A service led by UUP’s Keepers of the Flame Since the beginning, UUP has been a vibrant, growing group because of all of us who belong to the congregation. Each year, we honor those who have shone brightly in their efforts to sustain and grow UUP with our Recognition Awards: Keeper of the Flame, Firecracker, … Continue reading Keeping the Flame Alive
Our three UUP delegates to the national gathering of the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association will share significant moments and impressions from the June General Assembly.
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?
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
“Blessing is the art of harvesting the wisdom of the invisible world.” These words were written by the late Irish teacher and poet John O’Donohue, whose blessings are loved by people all over the world. Today we will hear some of O’Donohue’s blessings, explore his life-affirming theology, and consider how the act of blessing can … Continue reading Blessing the World
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
with Musician Gary Rossi and Cantor Rachel Walters Steiner As is the tradition at UU Petaluma, we will be gathering to reflect on the years 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 … Continue reading Letters to Ourselves
with Worship Leaders David Dodd and Diana Spaulding, with musical accompaniment by The Undogmatics Please join us on this post-Thanksgiving Sunday morning for a more casual and “social” service than usual. We will take some time to greet each other in an expanded morning “greet your neighbor,” and explore what it means to have the … Continue reading What’s in Your Name?
Worship leader: David Dodd, with Diana Spaulding and Jodi Boyle Please join us to hear about this year’s General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, which was held in late June in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III and David Dodd attended virtually as delegates. Our third delegate, who attended in person, … Continue reading Faithfully Becoming: UUA General Assembly 2023
Two UUP members, Mary Bevins (our current Board President) and Sharon Rossi (a new member), will share their spiritual journeys with the congregation in this ever-popular series of worship services.
