Lay Led Service with Lisa Nosal, Worship Associate In June of 2020, a UUP member said, “I am interested in forming a reading group to discuss books related to anti-racism.” From there, five of us started meeting twice a month not only to discuss anti-racism books but also to begin trying to examine “the water … Continue reading How Are We Working Toward “Beloved Community” Ourselves?
Lisa Nosal & Karen Mansergh, Worship Associates; Will Johnson, Accompanist What can we learn from the rose? Please join us for UUP’s Rose Communion, where we consider what we might release in order to move forward in our lives with more freedom and ease, and our Letter Writing ritual, where we write letters to our … Continue reading Rose Communion & Letter Writing Ceremony
We all feel the waves threatening to pull us under. Waves of grief, waves of anger, waves of despair, waves of uncertainty. What might happen if we acknowledged that we were already under? What might happen if we open ourselves up to surrender? And what freedom — and renewal — might we find if we … Continue reading Let the Waves Wash Over Me
As the labor movement song (and poem) from the early 1900s goes, “Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too.” Today, we honor Labor Day and a world with more equity and economic justice. How does the call of “bread and roses” echo in the present? This morning we uplift … Continue reading Bread & Roses
UUP services return! Join us for a live Zoom service, in which we will share with each other our hopes for this year. The beginning of August is Lammas or Lughnasadh on the pagan Wheel of the Year, a time for the first wheat harvest or, here in California, a time when gardens and trees … Continue reading What Will We Harvest?
This Mother’s Day, let’s reflect on love — love for our children, love for our parents, love for ourselves, love for each other. A tribute to the power of love and to keeping our hearts open. We will send out the link to the viewing gathering via email. (Sign up for our email list.) Afterward, … Continue reading Learning To Love the World
The Unitarian Universalist Flower Communion was first celebrated in 1923 by Dr. Norbert Čapek, who founded the modern Unitarian movement in Czechoslovakia. He was inspired one day by the riot of spring around him, and he asked church members to each bring in a flower. Gathered together, the flowers remind us, “These flowers are like … Continue reading Flower Communion
We come together in community to share, mourn, celebrate, and play. How do we cultivate community as part of our spiritual practices? How do we find and share the awe in each other and in our relationships themselves? Come join us as we explore what it might mean to be a community of awe. Worship … Continue reading In the Shelter of Each Other
Come join Worship Associates Nancy Blake and Lisa Nosal, along with musician Will Johnson for a music-filled service to fuel and feed us for the important work of social justice. We sing to mend our brokenness (July worship theme of the month) and strengthen our commitment to action by lifting up the work of those who … Continue reading Songs for the Journey: Summer Hymn Sing
Another in our beloved series of services in which we hear from members of our congregation who share their spiritual journeys. Stay tuned for speaker names!Worship Leaders: Lara Abel and Lisa NosalAccompanist: Will Johnson
