sale, too. If you have wonderful treasures, bring them on Friday by 4 pm or Saturday morning. Please no clothes and only kids or coffee table … Continue reading For Ukraine: Rummage Sale
Tuesday May 24 6:00pm Vashon Theatre Free (donations welcomed) With violent extremism on the rise, Healing from Hate examines the root causes of hate group activity through the bold work of those battling intolerance on the front lines. Documenting a stunning year of hatred in America, the film follows ex-neo-Nazis and Skinheads in their work … Continue reading Healing from Hate: Documentary Screening Panel Discussion
BREAKING SURFACE by MARK NEPO Let no one keep you from your journey, no rabbi or priest, no mother who wants you to dig for treasures she misplaced, no father who won’t let one life be enough, no lover who measures their worth by what you might give up, no voice that tells you in … Continue reading A poem: Breaking Surface
If you have been wondering how you can become more actively involved in the life of our Fellowship and in decisions about our future direction, here is your chance. Your VIUF Nominating Committee is interviewing members for two open positions as Board Members at Large for the next term from July 1, 2022 to June … Continue reading An Opportunity
We join our voices with the National Council of Churches in praying for the Ukrainian people and ask for intervention in this senseless war levied against them by Russia. We pray for restoration and renewed hope. We pray for the families, especially, the children living through the horrors of war and all the upheaval and … Continue reading Prayer for Ukraine
The book club choice for the next month is Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, by Paul Hawken, 2021, Penguin Books. (This great book was suggested by one of our new members, Marsha Schenk. I fell in love with the book as soon as I looked at it!) It is an excellent book full of colored pictures with … Continue reading May Book Club Announcement
This month’s VIUF Charity Beyond our Walls: Washington Environmental Council. Please go to their website to donate: WECprotects.org (The website also provides many details about all the good things that the Washington Environmental Council does. )
VIUF and SURJ are co-sponsoring the movie Healing From Hate at the movie theater on May 17 at 6:00 p.m. In summary, the movie is about former white supremacists who have left white supremacist groups and are encouraging others to do so. The movie is 55 minutes long. The theater does not charge us. The owner of … Continue reading Healing From Hate Film Screening – Planning Meeting
