The VIUF Covenant calls upon us to preserve the safety of our community and to commit to policies and actions which preserve a safe environment. The commitment to safety includes physical health as well as spiritual and mental health.
We believe in science and deeply appreciate … read more.
We have a few more weeks of summer before transitioning to fall with all the changes that entails – school, rain, and the start of weekly Sunday services at VIUF. While many others at VIUF have been taking a much-deserved break, the Program Committee has … read more.
It has been quite the year! Here is a video we created – looking back at all that has happened in our community this past year:
Here are the documents you may need for the Annual Meeting:
Agenda
VIUF 2020 Annual Meeting Minutes
Committee Reports
Proposed 2021-2022 Operating Budget
VIUF 2021-22 Proposed Slate of Board Candidates
What a rapid transition from fossil fuels to carbon-free energy alternatives looks like just-published article in The Hill (by our recent speaker Dr. Chuck Kutscher with co-author Jeff Logan): We already have the technologies we need to solve most of the problem, and we have a variety of options … read more.
Hello friends and members of VIUF,
Your Program Committee has worked with six great teams of people to create Sunday services all year. It was a lot of work and very rewarding for us. We hope it was meaningful for you too.
Now we need your help. … read more.
This past Tuesday evening, the VIUF Board reviewed and discussed the 2021-2022 budget proposed by our incredibly diligent Finance Committee. The budget was well developed, appropriately conservative in terms of risk, and unfortunately approximately $22,000 higher in expenses than the projected revenue. Pledges represent 90% of … read more.
UUs have their share of Nobel laureates. Here are a few.
John Bardeen (1908-1991) John Bardeen received his BA and MA in electrical engineering from University of Wisconsin and went to Princeton where he got his Ph.D. in physics. While working at Bell labs, Bardeen and other … read more.
This week many of us are marking the one year anniversary when nearly all of our congregations and the UUA moved to virtual operations. As I have been mindful of the anniversary, the words of UU minister Max Coots came to me:
“When holidays and holy … read more.
Karen Uhlenbeck had just attended the weekly service at her Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 17, 2019, when she learned she’d made history by becoming the first woman to win the prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics.
Since 2003, the Norwegian Academy of … read more.
