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Sacred Intimacy

This month CVUU will begin facilitating the Our Whole Lives (OWL) Program, the UUA’s comprehensive sexuality education course, to a group of 7th-9th graders. Demonstrating that we can indeed talk about sexuality through our life stages, Jennifer Hamilton will be presenting on Sacred Intimacy — the idea that our sexuality can be and is deeply tied to our spirituality and relationship health. As a culture that is often sensitive and closed to talking openly about sexuality, Jennifer will demonstrate how allowing for vulnerability and openness can lead to healing and wholeness in ourselves, relationships and communities.

Poetry Share: On Relationships

Our theme for February will be relationships. This Sunday, Feb 7th, will kick off with a poetry share and explore using poetry as a tool to help us understand one another and our relationships to everything around us. We invite you to think this week about some of your favorite poems about relationships and bring them to share. Poems can be related to any aspect of relationships including relationships to family, friends, lovers, places, things, or the divine, but poems should be reasonably short to allow everyone the opportunity to share. Jennifer Courtwright CVUU board member  

Lessons of a Hospice Chaplain on Late Life Care

Dan Jud will talk about his work as a hospice chaplain including insights about end of life care. Music and hymns have proved central to Dan’s work. Expect more songs than readings. 5th Sunday potluck after the sevice. Bring a dish or other food item to share, or come as you are! All are welcome. Worship Associate: Emily James

Becoming a Religious Humanist

This Sunday we will be kicking off a new 4th Sunday lecture series. In keeping with January’s theme of the personal journey, Jared Anderson will be speaking on his path towards becoming a religious humanist as opposed to a secular humanist, touching on the role that religious organization (not belief) plays in building strong communities. Jared teaches at Westminster College and is president of the Olam Institute.