What is it about our Unitarian Universalist principles and values that make UUism a religion, hold us together, and point us in the right direction? Some thoughts on where we’ve come from, and why each of us is essential. Led by Rev. Tricia Hart. We’ll share our plate with ACORN Network in support of their … Continue reading Living Community: Why We’re Here (Part 2) – Oct. 22, 2023
Led by Rich Wolfson assisted by Abi Sessions. See worship details here: OOS Oct 15, 2023 See a recording here:
What is liminality? How does being in a liminal space impact us? Can we use liminality as a teacher? Theologian Richard Rohr believes, “The unique and necessary function of religion is to lead us into this crazy, liminal time.” We surely are living in crazy times. How do we become friends with liminality? Can we … Continue reading Liminality – Oct. 8, 2023
Religions may focus on “eternal truths” – but religion throughout human history has never stopped changing. Which leads us to where we are today, in the tumultuous times of this 21st century. Rev. Tricia Hart offered the briefest glimpse of how religious ideas have evolved in Western culture, how we Unitarian Universalists fit in, and … Continue reading Our Changing Story: Why We’re Here (Part 1) – Oct. 1, 2023
ON SITE & ZOOM. Our Unitarian Universalist values celebrate the plurality of diverse cultures and experiences, as we know we are all enriched by them. Irena Pavlin, Avi Freund, and Jordan Young, assisted by Tom Morgan, led us in an exploration of the immigrant’s view of America. We share our offering plate with Resource VT … Continue reading Immigrants’ Perspective – Sept. 24, 2023
ON SITE & ZOOM. Led by Esther Charlestin reflecting on her ties as a Haitian American assisted by Karl Lindholm and accompanied by our ever expanding choir. We remember her wedding a year ago on Sept 24, 2022 at CVUUS featured Haitian food. We share our offering plate with Resource VT which aims to reduce … Continue reading Kiyes Ou Ye: My Love Letter to Haiti – Sept. 17, 2023
ON SITE & ZOOM. With Rev. Christina Sillari, Poppy Rees, and the CVUUS Choir What are you hoping for at CVUUS? How can we foster a sense of connectedness and community for the upcoming year? Through words, song, and ritual we explored what it means to ride the waves of life together through co-creating sacred … Continue reading Ingathering Water Communion: Riding the Waves Together – Sept. 10, 2023
ON SITE ONLY. NO ZOOM. With Bethany Barry, bewitched and beguiled by bees and pollinators and is planting gardens for them. See more on those efforts here. Bethany has a long history of social activism, creativity and entrepreneurship. Event in the depths of the COVID pandemic, she searched for ways to bring people together and … Continue reading Gardening at Birdsong – Sept. 3, 2023
ON SITE ONLY. NO ZOOM. Led by Brett Millier assisted by Rev. Tricia with Ronnie Romano on piano. Brett is a member of CVUUS, our choir, our Board, our rhubarb pie bee team, our radical love granola maker and so much more. She’s taught English at Middlebury College for years and brings us her devotion to … Continue reading Celebrating the Poetry of Ruth Stone – Aug. 27, 2023
ON SITE ONLY. NO ZOOM. Larry Vanderburgh invited us to see the unnoticed or forgotten, and notice its beauty and its life story. He did this by sharing his artwork of powerful locomotives, rusty tractors or Afghan ship-breakers. But he also did this by inviting us into Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” which was a … Continue reading Beauty in the Unnoticed, Ordinary, Forgotten, or Ignored – Aug. 20, 2023
