News & Announcements Archive
HEART AND SOUL: A Contemplative Worship Service
Second Sundays, 5 to 5:45 pm in the Sanctuary
Heart and Soul services are led by Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Joyce Holmen, and Karen Hsu Patterson. With singing and instrumental music, statements and questions, silence and sharing, we’ll explore monthly worship themes. Sunday, June 11– What Does It Mean to be a Community of Joy?
Second Sunday Supper in June
Join us for the first Second Sunday Supper of the summer on Sunday, June 11, 6 to 8 pm. Happy hour starts at 5:45 pm. We welcome all for this once-amonth informal potluck feast! Meet up with old friends and meet new ones! This event is the cornerstone of our new Food Ministry program. Sign-up to help online at www.tinyurl.com/kitchenministry. To save on waste and promote green living, we kindly ask that you bring your own plates, cups, utensils and cloth napkins, (we will have extra dishes if you cannot bring your own). Contact: Jacki Weber.
UUSM Program Report for 2016-2017 Church Year
The 2016-17 Annual Reports on Programs is now available. You can find the report at http://www. uusm.org/sites/default/files/20162017annualreport.pdf or pick up a printed copy at the church office. If you would like the report mailed to you, please email Nurit at admin@uusm.org and provide your name and mailing address.
Newsletter News
The newsletter welcomes submissions about church-related activities. Please send articles to newsletter@uusm.org, or to Acting Editor-In-Chief Abby Arnold.
Newsletter Publication Schedule
| Name of Issue | Date of Publication | Copy Deadline | Worship Services | |
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| July/August | July 1 |
September 25 (before GA) |
July 2 through August 20 |
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| August/September | August 16 | Tuesday, August 1 |
August 27 through September 24 |
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| October | September 25 | Monday, September 11 |
October 1 through October 29 |
Interim Ministry During Summer and Early Fall
UUSM will be without a minister during the months of June, July, and August. Our Developmental Minister, the Rev. Greg Ward, officially begins on September 1, but with the Labor Day holiday and other commitments, September will be a transitional period. During these months, members of the congregation will assume leadership of key church ministerial responsibilities. Staff members will continue to be responsible in their own domains.
• Pastoral care: Ron Crane
• Sunday worship: Vilma Ortiz
• Clergy needs (weddings, memorial services, etc.): Please call the church office at (310) 829-5436
• Facilities management: Nurit Gordon, Administrator at admin@uusm.org
• Governance: Ron Crane, President
• Music: Dr. Zanaida Robles, Director of Music at music@uusm.org
Are You Aware? (EqUUal Access)
Accessibility and Inclusion Ministry (AIM) “is a joint program of the Unitarian Universalist Association and EqUUal Access, a Unitarian Universalist organization working to enable the full engagement of people with disabilities and their families in our congregations.” Our Disability Support Group (DSG) is a collaboration of persons with disabilities, friends, and families working to raise awareness of the needs within our congregation that promote “full engagement.” One goal of the DSG is to work toward full inclusion by becoming a welcoming, AIM congregation.
You can help by supporting accessibility, inclusion, and participation for everyone at UUCCSM. If you have concerns about how disabilities are impacting you or someone you know, come to a DSG meeting. We are a place to talk.
You can also help by talking with the Disability Support Group and others in the Church about ways to improve support for persons with disabilities in our church community, or by sharing your concerns and needs. Not sure whom to contact; look for Mark Christiansen, Michael Young, Steve Young, or Sylvia Young.
UUSM Member Christine Suarez invites all to the world premiere of FAMILY DINNER
A crowd-sourced dance-theater work about our collective identity as Americans
• Saturday, June 3 at 4 pm: Workshop with showing at Camera Obscura, 1450 Ocean Ave. Santa Monica. $10 FREE PERFORMANCES
• Sunday, June 4 at 5:30 pm: Performance/potluck: Virginia Avenue Park, Santa Monica
• Saturday, June 10 at noon: Performance/potluck: Reed Park, Santa Monica
• Sunday, June 11 at 5:30 pm: Performance/potluck: Home-hosted, Santa Monica (addresses given upon RSVP)
This dance-theater work was created in collaboration with participants from a series of home-hosted potluck dinners, examining the Book of Ruth as a contemporary political parable. SuarezDanceTheater explores community building, and how a group holds a story despite different points of view. Reservations are encouraged; space is limited. Please email familydinnerpotluck@gmail.com to RSVP. After each showing, we invite you to join us with a communal meal. You are encouraged to bring a dish to share
Two Summer Dining for Dollars Favorites
Tickets will be available at the door for those who have not already purchased them.
