Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (RVUUF) Ashland, OR

Fri, Feb 10, 7-10pm. 3rd Annual Bodacious Rainbow Ball. Celebrate the Mardi Gras Season with Us. Flyer

General Admission: $15 ◈ Students: $5 ◈ Children Under 12: Free
Proceeds Benefit Lotus Rising Project (Youth Led Social Justice Org.)

Blue Lightning Dance Band

Tickets Available at the Door ◈ Tobacco, Alcohol & Drug Free ◈ Childcare Available

Wed, Dec 14, 7pm. Southern OR Jobs with Justice, along with RVUUF's Social Justice and Action Committee (SJ&A) and several other co-sponsors, will host a forum as part of the Oregon Single Payer Campaign. Last June, following a three-year campaign, the Vermont legislature voted to create a universal health care program. Kate Kanelstein and Sarah Weintraub, Vermont Workers Center organizers, will talk about "How Vermont Won Health Care For All”, followed by discussion of what we can learn and apply from their experience. This is open to all, so spread the word! $10 Donation requested.

Sat, Dec 10, 3pm. The Speaker will be Deborah Brown, Leo Nevas Human Rights Fellow, UNA-USA, regarding Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect. The event at RVUUF is open to the public. Co-sponsored with the Southern OR chapter of the United Nations Association of the US.

Sun, Dec 4, noon. Over 40,000 prisoners of conscience are free because of letters written by Amnesty International. You can help. Please join our international Write-A-Thon immediately after the services. You may take information home with you, or join others in writing letters at tables set up at RVUUF. Everything will be provided. We just need you. Your letters count.

We believe that One-to-One relationships are the keystone to building a just and peaceful world. Neighbor to Neighbor is a telephone outreach project to link lives and build connections. It is grounded in UU Principles

1. The inherent worth and dignity of every person, and
2. Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations, and
3. Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregation.

Our goal is to build a stronger Fellowship community as we commit to connect in a personal, concrete way on a regular daily to weekly basis with another RVUUF member or RVUUF friend, demonstrating that we are community every day, and not just when we see one another on Sunday or occasionally at other times. Neighbor to Neighbor provides volunteers with a spiritual practice that demonstrates that we truly matter to each other. It is a way of keeping a connection alive and growing, especially for those who are unable to attend our service every week. Those signing up to be called may be older members who can’t come to the fellowship often, shy people, new people, people facing challenges, people who are caregivers, and people who simply seek connection. You can sign up to be either a caller or a receiver of a call.

There are established guidelines, as well as a process for reporting issues encountered which may require referral of some kind. A coordinator will maintain a master list of caller-receivers, but follow through on the commitment will be a personal responsibility.

To sign up, download, fill-in, and email form (address in form) [.doc];
or print, fill-in, and return form to Office [.pdf].
For more information, contact: Social Justice & Action.

Sun, Oct 23, 3:30pm. Keynote Address by Will Davis, Director of United Nations Information Center, Washington, D.C.: "The United Nations: In Everyone’s Interest"

Musical performance by Rogue Valley Symphony Quintet

Rogue River Room, Stevenson Union, SOU. Event is Open to Public – Admission Free
CO-Sponsors: So Oregon Chapter, United Nations Assoc of the USA and Social Justice and Action Committee, RVUUF

Sun, Aug 14, noon. Peg Bowden, a former member of RVUUF, is coming to visit. She is willing to talk with those of us interested in immigrants' issues at a meeting following the service. She has been providing care to deported migrants in Mexico and has much to share including her views on our current immigration polcy. Everyone is invited to attend this very informative talk.

The Role of the Activitist and of Faith Communities in Achieving Justice

Beth Coye, a pioneer in helping to bring about equality and justice for U.S. military minorities (women and gays), will describe her personal journey which included living as a closeted lesbian in the Navy for over 20 years. She was instrumental in bringing about change for military women, and in retirement she continued working to bring about changes in our military bureaucracies and personnel structures regarding military gays. Beth has asked that congregants wear their yellow Standing on the Side of Love T-shirts.

In December 2010 Congress passed an historic civil rights statute which gives equality and freedom to military gays and lesbians. As a member of the core activist group which led the charge for change, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Beth and others worked for years to bring down discriminatory policies and laws.

What is the backstory to this event? What is the role of the activist? What does it take to be an activist, speaking out against the majority? What is the role of faith communities in taking down unjust bureaucracies and structures? ....

After the service there will be a booksigning of the newly-released Skinner House/Beacon Press book, Coming Out in Faith: Voices of LGBTQ Unitarian Universalists. The book presents 15 remarkable essays written by Unitarian Universalists, 8 of whom are ministers. Copies will be available for $8 (normally $14).

Order of Service

Listen to Sermon: 

• embed
• link
• info

Embed

URL

Open Standard Media Player version 1.3

Built by Alethia Inc.

00:00

00:00

Download Sermon (mp3): 

Truth in Action; Beth Coye

Sun, Jul 10, noon. It is now time to start the process of signing up volunteers for the times RVUUF will be responsible for staffing the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. For that purpose there will be a brief (30 min.) orientation meeting on Sunday July 10 after the service.

To help those interested plan ahead, RVUUF will need to provide three volunteers on each Monday in September, October, November and December. Some procedures have changed, so it will be necessary for all those interested, even if you have volunteered before, to attend this meeting.

The meeting on July 10 will feature the showing of an illustrative DVD, sign-up sheets and a verbal presentation. The Food Bank thanks you for offering your services and hopes that you will embrace the changes as other faith groups have done since January. Contact Herb Petschek if you have questions.