Helping prepare dinners for OHRA feels great. Service is supposed to be for others. We’re not “supposed” to be doing it for our own satisfaction. But face it. It feels good! Every volunteer says the same thing: helping provide meals for guests at the OHRA Center simply makes you feel great. “We got involved with … Continue reading New Year’s Resolution to get involved? Do more? Make a difference?
Did you know that our congregation sponsors an annual scholarship at Southern Oregon University? Named for 19th century Transcendentalist Unitarian feminist scholar Margaret Fuller (pictured, learn more about her HERE), the scholarship is offered to an academically successful full-time female student at SOU. This year, we received a thank you note from the scholarship recipient, … Continue reading In the Community: RVUUF’s Margaret Fuller Scholarship
Friends! It was my absolute pleasure to visit Southern Oregon in December. So many good connections and conversations. It gave us all a lot to think about and work plans will be flowing for the coming months. Next, I was asked this great question when I was visiting and I felt the answer was worthy … Continue reading A January Message from Intern Minister Pastor QuianaDenae
You’re invited to to the Sacred Walk to 2023 Community Labyrinth Walk. CLICK HERE to view the event’s Facebook page.
Rosalind Press will have a book signing of Saddle Shoes and Stardust, by Ruth Wire, together with Hilary Jacobson’s novel, Red Madder Root, on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Ashland Library’s Gresham Room 2-4 pm. Free refreshments. Phoebe’s high school years in post-WWII Los Angeles are turbulent with adolescent yearnings, her first love, and her determination to be a nurse against her father’s … Continue reading Book Signing by RVUUFian Ruth Wire, 2pm on Sat, Jan 7th @ Ashland Library
FEELING SOCIAL? Want to relax after holidays with others? Come to an informal gathering SATURDAY, JANUARY 14th at 4 pm or so, probably in a huge tent with cozy fire pits and heaters we can reserve, at Eden Vale Winery, off Stage Rd. and Hwy 99 in Medford. RSVP preferred, so we know how many … Continue reading HAPPY HOUR ANYONE? Saturday, January 14th at 4 pm
RVUUF volunteers were featured in the most recent Options for Helping Residents of Ashland (OHRA) newsletter with an article about our Thursday dinner project. Check it out and then join the team. Click here to see current menus and tasks.
This year, Christmas falls on a Sunday, but we will not have a worship service in-person on Christmas morning. Instead, we gather for our Christmas Eve Service on Saturday, December 24th at 4:30pm, in-person and livestreamed via YouTube. As is our policy in the ongoing pandemic reality, facemasks are required inside the church building, and … Continue reading Christmas Eve & Christmas 2022
CHECK the contents of the LOST & FOUND and MEMBER-to-MEMBER BOXES (now laid out on the pew under the balcony) soon! Everything not claimed will be donated to charity JANUARY 9. Some of these items date back to before COVID, so make sure to take a look and see if anything of yours is there.
We are working hard to fill our office administrator position by late January/early February. In the interim, Alison is doing the communications part of the job, while Joann Cleckner has graciously agreed to volunteer to do the key financial portion. Joann serves on the Finance Committee and is a retired CPA, as well as being … Continue reading More Transition Info from the Board/Tripod
