with Worship Associate Janice Hardy, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, The Larking About Choir, and pianist Gary Rossi. On this weekend when we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., we ask: what does it mean to live our faith in public? How will our actions testify to our most deeply held beliefs?
with Worship Associate Nora Makdad, and musician Aidan Manousos. We often imagine justice as something we should already understand, rather than something we’re still learning. But justice rarely arrives fully formed. More often, it unfolds as we go. In this service, we’ll explore justice as a lived, imperfect practice—one that asks us to act with … Continue reading Justice as Practice, Not Perfection
with Worship Associate Dave Hudson, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, and pianist David Dodd. As Unitarian Universalists, we proclaim the value of Justice: We work to be diverse multicultural Beloved Communities where all feel welcome and can thrive. But what do we do when justice for some feels like injustice to others?
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.
On Christmas Eve we tell the old stories and sing the old songs in the hope that they will help us find the light waiting to be born in our time and in our place. Please join us in this carol-filled service featuring the traditional story, accompanied by our choir, Larking About, and our Wind … Continue reading When the Star is Hard to Find: Christmas Eve Service
with Worship Associate Dave Hudson, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, and pianist David Dodd. Throughout millennia, many cultures have marked the Winter Solstice as a sacred time. We come together in community to face the dark times and celebrate the return of the light.
with Worship Associate Nate Makdad and pianist David Dodd. Come join us for our annual intergenerational Christmas Pageant. And when we say join – we mean join in! There are a lot of ways you can be involved in our Pageant extravaganza! And don’t forget to stick around for our building update meeting (adults) and … Continue reading A Very Messy Christmas
with Worship Associate Nancy Blake, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, the Larking About Choir, and pianist Gary Rossi. As we navigate a busy holiday season, on this Sunday morning we will slow down, settle into stillness, reflection, and contemplative chanting. December 8, Bodhi Day, marks the Buddha’s enlightenment in the Japanese Buddhist traditions. This story of … Continue reading Bodhi Day: Contemplative Practices for Wisdom, Compassion, and Renewal
with Worship Associate Nate Makdad, Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner, and pianist David Dodd. What we notice shapes what we value… and what we miss shapes it, too. This service explores equity through the lenses of fairness, attention, and the quiet lessons of conflict. Our sense of fairness can often help us in life, and it … Continue reading Equity, Seen Differently
with Worship Associate Rev. Dr. Wakoh Shannon Hickey, The Undogmatics Band, and musician David Dodd. As Thanksgiving approaches, we’ll celebrate the power of community by telling the old folk tale “Stone Soup.” The story reminds us how community can pull us from our scarcity mindsets, luring us into acts of generosity and lovingkindness, bringing us … Continue reading Stone Soup
