Please join us as we say farewell to 2018. We will reflect back on the year just past, and look forward to the year to come. This is our annual Rose Communion & Letter Writing service where we can gently try to let go of what belongs to the past, and look forward to the … Continue reading The Turning of the Year
Please join us for our special all-ages evening of story and song celebrating the Christmas spirit. Worship from 3:30-4:30, with gathering and snacks in the Fellowship Hall following the service. Please bring a finger food to share. Reverend Jeremiah Kalendae, Minister; Nancy Blake, Worship Associate.
There isn’t anything except your own life that can be used as ground for your spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is your life, twenty-four hours a day. Please join us for our regular weekly worship as we explore the meaning of peace in our lives, our congregation, our community, and our world. Minister: The Reverend Jeremiah … Continue reading Spiritual Exercises for Liberation
Our world faces rough weather, and our lives are caught up in it. As the planet rotates on its axis, and we once again start to see the days lengthen, let’s take this hour to reflect on what it means for our sun to “stand still,” and cultivate our own inner stillness to welcome the … Continue reading The Eye of the Hurricane: Winter Solstice Celebration
Each of us has the miraculous ability to incarnate peace into our lives and the world. Please join Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae and Worship Associate Nancy Blake for a worship service exploring the relationship of our voices to creating a more tranquil and just world. Minister: The Reverend Jeremiah Kalendae Worship Associate: Nancy Blake Accompanist: Dr. … Continue reading Beside Still Waters
Gratitude is the hot topic right now, with scientific studies that show that positivity changes our thought processes, and the excuse many of us made to overeat on Thursday. But gratitude isn’t easy, and it isn’t always the most helpful attitude to have. We will explore the complicated spiritual practice of gratitude, while striving to … Continue reading Gratitude in Difficult Times
Our theme for worship in December is “peace.” Tis the season of peaceful thoughts, when we sing songs and hymns about peace, and celebrate a vision of peace on Earth. But, does our society merely pay lip service to this ideal? What would it take to achieve meaningful peace? How does this challenge us as … Continue reading Radical Peace
Our national celebration of Thanksgiving, on the face of it a time for gratitude for the harvest and of welcome into a new land, carries with it a sense of something much deeper and less easily celebrated, bound up with the legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, and of the brutal disregard for the First … Continue reading Thanksgiving / Thanksgrieving (Plus: Stone Soup!)
From positive thinking to a healthy church, both the individual and the community influence each other to hold an optimistic outlook on each’s future. We welcome into our pulpit Unitarian Universalist minister, Rev. Andrew Mertz. Rev. Mertz is an affiliated community minister with Mission Peak UUC in Fremont, CA. His community ministry is denominational in nature. … Continue reading Building Hope out of Covenant
We live in a world of covenants—both temporal and divine. Some are not honored, while others stand the great test of time. These sacred agreements are central to liberal religious identity and the promises we make to each other. How might covenant help us to navigate a world of so much brokenness, and invite new possibilities for restoration, healing, … Continue reading Our Divine Covenants
