Join us May 19 for the UUCY auction!
With great regret, the service planned for this Sunday in the park has been canceled. COVID-19 is still a concern, and in addition the air quality in Yakima has been unhealthy due to fires. Given the recent trend it seems unlikely to improve much before Sunday. Considering those factors, the board and the Sunday Services … Continue reading Homecoming Sunday is Canceled
On August 17th the UUCY Board met in an emergency Zoom session regarding in-person services. It was decided to suspend in-person services through the month of August due to the COVID threat and current air quality issues. This decision wasn’t taken lightly. Members of the Sunday Services Committee also were included in the Zoom meeting … Continue reading Change of Plans: August 29th Service On Zoom
Due to our state’s current surge in cases and the emergence of a more transmissible variant of the COVID-19 virus, we are bringing UUCY’s protocol in line with the CDC’s latest recommendations. Masks are required for all in-person events (Sunday services, meetings, etc.). To be careful, many meetings will move back to Zoom as well. … Continue reading UUCY’s Updated COVID-19 Policy
Reflecting on Wendell Berry, corona virus, September 11, and community resiliency.
This video message is offered in lieu of our Sunday service an March 15, which was cancelled due to the corona virus health emergency.
Dear UUCY Members and Friends: In order to help prevent the spread of the covid-19 virus, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Yakima is suspending all officially- sanctioned UUCY in-person services, meetings and gatherings, including events outside of the church building, until further notice. This is a unanimous UUCY Board of Trustees decision. That means there … Continue reading Special Notice re: COVID 19
There’s an old song I like, by Michelle Shocked, that goes: The secret to a long life is knowing when it’s time to go. I thought of that song, in a sort of humorous way, after the recent UUCY Board retreat at which I informed the board that I’m not planning to renew my … Continue reading News from Rev. Ken Jones
Some people say living in religious community is easy. You get to hang out with like-minded people, so you never have to be confronted by someone who sees things differently. But others say living in religious community is hard, because even if you are surrounded by people who mostly agree with you on one … Continue reading Some hurt in the UU world from the “UU World.”
As I write this, I was reminiscing just two days prior about the incredible moment just three years ago when the US Supreme Court decided, in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, that marriage equality was the law of the land. I was attending the UUA’s General Assembly in Portland when that was announced, and I … Continue reading Reflections on the Moral Arc by Rev. Ken Jones
UUCY may not be hosting the shelter this year, but that doesn’t mean that we’re not working to help those in the greatest need! A team of UUCY volunteers is providing and serving at least three hot Sunday dinners for the guests of Camp Hope (the new shelter), for 100 guests each time. This is … Continue reading Donations Needed for Shelter Meals!