Each year our children and youth dress up and tell the Christmas Story as part of our service. This year Deb Delacey has written a special, new, and Very UU pageant! What will happen? Well you’ll just have to join us for worship to find out!
The Holiday season brings with it an overwhelming rush of memories, milestones, celebrations, and expenses. This rush is joyful for some, but for many it can be a trying time. Whether this season is marked by grief, by isolation, or anxiety, we need tools to get through and find moments of joy along the way. … Continue reading Tending our Own Spirits
We think we know what we believe and hold to be true, but then comes a crisis of illness or death, and all bets are off! Michael Eselun, a well-known speaker and chaplain at the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, will explore in his talk, “Where the Theology Meets the Road”, the different ways patients’ beliefs … Continue reading “Where the Theology Meets the Road”
Rilke wrote, “Love the questions themselves… live the questions now.” On Sunday, Rev. Jaimie will lead a question box service by answering questions from the congregation. Bring your questions, your big theological questions, your questions about Unitarian Universalism, the questions that keep you wondering and growing spiritually. Please send in your questions to minister@uuch.org or … Continue reading “Big Questions”
This is part two of a two-part series on the theme of Mystery. The first sermon was made through a deeply personal lens. This second is presented from a much broader lens. Thinking about the mystery of life does not have any immediate pragmatic value, and so it does not usually work its way into … Continue reading Encountering Mystery: A Larger View
Encountering Mystery: A Personal Perspective This is part one of a two-part series on the theme of Mystery. In this sermon, I will talk about a series of deeply personal experiences that brought me face-to-face with the mystery of life. Sometimes things happen in life that we would never anticipate happening to us, and occasionally … Continue reading Encountering Mystery
