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Stories for All Ages: Speaking Up!

We had so much fun with this last time, that we’re doing it again! On Sunday, June 1, we will use children’s picture books to explore the theme of “Speaking Up.” If you have a favorite storybook on that theme to share, please bring it! Jo will also bring several from the library and we will read and discuss them in small groups before sharing with the whole group together. We’d love to have the youngsters participate in this as well. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Science and Religion

This Sunday, May 25th, we will listen to a recorded service by Reverend J Sylvan called ‘Science and Religion’. This service occurred at the Salt Lake City First Unitarian church on March 23, 2025. Science and religion should not be at war. Treating science and religion as though they are two competing systems doesn’t help anyone. Unitarian Universalists affirm the search for both truth and meaning. If we are scientists in search of truth, we are also theologians in search of meaning. While science and religion both arise from our need to cope with experience, science and religion are responses to fundamentally different questions. Science can help us discover the … Continue reading Science and Religion

Multispecies Justice

What Does Your Lawn Have To Do with Justice? This presentation will use the topic of lawns and lawn conversion as a vehicle to describe key concepts in the field multispecies justice. In the process, Dr Kirsten Vinyeta will highlight preliminary findings from the qualitative research her team has been doing around the motivations, opportunities and barriers for lawn conversion in Cache Valley. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Flower Communion and New Membership Service

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Celebrate beauty, community, and connection at our annual Flower Communion Service! Bring a flower if you can—extras will be available—and take home a different one as a symbol of shared community and diversity. We’ll also be joyfully welcoming new members during a special Membership Ceremony. Join us for this Sunday full of meaning and celebration. The Flower Communion service was created by Norbert Capek (1870-1942), who founded the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. He introduced this special service to that church on June 4, 1923. For some time he had felt the need for some symbolic ritual that would bind people more closely together. The format had to be one that … Continue reading Flower Communion and New Membership Service

This I Believe

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Join us as Sarah Sullivan shares her personal faith journey—from exploring various religious traditions to finding a deeper spiritual understanding. She’ll reflect on how her path has unfolded over time and the role CVUU has played in her evolution. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Soul Matters Discussion on Joy

“The high value put upon every minute of time, the idea of hurry-hurry as the most important objective of living, is unquestionably the most dangerous enemy of joy… I would simply like to reclaim an old and, alas, quite unfashionable private formula: Moderate enjoyment is double enjoyment. And: Do not overlook the little joys!… a tree, or at least a considerable section of sky, is to be seen anywhere. It does not even have to be blue sky; in some way or another, the light of the sun always makes itself felt. Accustom yourself every morning to look for a moment at the sky and suddenly you will be aware … Continue reading Soul Matters Discussion on Joy