Held at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Rosa, 575 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. The UU congregations of Napa, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Marin, and the Lake County invite you to celebrate all of the ways that we Flourish Together. We will sing, learn about the amazing work each congregation is doing, sing, worship, sing, make new … Continue reading A North Bay Revival: Flourishing Together
with Worship Associate Dustin Muzio, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, and pianist Gary Rossi. We’ll explore the spiritual practice of orientation: how we find direction when life feels uncertain or unfamiliar. Drawing on the image of the North Star, we’ll reflect on the values and relationships that steady us, guide us, and call us forward.
No sermon: the service will include short readings from various sources, as part of worship in the style of the Taizé community. With Worship Associate Dave Hudson. This Sunday we will refresh our spirits with a contemplative service in the style of Taizé: an ecumenical intentional community in France. The service will alternate between short, … Continue reading Taizé Service
Rev. Aija Simpson-Newbury, Worship Associate Nancy Blake, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, the Undogmatics Band, vocalist Anise Feldman, and accompanist Darin Wilson. With so much darkness in the world, we ask: is it self indulgent to focus on the small beauty of our own lives? Please bring a flower to share in our annual Flower Communion. All … Continue reading Flower Communion: Stop and Smell the Roses!
with Worship Associate Nate Makdad and accompanist Darin Wilson. We love to call ourselves a river: ever-moving, ever-changing, the same river even as the water flows through. But rivers don’t come from nowhere, and neither do we. On this Mother’s Day, we trace what has been carried to us – the clear water and the … Continue reading We Inherited a River
A special all-ages service led by UUP’s RE Youth members, with Worship Associate Rev. Aija Simpson-Newbury, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, the Larking About Choir, and pianist David Dodd. Come celebrate our kids and youth in a service designed and led by our religious education participants and teachers. They’ve chosen the hymns, readings, and they will offer … Continue reading Different Types of Love
with Worship Associate Nancy Blake, and pianist Gary Rossi. “Love is the doctrine of this church.” We believe in the strength of love, but in this fraught time, can love save us? We believe it’s the only way.
Worship Associate Nancy Blake, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, accompanist Darin Wilson, and the Larking About Choir. “We reaffirm our commitment to accept life’s gifts with grace and gratitude & use them to bless the world in the spirit of Love.” On this Sunday, we come together to ask: What gifts have we been given? And how … Continue reading Our Gifts Matter
with accompanist Aidan Manousos, and the members of Singing Resistance. Our deepest faith values tell us we must ABOLISH ICE NOW. “What Minneapolis taught me is that resisting authoritarianism requires trained, sustained resistance, grounded in truth telling and faithful witness.” 1.) Resistance must be trained. 2.) Sustained resistance requires more than one-day action. 3.) Non-cooperation is a moral … Continue reading Abolish ICE Now!
with Worship Associate Ashley Kennedy, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, pianist David Dodd, the Larking About Choir, and accompanists Marcia Ford (autoharp) and Tim Jenkins (guitar). On Easter Sunday we gather to remember a man whose life had ripples and echoes far beyond his time and place. We ask, what ripples will our lives have.
