The service is about letting go, metaphoric cleansing and quenching of thirst, setting of intentions, self-anointing, healing, new beginnings and possibilities. It is a service of words, music and ritual. At each stop around the circle of flame, water, earth, and air/light, each person becomes their own healer, priest/priestess, minister, teacher. It is your circle … Continue reading Ritual of a New Year
Join us for a warm and contemplative service as we consider the mysteries that the holidays may bring. Cookie swap to follow!
The students of RE will be leading the service in presenting a “No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant.” There will be lots of singing, costumes, and cheer as we re-tell the age-old story of a baby born in a manger one starry night. Drawing on our own Universalist heritage, this will be a story of hope for all … Continue reading Holiday Pageant
Nancy Slocum, RE Consultant, will join us to explain the Mystery of OWL. Included will be readings of “Sex and Swimming” and “UU Principles and Sexual Ethics.” This week in RE, we’ll be working on preparing for the annual holiday pageant: costumes, set, and music! The holiday pageant will be on December 16th and will … Continue reading O.W.L. – What’s it All About?
Join us this Sunday to hear our guest speaker, retired Reverend Sally Carlson, speak on Living the Mystery.
Please join us for Cornbread and Cider Communion in Refugee Times. No RE this week! Join the inter-generational service upstairs.
On Sunday, November 18th come hear Dr. Riki Ott speak about her project “Ultimate Civics” towards an authentic democracy. One of her passions is teaching young people (and also all of the rest of us) about civics and the importance of our becoming knowledgeable and active participants in our democracy. There will be a short … Continue reading Ultimate Civics
The Reverend Carla V. Pryne will be our speaker.
This project is to document, on our website vashonislanduu.org, members and friends who have nurtured our Beloved Community at some point in our 60+ years of existence. They all have physically left for one reason or another, and we’d like to remember them here. It is an opportunity to learn/teach about those who have made … Continue reading Remembering our Beloved Community
We will share a video that tracks some of the sanctuary movement history and how churches have been involved with this movement for decades. Our own Melvin and Margaret Mackey will share their experience in the 1980’s when they we involved with the movement at Eastshore Unitarian Church in Bellevue, WA as they protected two … Continue reading The History of the Sanctuary Movement – Presente
