Young Adults Are Back!
When I first started talking with the Young Adults at church about a meeting, I told them, “I’ll be happy if we get five people at brunch.” They were confident…
MORE...Conversations and Connections
Please join us for “Conversations and Connections” on Saturday, November 17, from 10 am to noon in the cottage. This program will provide our church community the opportunity to develop…
MORE...To the Glory of Life: About “Memory”
Dear Friends, My religion is a good memory. And it’s come to me, a bit at a time. Scraps of synaptic data carefully culled together. There is an art to…
MORE...Board Prepares for Annual Retreat
The UUSM Board of Directors met on Tuesday, October 9. After check-in, the business meeting began with the unsettling news that our treasurer, Kim Andres, has resigned. The Nominating Committee…
MORE...Faith in Action Phone Bank Supporting Voting Restoration in Florida
UUSM will help support Florida’s revolutionary Voting Restoration Amendment (Amendment 4) on the state ballot this November with a phone bank on Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 9 am to…
MORE...October Worship Services
Join us each Sunday in October at 9 am or 11 am as we celebrate and worship as a community. Sunday, October 7: Animal House • Sunday, October 14: Babies, Bathwater, and the Belonging That is Our Birthright – Heart and Soul Service at 5 pm in the Sanctuary • Sunday, October 21: Braving Belonging • Sunday, October 28: Día de Los Muertos
MORE...Fresh News About UUSM News
The Communications Team is always looking for ways that UUSM can improve its communication with members, friends, allies, and visitors. We’re excited to announce movement toward revamping and revitalizing our…
MORE...UUSM Newsletter Bulletin Debuts
To ease the transition from the long-form, PDF-based Newsletter into this web-based format, the Newsletter Committee has created the UUSM Newsletter Bulletin – sort of “Newsletter light.” This single-sheet, self-mailer…
MORE...Sanctuary and the Klondike Bar
noun: sanctuary: a place of refuge or safety. From this simple definition one could infer that a sanctuary is a place to hide…in isolation. We, like our Christian cousins, call…
MORE...Did You See the Newsletter Digest?
The Newsletter Committee and Website Team have premiered the first UUSM Newsletter Digest. UUSM members and friends far and wide received the Digest via email, and will continue receiving it…
MORE...Living Our Covenant: Workshop on Sunday Oct. 14
The Right Relations Team and Support will hold its third Covenant Workshop on Sunday, October 14 from 12:45 to 4 pm at the church. The first Covenant Workshop was held…
MORE...Santa Monica, Long Beach, and Anaheim UUs Connect at de Benneville
The annual church weekend in September at Camp de Benneville Pines is a great time to take a walk in the woods, a place to make some deep connections, whether with others or with oneself.
MORE...To the Glory of Life: About “Sanctuary”
Dear Friends, I want to tell you about “sanctuary” – our theme of the month. And, to do that, I invite you to listen to this song by UU singer/songwriter…
MORE...Managing Editor: Pam Teplitz
Editors: Barbara Andres, Sheila Cummins, Elizabeth Fuller, Joyce Holmen, Lois Hutchinson, Pam Teplitz
Photography: Carol Ring, Roy Patience
Staff Liaison: Esther Chase
Website Administrators: Elizabeth Fuller, Pam Teplitz
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