Ethics Is Our Religion
Welcome!
NoVES welcomes visitors to our diverse community. People in families of all types, singles, young and old, many colors, many religious and ethnic backgrounds, from all around Northern Virginia and from many other places in the greater Washington D.C. area -- all have made NoVES their humanistic religious home.
We invite you to check us out on a Sunday morning and to join us in other activities. You just might find -- as so many others of us have -- the sort of caring, thoughtful community you didn't even know was out there -- just waiting for you to become a part of it.
Sunday Meetings
Platform Meetings and Sunday School:
11:00 a.m. Sundays,
in Vienna, Virginia
Our platform meetings typically feature a thought-provoking talk on a topic of ethical interest, along with responses, music, a story for children of all ages, and more.
Our Sunday School is devoted to teaching children how to make ethical choices, with a thoughtful, age-specific curriculum and a friendly, supportive environment.
All are welcome to attend a Sunday meeting and to bring children along for Sunday School. Casual, comfortable dress is the norm. NoVES members aim to make you feel at home!
What a Month!
Submitted by Andy Stanton on Sat, 06/27/2009 - 12:15am.We just completed our final Sunday Platform of the season and I’m beat. For the past four weeks I’ve been involved in one Ethical Culture event after another. They’ve been very interesting, rewarding experiences but honestly, I’m ready for a vacation.
Ethical Etty: Advice for the Ethically Minded – Honesty is hardly ever heard/And mostly what I need from you
Submitted by Ethical Etty on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 8:22am.Dear Etty,
I received a call the other day from a work colleague with whom I am friendly. She was upset after receiving an especially critical annual review that she felt was also unfair. She told me that much of the criticism centered on her failure to inform higher-ups about developing issues. I think she deserved some of the criticism. She wants to talk with me about the review. Do I owe her an honest reaction?
The AEU and Ethical Culture
Submitted by Andy Stanton on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 10:49am.In June, I will be attending the 94th Assembly of the American Ethical Union (AEU), which will be held this year in St. Louis, Missouri, from June 11 through June 14. I will be one of three voting delegates from our Society. The others are Mary Ellen Stanton and Hank Gassner. Additional NoVES members who will be attending are Jone Johnson Lewis, our Leader, Hugh Taft-Morales, our Leader Intern, Betty Chia Karro and Bill Lewis as alternate delegates, Phyllis Duncan as a member of the AEU Board of Directors, and Mary Bellamy representing the Secular Coalition of America, of which the AEU is a member. There may be additional NoVES members there as well.
Ethical Etty: Advice for the Ethically Minded – Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain – Lewis Thomas
Submitted by Ethical Etty on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 9:04am.Dear Etty,
I just returned from a Sunday platform at which the speaker delivered a talk about a philosopher who had some connections to Ethical Culture. While the speaker was enthusiastic, I was unable to understand many of the concepts because he neglected to provide descriptions of the various philosophies that he mentioned. Should I have said something during response? Is there an ethical way to comment on a speaker?
