Old Turtle and The Broken Truth Rev. Bill Graves, Rebecca Wassel and our favorite thespians. This will be a service intended for all ages although childcare will be provided for the very young. It is a multi-media drama based on the classic story about love, acceptance, and the nature of truth by Douglas Wood. The … Continue reading Preview: Rev. Bill’s Sermon, Feb. 19
We would love to expand our group of Sunday worship service leaders. If this is a way you might consider contributing to KVUUC you are invited to attend a workshop on worship presentation to be led by Rev. Bill on Sat. Feb. 18 at 9:00am. We will discuss values, techniques and expectations that go into … Continue reading Workshop for Worship Service Leaders, February 18
Book Discussion: “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, led by Rev. Bill Graves and CWU Librarian, Gerard Hogan, Thurs. Feb. 16, 7-8:30pm. This book is a groundbreaking meditation on war in our time. It is prose that heads to the nerve center of our Viet Nam disaster and it calls to us to not … Continue reading Thursday Evening Seminar, February 16
Be Ours a Religion: Interfaith “Fostering Interfaith Connections in a Conservative Community” Rev. Bill Graves and the KVUUC choir As KVUUC has become a primary sponsor and participant in the Kittitas Valley Interfaith Alliance it would be a good time to consider what the term “interfaith” connotes and the value of such involvements. Bill will … Continue reading Preview: Rev. Bill’s Sermon, Feb. 12
Donald Trump was named “Person of The Year” for 2016 by Time Magazine. I would counter that by naming the KVUUC Newsletter’s “Person(s) of the Year.” The winner is the 10,000 Water Protectors who gathered at Standing Rock, North Dakota. You see our editorial Board takes into account more than the amount of ink spilled; … Continue reading A Rev. Bill Commentary: Bracing for the New Year
The Interfaith Alliance of Kittitas County (which KVUUC is active in) will celebrate World Religion Day by sponsoring a dialogue about interfaith values and potluck dinner on January 20. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information about time and location.
Jan. 6 & 7, 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 8, 2 p.m. Tower Theatre in McConnell Hall Free & Open to the Public The iconic play “The Mountaintop” will be coming to CWU for three days in January. This performance is part of the Martin Luther King Jr., celebration on campus. This play, written by Katori … Continue reading The Mountaintop, Jan. 6, 7, 8
Frances and I send all of KVUUC a hope that 2017 will be a year of joy and meaningful encounters. Under my contract January is one of the months I will not be coming to Ellensburg. Instead we will be mostly in Oaxaca, Mexico. This will be the 7th year that we have rented a … Continue reading Rev. Bill’s Whereabouts in January
At its December meeting the Board of Trustees agreed with recommendations to postpone the proposed all-congregational retreat until next Fall. At the same time the Board voted to make the holding of such a retreat a top priority for 2017. However, persons willing to take charge in organizing the event have not yet appeared and … Continue reading Congregation Retreat Postponed
Recently I and three other KVUUC members attended a webinar on the subject of leadership in small congregations. A good deal of attention was focused on transitioning from what are called “family congregations” to “pastoral congregations”. In church organizational parlance “family congregations” are generally up to 50 members. Typically they function like a family and … Continue reading A Rev. Bill Commentary: KVUUC’s Reason for Being
