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This year’s monthly themes come directly from the statement of values in the new draft of Article 2 of our Unitarian Universalist bylaws. Don’t despair, they are anything but boring. We begin with Love and why it is the center of it all.
When we met to begin planning our goals for this year, the leaders of RVUUF realized we needed to ask ourselves, “Who are WE now?” Who are we as a community and who are we in community with? How do we live into our commitment to our communities?
The Christmas story is one story of the entrance of Love into the world through unlikely people in an unlikely place and time. In our traditional service, we reconnect with the presence and necessity of love with us. In-person and livestreamed gathering music beginning at 4:15pm. For those joining us online, CLICK HERE to find … Continue reading Christmas Eve Service: Let Every Heart Prepare Love Room
What are the lessons of the season of short days and long nights? The gifts of a season of gathering around a fire for warmth? The stories of hope told to get through?
What is our responsibility to the past, and in particular, the sources of our tradition? How do we honor the roots from which our movement grows while still allowing change?
A lyric in a song by the Bengsons names “my joy and my grief, siblings together” and considers the connection, which is love. The deeper the love, the deeper both the grief and the joy we experience. This service will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
The practices of community and gratitude are front and center at this time of year. Today’s service will give us a chance to be grateful together. This service will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Click here to view the Order of Worship in PDF format.
In the past few years, there has been a lot of stress and trauma for all of us. One of the things we are learning is that we need to be intentional about seeking out joy. Today we will explore how we can commit ourselves to joy. This service will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
Community is bigger than we sometimes acknowledge. We are the dreams of our ancestors and we are the ancestors of the future. At this time when many cultures acknowledge this, we will join in celebrating community. This service will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
How many times have we heard someone say “they think they are the center of the universe…?” The message of many spiritual paths is a larger unity, connection, and responsibility to something larger than ourselves. We will think about the possibility that the center of the universe is our commitment to each other. This service will … Continue reading What Is the Center of the Universe?
