UUCM

Special Events

Living the Power of Covenant Rev. Cat Cox, M.A.T., M. Div Stronger Relationships. Deeper Understanding. A More Compassional World. The Power of Covenant in Everyday Life. October 31 10AM - 2PM online For UUCM Members and Pledging Friends See info and Zoom link sent to your email (check your spam folder if you don't see it, or contact Rev. Kevin: minister@uugrassvalley.org)

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For UUCM Members & Pledging Friends

Stronger Relationships. Deeper Understanding. A More Compassionate World.
The Power of Covenant in Everyday Life.

Living into the “Power of Covenant” offers us a way in every tough situation in our lives – no matter what! The covenantal way of being invites the best forward, both from ourselves and from others, and opens up a process for relationship repair when that is needed.

Join us for a deep dive into developing our capacity to live the power of covenant – in our daily lives, in community, and in the wider world. Our time together will be highly interactive, focusing on building usable skills to move through the challenges covenantal relationships always bring. We’ll work with the concrete examples you bring! Discover the transformative growth in your skills and confidence in problem-solving with the people you care about that is truly possible!

About Rev. Cat Cox

Rev. Cat Cox, M.A.T., M. Div., is a Unitarian Universalist minister and spiritual guide who helps people and communities live more fully into their values. Learn more about Rev. Cat’s ministry of spiritual guidance at thepathofjoy.org.

Questions? Contact Rev. Cat at revcat1213@gmail.com.

UU 101 First Sundays @ 11:30am an interactive introduction to Unitarian Universalism

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Intro to UUism & UUCM

UU 101 is an interactive, introductory session in which we’ll explore the history, principles, and sources of Unitarian Universalism and our congregation’s mission statement.

Join the conversation in Meeting Room 119 in the Classroom Wing, just beyond the Social Hall. Grab some coffee or tea, a snack, and bring your questions and curiosity!

Potluck to Honor the Ancestors Sunday, Nov. 1 @ 6:00pm

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When we remember our Beloved Dead, often we think of their favorite foods. Many cultures honor their ancestors at this time of year, when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin, by recreating some of their best-loved recipes. This Sunday evening, let’s gather to feast together, and bring some of those dishes to share with each other.

Whether it’s your grandmother’s persimmon bread, your father’s famous 5 alarm chili, or a potato salad recipe that’s been in your family so long no one remembers when or where it began to be made, or any other recipe that instantly connects you with a loved one no longer here: Make it! Bring it! Share it!

Together we’ll share food and stories that honor our Beloved Dead, and remember them with love.

buttons/badges with red-white-blue stripes and white stars that say, "VOTE" and one button in front that says, "YOUR VOTE MATTERS."

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Democracy Is Better Experienced Together!

Join friends and neighbors for an evening of election returns, conversation, community and connection.

Live Election Coverage on the Big Screen

Follow the races for Congress and across the nation.
Beer, wine, sparkling water and other refreshments. Bring a snack to share!
Come for an hour or stay for the evening.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

An evening of community, curiosity and respectful conversation.

Questions? Contact PaulElias@uugrassvalley.org.

Faith Forward: UU HISTORY Wednesdays, 8:00-8:15pm Nov 4,11, 18 & Dec 2, 9, 16 via Zoom with on-site offerings on Nov 18 & Dec 16 Meet some of the characters and concepts from our UU history, and discover what they have to do with you! contact: FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

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U History: a chance to get our historical bearings
Wednesdays, November 4 – December 16 @ 7:00pm

UU History is an engaging 6-session introduction to people and from our history. In this Fiath Forward series, we’ll approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions these people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our religious life and practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope we will learn about ourselves.

While participating in all 6 sessions offers the deepest experience, these are designed also as drop-in opportunities. Join in as many sessions as work for you. (This is a repeat of the series offered in spring of 2025)

Join Rev. Kevin and Renée Fonbuena, Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:15 pm via Zoom, with both onsite and Zoom options for the 3rd and 6th Sessions.

RSVPs help us plan. If you know you are interested, let us know and we’ll share materials ahead of time. Send us a note at FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Conscience
Bridge the centuries of our history by making connections between the perspectives of Michael Servetus (16th century) and William Ellery Channing and Lydia Maria Child (19th century)

Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Love
We’ll explore how George de Benneville contributed to the growth of Universalism in America, consider Bill Sinkford’s call for language of reverence rooted in his own religious experience, and we’ll look for connections between the lives of de Benneville and Sinkford and our own lives.

Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Experience
Learn how direct experience is one of our key UU sources of wisdom, explore the historical and current significance of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and the Transcendentalist movement, make connections between the educational innovations of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and our current UU religious education programs and public education system, and reflect on how your experience informs your spiritual life.

