Pastoral care is provided to members of the congregation by networks of pastoral support and care under the supervision of the minister. In a congregation of nearly three hundred members, the minister helps the congregation to take ownership for providing support to our members.
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Our congregation is alive with so much activity at the beginning of the new church year. Our congregational theme for October is “deep listening.” Deep listening invites us to dive beneath the noise of pundits and politicians, 24-hour news cycles on television, and doom scrolling on social media, to listen more deeply to the sacred within our lives and in the world.
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Beloved Community, Thank you for the warm welcome to this beloved community. I have been blessed to meet so many members of the community, who are deeply committed to the
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The compelling ministry before us will touch upon the very heart of congregational life. We will explore mission, vision, and the covenants that bind us to each other and to the larger world. This is truly a time for a holistic reflection on the essence of beloved community and what is required of each of us to be transformed by liberal religious community.
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I hope everyone had a restorative summer and is excited about the new church year! I missed church and each of you this summer. You were in my heart as I practiced taking a rejuvenating break from the many demands of ministry.
From our Minister: The Path Is Beautiful Read More »
May this be a summer of expressing our gratitude and creating spaciousness in our lives and for each other. Wishing you and yours a happy and rejuvenating summertime!
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“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” —Audre Lorde
From our Minister: Happy Pride! Read More »
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet…” —Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
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“I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith: which opens itself to light whencesoever
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What we think you need to hear most at this time is that you are not alone. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica is here to support you. And we see this time of heightened anxiety as an opportunity for us to learn to be together and support each other in new ways.
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