July 2026 – Welcoming Summer Together!

Join us in-person and online on Sundays at 10:30 am. All are welcome! We as Unitarian Universalists in Santa Monica look forward to being with you.

Masks are optional, but always acceptable and welcome. If you or someone in your household is not feeling well or has tested positive for COVID, please stay home; you can still join us via our Facebook or YouTube live-stream worship. 

Parking at the UCLA parking structure at 1311 16th St. is available to people attending Sunday services. The entrance is from 16th St. between Santa Monica Blvd. and Arizona Ave., on the SE corner of Arizona and 16th; ask the attendant for a free UUSM parking permit to place on your dashboard. For those with a handicap parking tag, several spaces are also available onsite, via the alley west of 18th St., as well as in the UCLA structure.

Worship Online: We livestream our service from the sanctuary. Join us by clicking the WATCH NOW button above where the video is live every week beginning at 10:20 am, or watch on YouTube or Facebook. You don’t need to have a YouTube or Facebook account, or be logged in, to watch the service. You do have to be logged in to comment and chat with other members of the congregation. 

Explore past services on our Sermons page, available 24/7. Tune in anytime to catch up and worship with your community. We encourage you to light a chalice or candle at home, meditate, and sing along. 

 

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July Generous Congregation Recipient: Santa Monica Area Interfaith Council

We come together for more than ourselves. This month, half of our Sunday offerings will go to Santa Monica Area Interfaith Council (SMAIC). Our practice here at UUSM is to dedicate half of our non-pledge Sunday Offering to organizations doing work in the world that advances our Unitarian Universalist principles; the other 50% of the offering is used to support the life of our church. 

The Council’s mission is to create a collaborative environment among peoples of all faiths in this region, through education, community activities, and interfaith dialogue, that will foster peace and justice for everyone regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious affiliation or belief, or other communities, and result in a better and safer life for all. Membership includes First Presbyterian Church, Agape International, Santa Monica Synagogue; the Church in Ocean Park, and UUSM. The group collaborates on an annual Martin Luther King Day Interfaith Breakfast, an annual Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Day, and protests and rallies.

The Council consists of a diverse group of leaders, advocates, and volunteers united by a shared commitment to fostering understanding, respect, and collaboration among faith communities in the Santa Monica area. The team reflects the rich diversity of traditions and beliefs that make our community in the Santa Monica area vibrant and inclusive.

Please consider supporting the mission of our church and of SMAIC. To give right now, text “$20 GCC” to 844-982-0209. (One-time-only credit card registration required.) Or visit Make a Donation at uusm.org and reference Generous Congregation. Thank you.

 

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Welcoming Summer Together

Come, sing a song with me. Come sing a song with me.
Come sing a song with me that I might know your mind.
And I’ll bring you hope, when hope is hard to find.
And I’ll bring a song of love and a rose in the wintertime. 
~ text and music by Carolyn McDade; Hymn # 346, Singing the Living Tradition, and in Come, Sing a Song with Me, by the UU Musicians Network

We come together to imagine a path forward for those of us despairing because we do not seem to know our country…
May we be the good we are hoping to find as we travel side by side down the path toward hope… 
May we take one another’s hands as we walk that path toward community.
Truly, we know as we imagine these ways forward, and take one another’s hands, the paths will lead to hope…
~ Rev. D. Scott Cooper, full piece

“Look inside, your soul’s the kindling of the hearth fire pilgrims knew.
Find the spirit, always restless, find it in each mind and heart.
Touch and hold that ancient yearning, kindling for a newfound truth.”
~ Mark M. DeWolfe, text; music adapted by Joyce Painter Rice; Hymn #295, Singing the Living Tradition

 

Our service in the world continues.