HO! HO! HO! RVUUF’s Holiday Craft Workshop (HCW) is on Saturday December 9th, 11am – 2pm. Chief Holiday Craft Workshop Elves Krynn and Marcia need an army of helpers to make this fun event happen at RVUUF. Please let us know how you’d like to help with the workshop by filling out THIS FORM. Can you … Continue reading RVUUF’s Holiday Craft Workshop Needs YOU

It will be great to be together again on Thanksgiving (November 23) from 4pm – 7pm in the great hall at RVUUF! This event is for RVUUF members and their guests; please sign up: 1) so there’s a seat for you 2) so we know which dish you’re bringing. There will be a sign-up poster in … Continue reading RVUUF’s Thanksgiving Potluck Is Back

Starting on Thursday, November 9, from 6pm – 8pm the newly formed Younger UUs group will be meeting monthly for a board game social night. We hope to create a space for younger folks in the community (roughly ages 20 – 50) to connect and get to know each other. We’ll be hosting it every 2nd Thursday in the sanctuary … Continue reading Younger UUs Board Game Night

The next RVUUF art gallery exhibit will open on November 5, 2023 and will feature the work of local artist Kay Hagen (Kaya). Kaya works in a variety of mediums and has shown her art in several shows in California and Oregon. Kaya’s reverence for all aspects of the environment, including animals, the earth, and … Continue reading Come to the Opening of the New Art Gallery Exhibit

The guys of RVUUF’s Third Men’s Group want you to join us when the staff of the Jackson County Digital Services presents a one-hour workshop for us on its digital media offerings at 2pm, Wednesday, November 1st in the Gresham Room of the Ashland Public Library. There will be a special focus on accessing FREE … Continue reading Fellowship Men – Join our Men’s Outing on Wednesday, November 1st

The RVUUF Seasonal Rituals Group will celebrate the old Celtic End of Summer, Samhuinn (pronounced “SAH-win”). Its themes include Signs of Autumn, Letting Go and Sending Away, Dying and Death, and Honoring of the Departed Ones. On Saturday, November 4, we will join in ritual, songs, and poetry, starting at 1:00 p.m. under the balcony, … Continue reading Let’s Celebrate Samhuinn, Sat. Nov. 4

This Sunday, Oct. 29, children in Religious Explorations (RE) classes will celebrate Halloween and help build an altar for Dia de los Muertos. We will decorate mini pumpkins, sing songs and honor our ancestors and their joyful gifts as we learn more about these fall holidays. Children are welcome to come in costume!

Rosalie Wolf, Suzanne Andersen, Kate Cleland-Sipfle, and Phil Westergaard of RVUUF’s Anti-racism Group recently joined about 30 others participating in a guided walking tour the Jacksonville Cemetery held by the Salem-based “Oregon’s Black Pioneers”. A single grave stone at the “paupers’ gravesite” gave the names and dates of scores of the town’s inhabitants, most residing … Continue reading Anti-racism Group Tours at Black History Event

Thank you for all the meals you have prepared for OHRA residents or supported through your donations in the past year! We could not have done it without you. To make this a more sustainable program, we are now only preparing dinners twice a month. Click Here to find out how you can assist our … Continue reading Help Feed our OHRA Neighbors

Starting in early November we’re going to need volunteers to help with various RVUUF jobs on an ongoing basis. I hear that these volunteers are called “RVUUF Builders” — WOO HOO! Let’s Raise the RVUUF! We’re looking for weekday morning staff for our Welcome Office (somewhere within in the timeframe of 9am – 12pm when … Continue reading RVUUF In-House Volunteering Opportunities