Nov 25 THANKSGIVING WEEK BREAK

Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Resilience & Courage
Discover the contributions of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Olympia Brown and Theodore Parker to our history and to social reform movements in the United States, explore the resistance faced by Harper, Brown, and Parker and how they lived with courage and resilience, and look for connections between the struggles of Harper, Brown, and Parker and the service and justice work we are engaged in today.

Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Identity
Learn about the complex negotiations that brought together two religious denominations (Unitarianism and Universalism), explore questions of institutional identity and how these have informed UU history, and reflect on how your own religious past and present intersect to shape your identity.

Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Calling
Consider the present-day growth occurring in Unitarian Universalism, and the role of Lucile Schuck Longview and Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley in galvanizing those changes, understand ourselves as history makers, and reflect on how we are called to respond to the realities of life as people of faith.

Bounty & Barter 2nd Sundays @ 11:30am

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Bounty & Barter is a truly-free, post-capitalist, eco-friendly, low-maintenance, pop-up marketplace.  The idea is to create a space to routinely share the bounty of your gardens, the surplus of your bulk shopping, the hidden treasures in your shed, and find new uses for old ‘stuffses.’  We aim to reuse, repurpose, recycle, upcycle, future-cycle, and love-cycle all without the need for pesky pennies (unless you want to bring them as a trade or gift!). 

There are just two rules:
1. no money will be exchanged (barters are at the discretion of the bringers)
2. nothing may be left behind after the market (if you don’t find a taker, you gotta take it home again)

Got yarn, fabric, or leftover craft supplies? Zucchini coming out your ears? What about that box of old magazines you keep meaning to donate?  Here’s a regular opportunity to clear the clutter, share the surplus, extricate the extras — or come to take what you find and fashion it a new function!

While RSVPs aren’t necessary, it is nice to know how many tables we should set up. Bringers can email BountyAndBarter@uugrassvalley.org to let us know you’re bringing items to trade or gift. We’ll communicate and coordinate with Hospitality volunteers and set up space for sharing the ‘stuffses’ accordingly.  Takers are welcome without RSVPs.

We are going to commit to Second Sundays through November.  In December we’ll decide if we’ll keep it going or let it go.

Friends and neighbors are welcome, too! Click here to download a flyer to share.

Faith Forward: UU HISTORY Wednesdays, 8:00-8:15pm Nov 4,11, 18 & Dec 2, 9, 16 via Zoom with on-site offerings on Nov 18 & Dec 16 Meet some of the characters and concepts from our UU history, and discover what they have to do with you! contact: FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

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U History: a chance to get our historical bearings
Wednesdays, November 4 – December 16 @ 7:00pm

UU History is an engaging 6-session introduction to people and from our history. In this Fiath Forward series, we’ll approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions these people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our religious life and practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope we will learn about ourselves.

While participating in all 6 sessions offers the deepest experience, these are designed also as drop-in opportunities. Join in as many sessions as work for you. (This is a repeat of the series offered in spring of 2025)

Join Rev. Kevin and Renée Fonbuena, Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:15 pm via Zoom, with both onsite and Zoom options for the 3rd and 6th Sessions.

RSVPs help us plan. If you know you are interested, let us know and we’ll share materials ahead of time. Send us a note at FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Conscience
Bridge the centuries of our history by making connections between the perspectives of Michael Servetus (16th century) and William Ellery Channing and Lydia Maria Child (19th century)

Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Love
We’ll explore how George de Benneville contributed to the growth of Universalism in America, consider Bill Sinkford’s call for language of reverence rooted in his own religious experience, and we’ll look for connections between the lives of de Benneville and Sinkford and our own lives.

Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Experience
Learn how direct experience is one of our key UU sources of wisdom, explore the historical and current significance of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and the Transcendentalist movement, make connections between the educational innovations of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and our current UU religious education programs and public education system, and reflect on how your experience informs your spiritual life.

Nov 25 THANKSGIVING WEEK BREAK

Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Resilience & Courage
Discover the contributions of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Olympia Brown and Theodore Parker to our history and to social reform movements in the United States, explore the resistance faced by Harper, Brown, and Parker and how they lived with courage and resilience, and look for connections between the struggles of Harper, Brown, and Parker and the service and justice work we are engaged in today.

Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Identity
Learn about the complex negotiations that brought together two religious denominations (Unitarianism and Universalism), explore questions of institutional identity and how these have informed UU history, and reflect on how your own religious past and present intersect to shape your identity.

Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Calling
Consider the present-day growth occurring in Unitarian Universalism, and the role of Lucile Schuck Longview and Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley in galvanizing those changes, understand ourselves as history makers, and reflect on how we are called to respond to the realities of life as people of faith.

