UUSM Wildfire Relief Efforts
Everyone in our community was impacted by this trauma to some degree. We can report that the vast majority of members reported being safe and okay. We are aligning our actions to serve the wellbeing of those close to home and our larger Los Angeleno family.
MORE...January 2025 Worship Services
Theme: Story. Join us 10:30 am Sundays: Jan. 5 Michael Eselun- My Suitcase; Jan. 12 Storytelling for Wholeness; Jan. 19 Multigenerational MLK Celebration; Jan. 26 Liberating Love.
MORE...From Our Minister: Living Love Through Story
Cultivating joy is an act of resistance to the gloomy worldviews and hardened hearts of despots and tyrants. It is spiritual empowerment in the face of oppression.
MORE...From Our DMRE: Beginner’s Mind – The Blessing of CYRE
While the expert who has studied a certain topic for many years certainly has important knowledge that should not be devalued, a beginner brings something to the table that the expert cannot – a fresh pair of eyes.
MORE...January & February Art Wall: Tom Milton Peters
Join us for a second reception for the artist Tom Milton Peters after the service on Sunday, February 2.
MORE...Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Photo Album
Our annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service was held at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, December 24. Thank you to UUSM photographers Carol Ring and Roy Patience who took lovely photos to commemorate the evening.
MORE...Holiday Lights & the Power of Stories: What We’re Learning in CYRE
The holiday season was full of light in Children & Youth Religious Education (CYRE), as we learned about celebrating Christmas, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Yalda.
MORE...January 2025 Adult Programs
Come, come, whoever you are! Welcome to an exciting journey of questioning, challenging, and celebrating life’s mysteries and wonders.
MORE...January 2025 UUSM Generous Congregation Supports Westside Food Bank
UU Santa Monica continues a long relationship with Westside Food Bank: volunteering, donating food, and raising funds to make nutritious food available to people in our area.
MORE...Lunches for Bunches Launches Winter Clothing Drive
The Lunches for Bunches team will be collecting donations in December and January to replenish the Santa Monica Annenberg Access Center Clothes Closet and make it a place of abundance again.
MORE...The Return of the Friendly Beasts
The story never gets old, no matter how many times it is told. No matter how you choose to believe it, as a historical fact or as a metaphor for the saving of a struggling world, somehow it resonates in all of us.
MORE...Soulful Sundown’s Ticket to Ride concert was a big hit!
Special Soulful Sundown event, a family-friendly potluck and a concert by local Beatles tribute band, Ticket to Ride, was a bit hit! Dinner and dancing at church!
MORE...New Year Resolution Workshop Series for 2025
Join us for an empowering monthly online workshop series designed to help you transform your New Year Resolutions (Goals) into reality. RSVP by January 15.
MORE...January 11: UUA/UUSM Common Read, On Repentance and Repair
The challenge of apologizing and forgiving is one that is at a high water mark in our culture right now. Our Common Read this year will be “On Repentance and Repair” by Danya Ruttenberg.
MORE...Managing Editor: Pam Teplitz
Editors: Barbara Andres, Sheila Cummins, Elizabeth Fuller, Joyce Holmen, James Witker
Photography: Carol Ring, Roy Patience
Staff Liaison: Esther Chase
Website Administrators: Elizabeth Fuller, Pam Teplitz
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