Month: August 2015

Aug. 30, 2015: Soul Matters

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On the eve of launching RVUUF’s Soul Matters Sharing Circles, we will explore this theme-based program through words, song and experiences. Bring your most curious mind and expect some fun and inspiration.

LGBT Elders and Allies moving to Emerson

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Beginning in October, the LGBT Elders and Allies Potluck Luncheon will be held in Emerson House, rather than under the balcony of RVUUF’s Great Hall. The potluck luncheon takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month.

Aug. 23, 2015: Rise Up in Joy

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Join Starr-King seminarian Satya Tabachnick for an ecstatic worship service. Together we will raise our voices, our bodies and our spirits, and let music, movement and meditation lift us up. Beyond intellect and understanding, we will encounter the spirit of life.

Sangha at Lithia Park on Aug 20

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The weekly Buddhist Meditation Group will not meet at Emerson House on Thursday, Aug. 20, but at the upper duck pond in Lithia Park. The group will meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Bring a lawn chair or cushion.

Daedalus Project, August offertory recipient

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The third-Sunday offertory for August has been moved to the fourth Sunday, Aug. 23. The recipient of RVUUF’s special offering will be the Daedalus Project, an annual event that raises funds for HIV/AIDS organizations.

Aug. 16, 2015: Joseph Priestley, Trailblazer of Science and Liberal Religion

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We collectively may have some vague knowledge that Joseph Priestley was an early Unitarian who also discovered oxygen, then emigrated from England to America just after the revolution. In today’s sermon, Camille Korsmo will fill in some important details about Priestley’s career as a dissenting minister/theologian, a remarkably successful amateur chemist, an author of far-ranging … Continue reading Aug. 16, 2015: Joseph Priestley, Trailblazer of Science and Liberal Religion