The VIUF Finance Committee has started working on the 2022-23 Budget. Our goal is to present a preliminary draft budget at the March 7 Board meeting. The budget will reflect our optimism that VIUF will be moving forward at full capacity in Lewis Hall next year. For our essential committees – and ALL of our … Continue reading From the Finance Committee:  2022-23 Budget

Here is the Book Choice for February 27th after service: The national bestseller: The Evolution of God by Robert Wright This book came out in 2010 by Little, Brown & Co. I started reading it after it came highly recommended by Sharon Hines Pinion, and am really enjoying it! I hope you do, too! As one reviewer wrote: “Fully … Continue reading Book Club Selection for February

Tech support. Job requirements: Host Sunday morning service from 10:30 to 12:30 on select Sundays using the VIUF Zoom account. The host starts, pauses, and stops recording, opens and closes chat, highlights speakers, and shares screen to show slides and videos based on an Order of Service and Google Slide set which will be provided … Continue reading Help Wanted

Today was special! Janet Quimby drove the Metro van, loaded to the gills with household items for Afghan refugees. Julia and Marian met refugee staff at the office in Auburn to unload one kit and supplemental supplies. Then we headed to Sea-Tac to the new home of Nafisa Barez Saad, an Afghan widow who moved in … Continue reading Kit #1 Delivered for Afghan refugees

We’d love to have any member or friend of VIUF (Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship) Join us on our annual retreat at Seabeck Resort on Hood Canal August 19, 20, and 21, 2022 (Friday, Saturday, & Sunday). It’s a delightful site with delicious food and delightful companions and includes lovely hiking trails, a Chapel under the … Continue reading Seabeck VIUF Retreat

We met last Monday and devoted most of our meeting to the quandary of “when and if” we will begin meeting in person at Lewis Hall. We appreciated the diligence of Catherine Sullivan, Bob Blauvelt and Helene Miller in framing the discussion for us in a written report. We listened to the first hand experiences … Continue reading Board Updates

I Am Afraid of Nearly Everything By Anonymous I am afraid of nearly everything: of darkness, hunger, war, children mutilated. But most of all, I am afraid of what I might become: reconciled to injustice, resigned to fear and despair, lulled into a life of apathy. Unchain my hope, make me strong. Stretch me towards … Continue reading I Am Afraid of Nearly Everything

  Thank you Judith Whitney for creating these little creative nuggets for us each month. You can download and enjoy here. 

I’m highlighting the status of VIUF’s financial state through the 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2021-22 (our half way point): Pledges and Non-pledge Donations 1)     Of those congregants who made pledges at the beginning of the year, 67% have made contributions toward pledge fulfillment. I’m optimistic that we’ll get closer to 100% participation … Continue reading A Message from the Treasurer