Cuups Bulletin

12/02/2024

Ann Trip writes about her recent experience taking the Coming of Age class at her local UU Church and reflects on her own lifetime's religious journey.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2024/11/coming-of-age/ #

If you ever wondered how you got to where you are, maybe take an Adult Coming of Age class. Recently, I took this class at the UU Montclair.

10/24/2024

One way to tell its October: The UUA Bookstore is advertising Pagan friendly books:

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10/02/2024

Ann Trip writes about how to pull together a public ritual on a minimal budget.

Our first group ritual almost wasn’t, but I scrambled at the last minute. I learned how to purchase ritual tools on a tight budget.

07/31/2024

Ann Trip writes about Lughnasadh and notes that gratitude and introspection are good, but more is necessary for success "ask Mother Goddess/Father God or other deity for help, then get up off your butt and do the work."

Lughnasadh or Lammas also known as Bread Mass to Christians is only a few short days away. Meditate on yourself from Imbolc to Lughnasadh.

06/30/2024

Ann Trip writes about recent changes to the UUA bylaws that were voted in by the UUA General Assembly earlier in June. "There is no reason we cannot be a UU Pagan with these new changes. This is the beauty of our path and the UU one."

Recently, the revised UUA's Article II bylaws passed. This blog is not a discussion on Article II necessarily, but one on changes.

06/15/2024

We are excited to announce that Covenant of UU Pagans will be exhibiting at UUA General Assembly 2024 on Jun 19 - 23, 2024. 🎉🎉 Like or comment if you’ll be there! - via Event Platform

06/12/2024

The New Bedford, MA CUUPS Chapter announces its Summer Solistce ritual:

The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) will celebrate the Summer Solstice on Friday, June 21, at 6:30 p.m. Bring yourself, a friend, and some nibbles. This event will be […]

06/01/2024

Ann Trip writes about the importance of doing ritual, even when the circumstances are far from ideal.

I was unable to lug my ritual tools with me. So, holding a ritual at my congregation just wasn’t happening.

03/21/2024

John Beckett writes, "[W]e are humans and humans have an inherent need for ritual. Just as the “nones” are reinventing religion to meet their needs without being tied to beliefs and practices that belong in another era, we will invent and reinvent rituals that are meaningful and helpful to us, here and now.

As Pagans, we have a head start on that.

We’re Pagans – we do ritual."

Historian Francis Young says that while ritual is clearly important to us as humans, we don’t understand it all that well, and its practice has diminished since the latter part of the 20th century. He’s right, but we will always create rituals that are meaningful and helpful to us. As Pagans, we...

03/18/2024

The 2023 CUUPS General Assembly - Concert for Our Resilient Planet featuring SJ Tucker, Renee Janski, and Celia Farren is now on the CUUPS YouTube Channel!

A concert for The 2023 UUA General Assembly by the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans with S.J. Tucker, Renee Janski, and Celia Farren.