What a rapid transition from fossil fuels to carbon-free energy alternatives looks like just-published article in The Hill (by our recent speaker Dr. Chuck Kutscher with co-author Jeff Logan): We already have the technologies we need to solve most of the problem, and we have a variety of options for getting the rest of the way there. The biggest … Continue reading Two Reports on Environmental Justice Issues

Hello friends and members of VIUF, Your Program Committee has worked with six great teams of people to create Sunday services all year. It was a lot of work and very rewarding for us. We hope it was meaningful for you too. Now we need your help. We need to know what worked and what … Continue reading Program Committee Survey

This past Tuesday evening, the VIUF Board reviewed and discussed the 2021-2022 budget proposed by our incredibly diligent Finance Committee. The budget was well developed, appropriately conservative in terms of risk, and unfortunately approximately $22,000 higher in expenses than the projected revenue.  Pledges represent 90% of our revenue. With all voices heard, the Board was able to … Continue reading Efforts to reach a balanced budget for 2021-2022

UUs have their share of Nobel laureates. Here are a few. John Bardeen (1908-1991) John Bardeen received his BA and MA in electrical engineering from University of Wisconsin and went to Princeton where he got his Ph.D. in physics. While working at Bell labs, Bardeen and other developed the point-contact transistor, which eventually replaced vacuum tubes … Continue reading Unitarian-Universalist Nobel Laureates

This week many of us are marking the one year anniversary when nearly all of our congregations and the UUA moved to virtual operations. As I have been mindful of the anniversary, the words of UU minister Max Coots came to me: “When holidays and holy days and such times come, When anniversaries arrive by … Continue reading A message from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, UUA President

Karen Uhlenbeck had just attended the weekly service at her Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 17, 2019, when she learned she’d made history by becoming the first woman to win the prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics. Since 2003, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize—often compared to … Continue reading UU History Corner: Karen Uhlenbeck

March is celebrated as Women’s History Month. There are many Unitarian and Universalist women worth celebrating. Here are a few of the most famous Unitarians in the fight for women’s rights. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) met Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1851 and worked with her for the rest of her life to win women’s rights including the right … Continue reading Women’s History Month

A few weeks ago, the Reverend Doctor Linda Hart spoke to us about Theodore Parker…….. Theodore Parker was perhaps the most influential American Unitarian minister who ever lived. He was one of the greatest American preachers; the leader, with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, of the Transcendentalist movement; and a major antislavery leader and … Continue reading UU History: Theodore Parker

Community Passageways has a four-pronged approach to community justice: 1. Prevention: Keep youth on a good path. Show them new paths. 2. Diversion: Keep people out of the prison system and in community. 3. Support: Support people already in the prison system. 4. Reintegrate: Ensure a smooth, successful integration into the community. https://www.communitypassageways.org/mission read- it … Continue reading Social Justice News/Videos on Racism and Media

Greetings!   It is that time of year again. VIUF is starting our 2021-2022 stewardship drive to raise funds for next year’s budget. Please take a moment to read the letter from Pamela and Robbie about this year’s pledge drive. Open it HERE.    And this link will take you to the UUA’s Fair Share Contribution Guide, … Continue reading Pledge Drive for 2021-2022