DONATE TO HOPE Bring a non-perishable food for our sanctuary lobby food cart anytime. HOPE appreciates canned soups, veggies, jams and accepts many other non-expired items. They are running very short. Demand is skyrocketing. See their current needs here. Financial donations allow them to do bulk buying. 49th annual Addison County CROP Hunger Walk took … Continue reading Donate to HOPE Food Shelf & Atria (formerly Womensafe)!

Churches are often targeted by scammers, especially UU ones. One of their favorite scams is to impersonate the Minster, and ask for money. They may also impersonate other church leaders and staff. This impersonation scam is a type of “phishing”–getting you to bite, and hooking you for money. Here’s a quick way to protect yourself … Continue reading Protect Yourself from “Phishing” Scams

A new year of shared ministry is beginning!  Our focus this year shifts into the work of the “interim” – a time between settled ministries when change and growth abound, and the future comes into focus. In our report to the Annual Meeting in June, we reflected on the successes and challenges of our first … Continue reading Big Questions for CVUUS

CVUUS Worship CVUUS worship opens with a ringing of the bell and saying: “We recognize that CVUUS gathers on land seized from the Western Abenaki people by European colonizers. We respect the Abenaki’s spiritual relationship to the land and waters of the Champlain Valley. We are committed to building a peaceful and more just relationship … Continue reading Honoring Indigenous People

View a recording of Middlebury College’s “United for Ukraine” Concert from 4/24/22 here. It was an extraordinarily moving program featuring Middlebury Community Chorus which includes several singers from CVUUS. As  we are all painfully aware, the situation in Ukraine is not getting any  better; with several months into Russia’s invasion, there’s no clear end in … Continue reading United for Ukraine’s Peace & Freedom