Cantor Rachel Steiner Archives - Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma https://www.uupetaluma.org/speaker/cantor-rachel-walters-steiner/ A liberal religious community Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:23:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.uupetaluma.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-uuchalice.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cantor Rachel Steiner Archives - Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma https://www.uupetaluma.org/speaker/cantor-rachel-walters-steiner/ 32 32 112864875 “Standing in the Light: Protecting the Vulnerable in Uncertain Times” https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/standing-in-the-light-protecting-the-vulnerable-in-uncertain-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=standing-in-the-light-protecting-the-vulnerable-in-uncertain-times Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:53:21 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513615 In the coming months and years, we are called to be a steadfast presence for those most vulnerable among us—our LGBTQ+ family, immigrants, BIPOC communities, and all who face systemic injustice. This sermon will explore our moral responsibility to stand with and, when needed, in front of those who need protection, offering both practical actions … Continue reading “Standing in the Light: Protecting the Vulnerable in Uncertain Times”

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]]> In the coming months and years, we are called to be a steadfast presence for those most vulnerable among us—our LGBTQ+ family, immigrants, BIPOC communities, and all who face systemic injustice. This sermon will explore our moral responsibility to stand with and, when needed, in front of those who need protection, offering both practical actions and spiritual grounding in love, justice, and resilience.

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]]> 513615 “Birth and Death” https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/birth-and-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birth-and-death Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:48:49 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513602 Wakoh explores a Zen Buddhist teaching on birth and death: its beauty and usefulness when caring for those born and dying and/or when facing one’s own mortality.

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]]> Wakoh explores a Zen Buddhist teaching on birth and death: its beauty and usefulness when caring for those born and dying and/or when facing one’s own mortality.

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]]> 513602 Staying in the Fight: Resisting the “anesthetizing security of stained glass windows” https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/staying-in-the-fight-resisting-the-anesthetizing-security-of-stained-glass-windows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staying-in-the-fight-resisting-the-anesthetizing-security-of-stained-glass-windows Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:35:02 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513579 In the coming months and years we will be called upon to stay committed to the work of resilience and resistance. How do we fight the temptation to look away? Can we engage in meaningful practices of solidarity with people whose lives look very different from our own?

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]]> In the coming months and years we will be called upon to stay committed to the work of resilience and resistance. How do we fight the temptation to look away? Can we engage in meaningful practices of solidarity with people whose lives look very different from our own?

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]]> 513579 Letters to Ourselves https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/letters-to-ourselves/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letters-to-ourselves Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:33:07 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513545 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 513545 Follow the Light: All Ages Christmas Eve Service https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=christmas-eve-candlelight-service-2 Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:07:08 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513537 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.

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]]> 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.

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]]> 513537 No-Rehearsal Church Pageant: 12 Days of Christmas https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/pageant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pageant Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:13:56 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513541 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!

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]]> 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!

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]]> 513541 Spiritual Growth https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/spiritual-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spiritual-growth Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:20:06 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513533 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

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]]> 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 religions of origin, and those who identify as nontheists. We’ll explore some definitions of spirituality and look at the ways a spiritual identity can be accessible to everyone. We hope you’ll join us as we explore how spirituality and theology are separate, and how being in a multireligious community can help us freely explore and find meaning for ourselves.

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]]> 513533 Weaving and Mending the Fabric of Community https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/weaving-and-mending-the-fabric-of-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weaving-and-mending-the-fabric-of-community Tue, 05 Nov 2024 04:41:19 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513508 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?

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]]> 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?

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]]> 513508 Finding Our Voice https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/finding-our-voice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-our-voice Sun, 27 Oct 2024 17:35:59 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513500 Our spiritual theme for November is REPAIR.  Can we find our authentic selves in traditional religious language? We re-view,  reframe, and reclaim an old, perhaps beloved and familiar prayer, the 23rd Psalm. Is it relevant for Unitarian Universalists? Does it have any guidance for us in our troubled times? Please join us in worship.

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]]> Our spiritual theme for November is REPAIR.  Can we find our authentic selves in traditional religious language? We re-view,  reframe, and reclaim an old, perhaps beloved and familiar prayer, the 23rd Psalm. Is it relevant for Unitarian Universalists? Does it have any guidance for us in our troubled times? Please join us in worship.

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]]> 513500 El Día de los Muertos https://www.uupetaluma.org/services/dia-de-los-muertos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dia-de-los-muertos Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:50:20 +0000 https://www.uupetaluma.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=513492 Join our all-ages service this Sunday where we will have our Ritual of Remembrance. Bring a photo or memento of a departed loved one to the service to add to our community altar.

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]]> Join our all-ages service this Sunday where we will have our Ritual of Remembrance. Bring a photo or memento of a departed loved one to the service to add to our community altar.

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