Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Join us for a 25-year tradition: breakfast at Geppetto's at 9:00 AM, 345 E. Main St., walking distance from RVUUF. Contact: Elizabeth Baxter.

RVUUF's youth have created a Peace Day panel (click to enlarge) as part of Mother's Day celebration this Sunday. You can easily find the Peace Fence in Ashland's Railroad District: head down Fourth Street to A Street; you'll see the fence just across the railroad tracks. A group of artists, writers, poets, children and others have created a fence of artistic panels expressing each contributor's thoughts about peace and the well-being of the planet. Music, poetry, bagpiper, Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Peace Day Proclamation, and more! Come and join the celebration!

The Peace Fence Project honors the historical origins of Mother's Day in this country. Unitarian Universalist participation honors the great Unitarian social reformer and suffragette Julia Ward Howe who, in 1870 as the horrors of the Civil War waged on, conceived the idea of a Mother's Peace Day. As our UU youth participate in this project they grow and learn together building their skills for leadership so that they can claim a space as leaders of future generations. Through this project the youth gave expression to their understanding of the relationship between creating peace and caring for the earth. Their hand prints remind them and us that Earth Peace: It's In Our Hands

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How do you and I know where we are, how shall we make our way, and where are we headed to? Shall we take the fastest route or the one that claims to be the shortest distance? Meanwhile someone in the back seat already wants to know if we are there yet. Rev. Julie Forest -- our ministerial candidate -- will lead worship.

Order of Service

Rev. Julie Forest, our ministerial candidate, will be here May 11-18.

• Rev. Julie's Journal: messages to RVUUFians (latest Fri, May 9)
• Sermons (audio podcasts)
• Slideshow of Rev. Julie Forest, family & friends
• Biography (from Cedars UU Church site); Resume
• Schedule (evolving):
  • Sun, 5/11 10:30am: Service. Global Positioning Spirit
  • ...
  • Sat, 5/17 Getting to Know You Circle: 10am, 2:30pm
  • Sun, 5/18 Service. The Poetics of Possibility
• notes from Apr 20 Ministerial Search Committee presentation

We are trying a new place and loving it! We will meet 12:30 or soon after at the Yuan-Yuan Restaurant again. They feature Chinese, Thai and American food. The restaurant is located in front of Shop’n Kart on Ashland Street. We are a friendly group and always enjoy meeting new people. Questions, look for Bev Barber after the service.

A “Getting to Know You” supper / social will be held in the Great Hall. It will be another opportunity for you to meet Rev. Julie, her partner, Maren, and their eleven-year-old daughter, Ruby. Don’t miss this important event. Sign-up in foyer for what you’ll bring.