Across the political spectrum, people need meaning in their lives. If climate change doesn’t fit into the meaning people have created, how can we communicate with them? We can use shared values as a bridge to talk about old ideas in a new way that gives them deep meaning for our shared human experience. Guest … Continue reading Climate Emotions: Helpless Or Hopeful?
In a world that is increasingly distanced, distracted and divided, so many of us long for genuine community. Rev. Lynn Ungar offers a look at how we might go about building a community that is inclusive, but explicitly Unitarian Universalist. Minister: The Rev. Dr. Lynn UngarWorship Associate: Nancy BlakeAccompanist: Will Johnson
Please join us for our annual ritual of regathering, bringing with you water and a stone for our celebration. Rev. Lynn Ungar will offer thoughts on what it means to choose to be at home in a world where unpredictability and change seem to be the only constant. Guest speaker: The Rev. Dr. Lynn UngarWorship … Continue reading Always Coming Home: Water & Stones Ingathering
Join us to listen to Zahyra Garcia and Amber Szoboszlai speak about their community organizing work as co-chairs of the North Bay Organizing Project’s Petaluma chapter. They will consider racist incidents from the past year, highlight the local actions taken by the community in response, and how our community can be supportive of immigrants and … Continue reading Invoking Values to Support Social & Racial Justice in Petaluma
Please join us as we say farewell to 2018. We will reflect back on the year just past, and look forward to the year to come. This is our annual Rose Communion & Letter Writing service where we can gently try to let go of what belongs to the past, and look forward to the … Continue reading The Turning of the Year
Our monthly theme for October is “ancestors.” Let us celebrate together the gifts from our ancestors and contemplate what we will pass on to our descendants. Speaker: George Beeler Worship Associate: Ellen Beeler Accompanist: Will Johnson
Join us for this very special service as we gather in an all-ages ritual to welcome each other back from summer adventures near and far. Bring a small vial of water and/or a stone gathered from a location where you spent time this summer, and enjoy a service of sharing, music and community. This will … Continue reading Water & Stones Ingathering
The Flower Communion is a cherished tradition in Unitarian Universalist congregations. Please come to this service with a flower to share (or several, if you have a good batch in your yard, for those who don’t have flowers). We will participate in a ritual celebrating our diversity and our community. We will also celebrate our … Continue reading Flower Communion and R.E. Recognition Sunday
Guest speaker Lillian Mattimore will share the story of her family’s flight from Germany after Kristallnacht and her childhood as a refugee on three continents. Ms. Mattimore is part of The Story Project which provides Holocaust and genocide education speakers and programs in Sonoma County. Her story is not only remarkable, but highly relevant to … Continue reading The Story Project: Moral and Ethical Responses to Prejudice and Hatred
Benicia Chief of Police Erik Upson will speak to his philosophy of policing, which is the product of a combination of factors including a counter-cultural upbringing, and experience with the Berkeley Police Department. His work as Benicia’s Police Chief is guided by the vision of a department that works with the community to become “the … Continue reading Policing and Community
