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Music History

This music history lesson will focus on how the music we read each week at CVUU came to be. We’ll be looking at how the western notation system evolved over thousands of years. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Help stop the “DROUGHT-DEFYING”, Obscenely Expensive, and “RIVER-DENYING” Logan River Watershed Project

Join us to hear how you can help keep water flowing into the Little Logan River, oppose wasteful spending, and more.   Our Cache Valley community needs YOUR help to beat back a bad project called the Logan River Watershed Project. Its sponsors are 10 canal companies, the Cache Water District (which increased your taxes by almost 100% recently) and 3 cities. Boosters intends to use >410 million of our tax dollars over 50 years to install and operate an enormous, disruptive and ill-conceived pressurized irrigation system that “protects” Logan River water rights of the Crockett canal company. For reference, 410 million dollars is double the annual cut to the … Continue reading Help stop the “DROUGHT-DEFYING”, Obscenely Expensive, and “RIVER-DENYING” Logan River Watershed Project

The Life of Josephine Baker

Learning about real heroes can inspire and uplift. Josephine Baker lead an incredible life. She came from incredibly poor circumstances, built the life she wanted, and used her fame to fight for others. She was remarkable example using joy as resistance. Content warning: Josephine had a very difficult childhood involving extreme poverty, abuse, and child marriage. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Stoic Philosophy: the Origins and History

Join us Sunday for a talk about the fundamental principles of the practice of Stoicism and how to apply these fundamental concepts to live your best life in modern times utilizing this ancient wisdom. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Dissecting Social Media: How to Make Social Media a Tool for Community-Building and Not Isolation

Anna Clark will be leading a service exploring the impact of social media on our lives and communities. Drawing from her own lifelong experience with social media, she has spent time examining how these platforms shape our relationships, attention, well-being, and sense of connection. Through a thoughtful look at research, cultural assumptions, and the promises made by social media companies, Anna will share reflections and tentative conclusions about how we might build healthier and more intentional relationships with social media in ourselves and our communities. Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Flower Communion

May 10th, we will 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. This Sunday’s service will be led by Jo Leary. The Flower Communion service was created by Norbert Čapek (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 would not alienate those who had forsaken other religious … Continue reading Flower Communion