//podcastplus.net/feed/the-cuups-podcast~991e0b22 The CUUPS Podcast explores the world of Earth-Centered Spirituality and UU-Paganism as it is lived in over 1,040 UU Congregations across North America. Includes interviews, music and happenings from CUUPS members and chapters across the US with occasional info from our sister organizations the Unitarian Earth Spirit Network in the UK, and Six Source in Canada. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:51:36 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_31.mp3?dest-id=21433 This issue features the CUUPS Sermon Contest Runner Up - Seanan Fong speaking about the Chinese New Year and the coming of Spring. This was recorded at First Parish Unitarian in Cambridge MA on March 1st, 2015.  Other items covered: Lots of great UU-Pagan written content on Nature's Path blog at  http://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturespath/ CUUPS Convocation is coming the last weekend of August in Salem, MA. For more info (and to register!) see:  http://www.couup.roundtablelive.org/event-285450 CUUPS will be at the Columbus General Assembly. We'll be at booth #111 in the Exhibit Hall, our Midsummer Ritual will be noon on Sat. June 25th at Sensebrenner Park.  https://www.columbus.gov/recreationandparks/parks/Sensenbrenner-Park/ The CUUPS 2016 Annual Business Meeting will be at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral 555 N. High St. Columbus (across the street from the Convention Center) Room #113 on Sat. June 25th Ingathering at 5:30p Meeting starts at 6p, we'll be done by 7pm. Wed, 25 May 2016 05:11:49 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_31.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_29.mp3?dest-id=21433 The late Spring 2015 issue of the CUUPS Podcast includes the sermon "Dancing To a Living Drum" by ministerial intern Randy Partain from First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston. We also have news about two new CUUPS Chapters: White Oak Grove CUUPS of Rockford, IL and CLF CUUPS which is associated with the Church of the Larger Fellowship which is the UUA's online congregation for people who don't live near a UU congregation. There's is also a preview of our activites at the upcoming UUA General Assembly in Portland,  OR (June 24-28) and some information on our Facebook Page , Twitter account  @CUUPS_Media, and the Nature's Path blog  on Patheos.com's Pagan Channel. Tue, 09 Jun 2015 05:15:55 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_29.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcst_28.mp3?dest-id=21433 The CUUPS Podcast wakes up from a long winter's snooze with two new chapters (Raleigh, NC & Grand Traverse, MI) the 2015 CUUPS Sermon Contest and a new blog on Patheos.com and a sermon on the First Principle Project! CUUPS is acting as curator for the new "Nature's Path" blog on the Patheos Pagan channel. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturespath/ For more information on the First Principle Project visit: http://firstprincipleproject.blogspot.com/p/the-project.html Wed, 04 Mar 2015 05:36:09 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcst_28.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcst_27.mp3?dest-id=21433 After a LONG hiatus the CUUPS Podcast returns with: * A Sermon "Why We Love Vampires" by the late Margot Adler who passed away in July.  This was recorded 10/18/2012 at All Souls Church in New York City. * Unidos En, the Spanish translation of the popular UU chant "Gathered Here" The English version can be found in the UU hymnal Singing The Living Tradition #389. * News about two new chapters in California at Santa Rosa, and in the Napa Valley. * CUUPS Election results - new board members coming on: Maggie Beaumont, Martha Kirby Capo and Jessica Gray. Board members who are leaving, or have recently left: John Beckett, Rev. Christa Landon, David Pollard and Niko Tarini. Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:33:19 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcst_27.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_26_-_April_2012.mp3?dest-id=21433 "Pagan Spirit & Nature Circles" is what Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary speaks about at this sermon recorded at Williamsburg UU in Virginia on Oct. 23, 2011. We also include Jim Scott's Rainforest Song and info on how to join CUUPS. New chapter of the month: Spiral Paths CUUPS at the UU's of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:17:37 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_26_-_April_2012.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_25_-_Feb._2012.mp3?dest-id=21433 The UUA Board has propsed that the UUA General Assembly repudiate the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. Here is a Dec. 2009 interview from the Pagan Newswire Collective featuring Jason Pitzl-Waters interviewing Zay Speer on that Doctrine along with other indegenous related issues. Also, Calypso Chant from Jim Scott and the CUUPS Page on Facebook, and three new chapters. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:09:10 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_25_-_Feb._2012.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_24_-_Jan._2012.mp3?dest-id=21433 Jerrie Hildebrand speaks at Williamsburg UU on "When the UU's & the Pagans Got Together" 7/17/11. Also, music "May Your Life Be As A Song" from Jim Scott. News on the new CUUPS Facebook Page, and the upcoming Intl Assoc of Religious Freedom meeting. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:22:51 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_24_-_Jan._2012.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_23_-_Dec._2011.mp3?dest-id=21433 Interview with Kimberly Gwier from Gaia Community, an Earth-Centered UU Congregation near Kansas City. She covers their approach to worship, children's religious education, ritualist training and how they pick their annual Patron. Also, we introduce two new CUUPS chapters in Terre Haute, IN and Salem, MA Gaia Community on the web at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/GaiaCommunity/ and also at http://www.gaiacommunity.org Wabash Valley Crow Circle CUUPS http://crowcircle.blogspot.com/ and also at http://www.cuups.org/content2/chapters/state.php?state=IN&id=132 Salem CUUPS  http://www.facebook.com/groups/202942263075666/ and also http://www.cuups.org/content2/chapters/state.php?state=MA&id=133 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:07:04 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_23_-_Dec._2011.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_22_-_Nov._2011.mp3?dest-id=21433 This episode features "A Very, Very Brief Intro to UU Paganism" originally recorded in 1999 by then CUUPS President Joan Van Becelaere. Also welcome aboard to Confluence Grove CUUPS of Piitsburgh, PA. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:44:13 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_22_-_Nov._2011.mp3?dest-id=21433 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_21_-_Sept._2011.mp3?dest-id=21433 Features the Summer Solstice service from the 2011 General Assembly organized by Rebecca Benner on behalf of the Ohio Meadville District. Also, info on the new online bookclub for CUUPS at goodreads.com and a couple  full moon services are highlighted. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:44:55 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/cuups/CUUPS_Podcast_21_-_Sept._2011.mp3?dest-id=21433