December 2025 Lifelong Learning
Come, come, whoever you are! Welcome to an exciting journey of questioning, challenging, and celebrating life’s mysteries and wonders.
MORE...Green Living Invites You to a Community Meeting for Affordable Housing in Santa Monica on Saturday, December 6th
Santa Monica Airport is scheduled to close in 2028. UUSM’s Green Living Committee has endorsed the Cloverfield Commons proposal for affordable housing and a substantial public park.
MORE...Goodbye to Trish (Patricia) Brassard
I met Trish while doing Coffee Service. She always came early and offered to help out. We got to talking and she said she loved traveling. We made a plan to travel together in a year or so. Unfortunately, it never came to pass.
MORE...November & December Art Wall: UUSM Member Artists
The November-December Art Wall features works by UUSM member artists. Please join us for a reception in Forbes Hall on December 7th, after the service.
MORE...November 2025 Worship Services
November Ministry theme: Nurturing Gratitude. Sunday services at 10:30 am: 11/2: Día de los Muertos; 11/9: Heritage Sunday; 11/16: Say, Thank You; 11/23: Thanksgiving / Thanxgrieving; 11/30: Open-Hearted
MORE...From Our Minister: Nurturing Gratitude
For a few moments I pause. I think of the many ordinary blessings in my life – from the rays of sunlight through the windows, to the verdant trees outside, to another breath in my body.
MORE...Thanksgiving Celebrations on Sunday, November 23rd
This Thanksgiving, as we have done in recent years on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we will have TWO church-wide events as we move into the heart of the holiday season.
MORE...October Board Meeting Highlights
The October 14 meeting of the UUSM board of directors featured extensive updates from our Ministerial Search Committee, the Animal Ministry, and our Director of Multigenerational Religious Education
MORE...September Board Meeting Highlights
The September 9 meeting of the UUSM board of directors featured several new committee appointments, and reports about the summer activities of Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae and Director of Multi-Generational Religious Education Jessica TenHave-Place.
MORE...November 2025 Lifelong Learning
Come, come, whoever you are! Welcome to an exciting journey of questioning, challenging, and celebrating life’s mysteries and wonders.
MORE...UUSM Board Approves Study/Action for Possible New Food Policy (Part 3 of 3)
A year-long Animal Ministry Study Action was approved by the UUSM Board in June 2025. Here are some reports from the United Nations Environment Programme.
MORE...Make a Difference in the Life of a Child
At the multigenerational service on March 30, 2025, children from two to twelve were doing readings and helping with blessings and present everywhere in the sanctuary. What a joy!
MORE...Our Next Step: Developing a Congregational Profile
This NEW survey will help develop an in-depth congregational profile as a final step for ministerial candidates to better understand who we are at UUSM, and will help clarify our congregational priorities.
MORE...Thank you from UU the Vote
Congratulation and thanks a million to all who either wrote postcards or supported those who did. We will be taking a break until the next campaign so rest on your laurels. What we need is money.
MORE...Managing Editor: Pam Teplitz
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Website Administrators: Elizabeth Fuller, Pam Teplitz
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