Open Meditation: Wednesdays and Fridays – Zoom/Online
Zoom/OnlineTaking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us.
Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us.
Topic: What single event or experience during your childhood do you believe had the biggest positive effect on how your life has turned out?
James Witker, guest speaker; John Hart, worship associate. One of America’s most famous skeptics and satirists, Mark Twain’s commentaries on religion are humorous and razor sharp. In his time he befriended a number of Unitarians, his sensibilities often overlapping with their tradition of critical thought and social reform, and he remains well-loved in UU spaces. Today, many of Twain’s critiques apply to a world we find still beset by false piety, as well as greed and war. But there is also something deeper than cynicism in Twain’s writing, and in the odyssey of his most famous protagonist, that challenges skeptics and seekers alike, and resonates with the prophetic spirit of liberal religion. Join us in-person or online.
Join us under the shade structure after the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors.
The Faith in Action: Peace & Social Justice Committee works in many ways to put UU values into action in our local community and wider world.
Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us.
Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us.
Booklovers come together to explore science and history topics in-depth. Meet us in Forbes Hall. We will discuss We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body’s Bioelectric Code, by Sally Adee.
Come dance with us! Join us every 2nd and 4th Saturday evening from 7:00-8:30 pm for International Folk Dancing led by Sandy Helperin and Teri Hoffman.
Rabbi Shira Freidlin, guest speaker; Rebecca Haggerty, worship associate. Come join Rabbi Shira Freidlin from the Santa Monica Synagogue as she shares with us the Jewish practice of chanting nigunim. A nigun is a wordless melody that is traditionally repeated over and over again in a desire to bring us into closer connection with our inner selves, each other, and the Divine. Please come with an open heart and a willingness to sing! Join us in-person or online.
Join us under the shade structure after the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors.
Join us under the shade structure after our potluck lunch to share, reflect, and plan. Women+ includes our gender-fluid and non-binary siblings!
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