“I’ll bring you hope, when hope is hard to find…” Poetry can offer words of encouragement for all the difficult times in our lives. Join Rima Snyder and Judith Martin-Straw for an exploration of poems that can help us find hope and reassurance.
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Join us under the shade structure after the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors. 
Join us for a closing reception after worship service for artist Keisha Manijean. In addition to her paintings, Keisha makes beautiful hand-crafted jewelry and a variety of accessories that will be available for purchase.
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Join us under the shade structure after the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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The Men's Group offers the opportunity to participate in a provocative and stimulating discussion. We invite you to get to know us and experience UU perspectives in a meaningful way.
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The Men's Group offers the opportunity to participate in a provocative and stimulating discussion. We invite you to get to know us and experience UU perspectives in a meaningful way. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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"Stories We Leave Behind" is the theme by Chaplain Bronwen Jones. Inspired by the lives of her oncology patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, she explores the notion of legacy, that we create our legacy whether we want to or not. Every moment we are alive has the potential to be remembered by our loved ones and friends, our colleagues and peers. It is a subject rich for contemplation and creativity. We can harness our awareness of what is most important to us and have some potency in how we are remembered. Worship Associate: Jo An Peters.
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 the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors. 
Whether you're looking for social justice activities, small group meetings, or just some inner peace, this is the time for questions and answers. 
We invite you to learn more about how you and your community can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, build community resilience, and improve climate justice. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Have you read the book "Mistakes and Miracles"? We will hold a discussion group for the book. What if you have started but not finished? Still don't have a copy? Want to hear what others think? All are welcome. |
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Inspiring Songs for Centering Love. Listen to the music, where the song lyrics are incorporated into the sermon itself. Feel free to sing along during this Soulful Sunrise. Each song represents an emotional/spiritual turning point in our lives when, in wisdom, hope, and faith, we may collectively turn to embrace love as a personal centering act of caring, sharing, serving, and forgiving. Johnny Canales, MDiv, MTS, Lay Community Minister, is an accomplished musician and a member of our congregation. Patrick Meighan, Worship Associate.
Join us under the shade structure after the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors. 
Help us welcome Bettye Barclay to the Art Wall this August and September. A reception for her exhibit will be held in Forbes Hall after worship service.
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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. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Join us to discuss “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot,” by Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Like a book club but with less to read! Facilitated by Tom Hamilton and Bronwen Jones.
The Men's Group offers the opportunity to participate in a provocative and stimulating discussion. We invite you to get to know us and experience UU perspectives in a meaningful way. |
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In April, James was officially designated a "Distinguished Alumn" at his seminary, the Pacific School of Religion. When he visited, he witnessed some of the consequences of the steep decline in mainstream religions, especially Christianity. He also witnessed some things that gave him hope for a vital and useful spirituality in our perilous times. We welcome back the Rev. James Ishmael Ford, who is a Unitarian Universalist minister, a Zen teacher and retreat leader, a blogger, and an author. He is minister emeritus at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, RI. For the past three years he has served as a consulting minister with the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles. He is also an active member of the teaching circle of the Empty Moon Zen community. Sue Bickford, Worship Associate.
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 the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Amy Brunell explores the topic, "Your Body Is Welcome Here." We have been led to believe that only certain bodies are healthy and therefore valuable. We have been inundated with what "health" looks like. If we do not match the ideal, then we are called lazy, considered uneducated, and lacking self-care strategies. In addition, many of our Liberal folks still struggle with the unconscious bias of tattoos and piercings! Now our Trans folks, including children, are being attacked and denied medical care and acceptance. Let's gently consider some of the bias of bodies we may encounter or we ourselves have. Johnny Canales, Worship Associate
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 the service as we prepare brown bag lunches for our homeless neighbors.
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We're having a congregational calendaring session to chart the next church year, and we're keeping it simple and easy. It will only take a few minutes of your time! 
Join us this Sunday for a Women+ Dance Party in Forbes Hall. Request an artist or a song and/or sign up to bring food or supplies.
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us. |
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Taking time for quiet meditation and sharing the intimacy of sitting in silence together can help sustain and ground us.
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CANCELLED: Hey families, join us for First Friday Fun & Games! Come and bring your kids. We'll provide the food and fun. |
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