Past Worship Services

The Current Political Movement Against Disability Rights from a Sociological Perspective

On June 18th 2026, the current DOJ published a memo stating that the 1999 Olmstead Supreme Court decision did not uphold the Rehabilitation Act or Title II of the ADA, stating that states must provide the most community-integrated care possible to individuals with mental disabilities. This memo comes as a major multistate lawsuit, Texas V. Kennedy, has been filed against the Rehabilitation Act requirements and nationwide cuts to social services funding. These legal and policy actions leave disabled individuals without necessary care, force them into further poverty, and threaten to reinstate mass institutionalization. This talk seeks to raise awareness of these legal and policy issues through a sociological-historical lens and … Continue reading The Current Political Movement Against Disability Rights from a Sociological Perspective

Flourishing Together

Sometimes “flourishing” feels like a tall order. There are many kinds of assists that can be useful in finding strength and belonging. How important is community in this quest? “Why be a star when you can make a constellation?” -Mariam Kaba Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Art, Death the Numerous and Giant Fighting Robots

A talk about the experience of being a mortal creature in a fragile body, swimming in an ocean of tremendous mystery. How do we come to find the energy of action when faced with the indescribable? How can we learn to harness the enervating presence of death, without being consumed by terror? Religions have capitalized the spiritual, and we all suffer hermeneutical injustice without the language to describe the divine. Language gives us vision of the world of mind, and that vision gives us power to move. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.