Faith Forward: UU HISTORY Wednesdays, 8:00-8:15pm Nov 4,11, 18 & Dec 2, 9, 16 via Zoom with on-site offerings on Nov 18 & Dec 16 Meet some of the characters and concepts from our UU history, and discover what they have to do with you! contact: FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

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U History: a chance to get our historical bearings
Wednesdays, November 4 – December 16 @ 7:00pm

UU History is an engaging 6-session introduction to people and from our history. In this Fiath Forward series, we’ll approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions these people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our religious life and practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope we will learn about ourselves.

While participating in all 6 sessions offers the deepest experience, these are designed also as drop-in opportunities. Join in as many sessions as work for you. (This is a repeat of the series offered in spring of 2025)

Join Rev. Kevin and Renée Fonbuena, Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:15 pm via Zoom, with both onsite and Zoom options for the 3rd and 6th Sessions.

RSVPs help us plan. If you know you are interested, let us know and we’ll share materials ahead of time. Send us a note at FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Conscience
Bridge the centuries of our history by making connections between the perspectives of Michael Servetus (16th century) and William Ellery Channing and Lydia Maria Child (19th century)

Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Love
We’ll explore how George de Benneville contributed to the growth of Universalism in America, consider Bill Sinkford’s call for language of reverence rooted in his own religious experience, and we’ll look for connections between the lives of de Benneville and Sinkford and our own lives.

Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Experience
Learn how direct experience is one of our key UU sources of wisdom, explore the historical and current significance of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and the Transcendentalist movement, make connections between the educational innovations of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and our current UU religious education programs and public education system, and reflect on how your experience informs your spiritual life.

Nov 25 THANKSGIVING WEEK BREAK

Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Resilience & Courage
Discover the contributions of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Olympia Brown and Theodore Parker to our history and to social reform movements in the United States, explore the resistance faced by Harper, Brown, and Parker and how they lived with courage and resilience, and look for connections between the struggles of Harper, Brown, and Parker and the service and justice work we are engaged in today.

Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Identity
Learn about the complex negotiations that brought together two religious denominations (Unitarianism and Universalism), explore questions of institutional identity and how these have informed UU history, and reflect on how your own religious past and present intersect to shape your identity.

Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Calling
Consider the present-day growth occurring in Unitarian Universalism, and the role of Lucile Schuck Longview and Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley in galvanizing those changes, understand ourselves as history makers, and reflect on how we are called to respond to the realities of life as people of faith.

Faith Forward: UU HISTORY Wednesdays, 8:00-8:15pm Nov 4,11, 18 & Dec 2, 9, 16 via Zoom with on-site offerings on Nov 18 & Dec 16 Meet some of the characters and concepts from our UU history, and discover what they have to do with you! contact: FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

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U History: a chance to get our historical bearings
Wednesdays, November 4 – December 16 @ 7:00pm

UU History is an engaging 6-session introduction to people and from our history. In this Fiath Forward series, we’ll approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions these people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our religious life and practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope we will learn about ourselves.

While participating in all 6 sessions offers the deepest experience, these are designed also as drop-in opportunities. Join in as many sessions as work for you. (This is a repeat of the series offered in spring of 2025)

Join Rev. Kevin and Renée Fonbuena, Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:15 pm via Zoom, with both onsite and Zoom options for the 3rd and 6th Sessions.

RSVPs help us plan. If you know you are interested, let us know and we’ll share materials ahead of time. Send us a note at FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org

Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Conscience
Bridge the centuries of our history by making connections between the perspectives of Michael Servetus (16th century) and William Ellery Channing and Lydia Maria Child (19th century)

Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Love
We’ll explore how George de Benneville contributed to the growth of Universalism in America, consider Bill Sinkford’s call for language of reverence rooted in his own religious experience, and we’ll look for connections between the lives of de Benneville and Sinkford and our own lives.

Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Experience
Learn how direct experience is one of our key UU sources of wisdom, explore the historical and current significance of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and the Transcendentalist movement, make connections between the educational innovations of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and our current UU religious education programs and public education system, and reflect on how your experience informs your spiritual life.

Nov 25 THANKSGIVING WEEK BREAK

Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Resilience & Courage
Discover the contributions of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Olympia Brown and Theodore Parker to our history and to social reform movements in the United States, explore the resistance faced by Harper, Brown, and Parker and how they lived with courage and resilience, and look for connections between the struggles of Harper, Brown, and Parker and the service and justice work we are engaged in today.

Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Identity
Learn about the complex negotiations that brought together two religious denominations (Unitarianism and Universalism), explore questions of institutional identity and how these have informed UU history, and reflect on how your own religious past and present intersect to shape your identity.

Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Calling
Consider the present-day growth occurring in Unitarian Universalism, and the role of Lucile Schuck Longview and Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley in galvanizing those changes, understand ourselves as history makers, and reflect on how we are called to respond to the realities of life as people of faith.