Choosing Our Stories
As we go running into the new year we ask: which of our stories will we use to find our way and which will we leave on the road?
Archives: Services
Letters to Ourselves
As is the tradition at UU Petaluma, we will be gathering to reflect on the year just past and the one to come, and take time to write letters to ourselves to be delivered in a year. If you wrote a letter last year, you should be receiving it shortly before the service.
Follow the Light: All Ages Christmas Eve Service
Join us in wishing joy to the world on this holy night. We will sing songs, tell stories and be grateful for the traditions that hold us together and push us to go deeper.
In the Dark Night
In the “most wonderful time of the year,” it can be painful when everything isn’t exactly perfect. In a season of lights and joyful noise come join us as we take a moment to honor the dark and the quiet.
No-Rehearsal Church Pageant: 12 Days of Christmas
We gather to celebrate the joy of the holidays with an intergenerational, all-community pageant. Come, laugh, sing, and take part in an interactive retelling of a classic Christmas song to help get you in holiday spirit!
Bodhi Day
In Japanese schools of Buddhism, December 8 is Bodhi Day, when the Buddha’s enlightenment is celebrated. In honor of this occasion, the story of Siddhartha Gautama’s spiritual quest and awakening will be recounted. We will consider the relevance of his heroic journey for people today, as well as his prescription for finding freedom in the … Continue reading Bodhi Day
Spiritual Growth
In Unitarian Universalism, we often hear terms such as “Spiritual Growth,” but what exactly does spiritual growth mean? What is it to be spiritual? These are questions that can be difficult to answer for anyone, but that can be particularly difficult for folks that grew up unchurched, or those who left or were traumatized by their … Continue reading Spiritual Growth
“Why do you need my potato? And other impertinent questions about stone soup.”
We celebrate our annual stone soup service – and Rev. Aija has some questions.
Weaving and Mending the Fabric of Community
Our UU Principles and Values remind us that we are all inextricably connected to one another. Yet life with others isn’t always easy. How do we weave together enduring, inclusive communities? When the fabric frays and threatens to tear, how do we mend and heal?