Consider the Cow
Have you ever watched an animal approach someone who is sad? What can we learn about nonverbal caretaking from our nonverbal companions?
Speaker: Cantor Rachel Steiner
Standing in Our Truth
Special Guest: Faith Ross, Petaluma Blacks for Community Development The UUP’s Annual Pride Service embraces the theme “Standing In Our Truth.” This service will be a celebration of all things LGBTQIA and the beauty within each of us as loving beings. This is a “Give the Plate” Sunday with all non-pledge offerings going to support … Continue reading Standing in Our Truth
Serving from the Saucer
Watching babies being born and graduates marching across the stage makes us feel proud, hopeful, and maybe a little worried. Will they have enough resilience to find their way in these chaotic times? Could cultivating resilience become a spiritual practice?
Renewing Equality in Education: In Praise of Teachers
Equal opportunity in education is again a matter of controversy, just as it was during the Civil Rights Era. The Heritage Foundation, planning a new “conservative” agenda, wants the US Supreme Court to overturn the ruling that the children of undocumented migrants have a right to attend public schools. Many Americans know the name Horace … Continue reading Renewing Equality in Education: In Praise of Teachers
Interdependence Without Oppression
April 22 is both Earth Day and the beginning of Passover. Every liberation movement in Western culture has taken inspiration from the story of the Israelites escaping slavery in Egypt – even if they did then spend forty years wandering in the wilderness. Rev. John offers his sermon as a prayer for two refugee camps … Continue reading Interdependence Without Oppression
Religious Naturalism
If religious naturalism is a growing orientation of the spirit for many, we can trace some of its origins to our Transcendentalist forebears: Emerson, whose book Nature (1836), launched the movement; his friend Henry David Thoreau; and Thomas Starr King, who brought Transcendentalism to the West Coast.
Transformation in a Time of Trouble
What does it mean to be a community of transformation, especially in a time of trouble? Rev. John will draw on stories of his travels to troubled places from Northern Ireland to Israel and Palestine. Nate Makdad will serve as Worship Associate, with testimonial by Roger Jungerman, Gary Rossi will be at the keyboard, and … Continue reading Transformation in a Time of Trouble
Culture, Color, and Curiosity
For many Unitarian Universalists, the experience of walking into a UU church felt like a profound homecoming. When Rev. Bonnie first joined up, she wondered why there weren’t UU churches bursting with diversity on every corner, given our welcoming and inclusive approach to congregational life. Join us today as Rev. Bonnie and Laura Kamper consider … Continue reading Culture, Color, and Curiosity
Awakening the Spirit
The beginning of February marks the celebration of Imbolc on the ancient Celtic calendar. Literature from as early as the tenth century indicates that the holiday was rooted in agricultural cycles, and marked the beginning of the growing season. Join us today for a quiet service featuring music, reflections, and meditations on awakening and rebirth.
Fight, Fight, Inner Light!
UUP member Amelia Richardson will reflect on her experience at a Quaker college and the impact the Quaker practice of waiting worship had on her UU spirituality. Join us for her reflection and a short period of waiting worship in the manner of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).