Come celebrate a Unitarian Christmas with carols and stories from our history and a candlelight ceremony to mark the return of light to our world in the Northern hemisphere.   A recording of this service is not available.   

According to Bill Plotkin, author of Nature and the Human Soul, Mystery is the undifferentiated realm of spirit and soul. While spirit permeates, animates, and transcends everything, soul calls us to our unique, individual, and communal relationship to the whole. Today we’ll be tracking the Mystery, the transcendent and the imminent, from the mystery of dark matter … Continue reading Tracking the Mystery

When was the last time you gave in a way that changed your heart? Or a relationship? Or a circumstance? Join us for a telling of the Stone Soup story and an invitation to consider how generosity might change us, no matter how little or how much we have to add to the pot. Bonus … Continue reading Reminding Ourselves That We Live in a Generous World

Our October study theme is Heritage. We’ll be reflecting on what we’ve received from our UU heritage and on what it could mean for us to be good UU ancestors.

Welcome back to VIUU! Our theme for the month of September is Welcome. In the Babylonian Talmud it is written that Hospitality is a form of worship. Let’s offer one another joyful hospitality as we re-connect for Sunday worship and begin a new congregational year. If you can, please bring a treat to share. Please … Continue reading Widening the Circle of Hospitality

The UU tradition of the Flower Ceremony began in 1923 with Norbert Fabian Čapek (CHA-pek), the Czech founder of the Prague Unitarian congregation, which at that time was becoming the largest Unitarian church in the world. The ritual symbolized the people’s unity by gathering many flowers together in one vase or basket. The ceremony emphasized … Continue reading Flower Ceremony Centennial Service

Do you consider yourself creative? What if you consider the way in which you live your life as your creative path? Let’s explore the creative process together and identify ways in which you are creatively engaged with your inner life, with other people, with your communities, and with the interdependent web of life. Today we … Continue reading A Creative Way of Life

The most masterful element of resistance is water. This Easter Sunday we’ll explore the water’s way of bringing about a resurrection of new life from decay. We’ll travel through lava fields, visiting the magnificent destructive and creative power of volcanos, and arrive at the passionate mystery story of the founding figure of Christianity, Jesus of … Continue reading Resistance, Creation, and the Easter Passion

In the song “Lean on Me,” we sing, “If you have a load you have to bear, that you can’t carry…I’ll share your load, if you just call me.” But sometimes, sharing your load just feels too vulnerable, and you hold it all in or hold it all together. When someone shows up with empathy, … Continue reading A Vulnerable Faith

Author and scholar bell hooks [who uses a lowercase spelling] observes, “While ours is a nation wherein the vast majority of citizens are followers of religious faiths that proclaim the transformative power of love, many people feel they do not have a clue as to how to love.” Today we’ll explore a variety of perspectives … Continue reading What is Necessary for Love?