Speaker: Rev. Beth Banks

First Sunday In-Person Worship: Outdoor Multigenerational Deck the Halls

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CELEBRATION! Join Rev. Beth Banks and Rev. Morgan McLean for a brief outdoor multi-generational worship, including the Sparks Choir, and a message for all. Worship will be followed by making ornaments and our traditional tree trimming. We’ll be decorating a larger space than we’ve done in past years! Or join us remotely at 10:30am: https://zoom.us/j/98143574780 If you … Continue reading First Sunday In-Person Worship: Outdoor Multigenerational Deck the Halls

ONLINE WORSHIP: Discovery: Reaching Out

Online Worship Discover: Reaching Out is an occasional service series for exploring and receiving inspiration from faith stories of new and long-time people who attend this congregation.

ONLINE WORSHIP: Creating a History of Love and Delight

Online Worship The Universalist heritage has love at its central message. It’s a love that savors relationship and connection. Universalism’s love isn’t passive but goes into action to strengthen what is good in the world.  This service is focused on the moment of delight: when we discover our connections with the world around us.

ONLINE WORSHIP: Tips for Survival: Never a Failure, Always a Lesson

Online Worship Gratitude Focus: Recognition of Veteran’s Day Who decides how the past is remembered?  There is a larger truth that includes more perspectives than ours, alone. If we rely on one author for the history of our family or our nation, we may fail to find a more authentic truth.

IN-PERSON & ONLINE WORSHIP: Celebration of Remembrance

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In-Person Arrival Time: 10:15–10:30am Online Start time: 10:30am  Come together on the UUCD grounds for an outdoor Celebration of Remembrance and worship enjoying the beauty of the brilliant pistache trees.* We’ll create an altar. Bring a memento or photo to represent someone from your life who has died, and you wish to honor.   Our … Continue reading IN-PERSON & ONLINE WORSHIP: Celebration of Remembrance

IN-PERSON WORSHIP: Memorial Grove Service

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This annual service honors those in our congregation who have died in the past year. We dedicate their names in our Memorial Grove and celebrate the ways they were connected to our community.  We will gather on the Patio for this service. To join us remotely, please use this link.

ONLINE WORSHIP: Tips for Survival: Relationship is Everything

Online Worship Link When life gives us unexpected and unwelcome surprises   relationships support us, give us strength and inspiration. This is service comes from recent personal experience, but even more so from the founding principles of adrienne maree brown’s emergent strategy and the studies of trauma stewardship. Consider what relationships serve as your foundation for … Continue reading ONLINE WORSHIP: Tips for Survival: Relationship is Everything

ONLINE WORSHIP: Tips for Survival: Be Like Water

Online Worship Link Sarah Larkin, Worship Associate From those who are religious contemplatives, to long-time activists working to shape justice, we hear the message to “be like water”.  UU musician and song writer, Peter Mayer, wrote a song about living with the ambiguity of on-going change in life. “The river kept on coming, and I … Continue reading ONLINE WORSHIP: Tips for Survival: Be Like Water

IN-PERSON WORSHIP: EvenSong

8-8:30pm, UUCD Patio Lu Higgs & Jim Nakayama This evening’s music includes Jim Nakayama on percussion. Jim establishes connection through collaboration. You can listen or join with us. Please RSVP on Realm, and a personal communication will be sent to you a few days prior to our service.  Masks are optional for those who are … Continue reading IN-PERSON WORSHIP: EvenSong