Choir Dining for Dollars Concert: A World of Music
Saturday, June 10, 7 pm - 9 pm, UUSM Sanctuary Please join us for a special night of singing and fellowship as we celebrate music from around the world! Afterwards, please join us in Forbes Hall for desserts and refreshments. This is the choir’s contribution to the general operating budget, suggested donation is $20, or pay what you can. Parking will be available at the UCLA lot. Contact: Kim Miller
Pancake Breakfast Saturday
June 24, 10 am in Forbes Hall, tickets are $10 presented by The Men’s Group. This fun community event is suitable for vegans and meat eaters. All ages welcome!
Parents Take Note: Friendly Beasts Tune-ups Start Nov. 6
Once again, our preschool through elementary-aged children will sing “The Friendly Beasts” song at our holiday
pageant Sunday, December 18, at both services. As in years past, all involved children will sing the first and last verses of the song. Small groups of children will sing the middle five verses, dressed in a costume appropriate to the animals speaking in that verse (brown donkeys, red and white cows, dogs, doves, or mice). Our pre-schoolers sing the mice verse, and the older children pick which of the other animals they want to be.
We have costumes for our beasts from previous years. Older kids who don’t want to dress as an animal but do want to sing are welcome to be shepherds.
Religious Exploration teachers and parents, please note: I will lead Sunday rehearsals (about 10 minutes long) that occur in the RE classrooms during both services. Below is the rehearsal schedule, including a dress rehearsal that occurs Saturday morning, December 17, just after the RE Pancake Breakfast.
November 6: Preschoolers–grade 5: 10 minutes each classroom
November 13: Preschoolers–grade 5: 10 minutes each classroom
November 20: Preschoolers–grade 5: 10 minutes each classroom
November 27: Group rehearsal for all at RE beginning
December 4: Preschoolers–grade 5: 10 minutes each classroom
December 11: Group rehearsal for all at RE beginning
December 17, (Saturday): RE Pancake Breakfast at 8 am in Forbes Hall, Friendly Beasts dress rehearsal in Sanctuary from 9:30 to 10:30 am, and more fun (including a bounce house) for the kids after the rehearsal!
December 18: Pageant! (both services)
Call or e-mail me with questions. I look forward to working with your friendly beasts once again this year!
— Kris Langabeer
Second Sunday Supper
November 13, 6 to 8pm in Forbes Hall
Happy hour begins at 5:45 pm
Contact Alison Kendall
Join the Green Committee as we host a special celebration featuring a progressive meal and full UUSM campus tour: committee members and your meal will move around the church facility, pointing out the many green features that we have all supported and added to our campus over the years. We are providing vegetarian main dishes, including one from members of Community Services Unlimited (CSU), who will be touring with us. CSU received our Generous Contribution for April. They provide programs that use food-based learning as a tool to help urban communities in Los Angeles adopt healthier lifestyles, build youth leaders, and increase neighborhood political consciousness regarding food access and environmental justice. As you are able, please bring appropriate side dishes, salads, desserts, etc. to go with the vegetarian main dishes. Please also help cut down on waste and work by bringing your own plates and silverware.Are You Aware (Accessibility)?
Some parts of our church facilities are inaccessible to church attendees who use walkers, wheelchairs, or canes for mobility, or who see steps and stairs as a challenge.
You can help all attend and feel welcome by scheduling meetings and other activities in the areas that are most
accessible.
You can help by talking with the Disability Support Group and others in the church about ways to improve support for persons with disabilities in our church community, or by sharing your concerns and needs. Not sure whom to contact? Look for Mark Christiansen, Michael Young, Steve Young, or Sylvia Young.
Holiday Craft Fair - Sunday, November 13
The Art Committee is hosting a Holiday Craft Fair Sunday, November 13, from 10 am to 1 pm. Lots of items to choose for yourselves or for gifts — clay, pottery, glass, jewelry, silk scarves, cards, and more. The church receives a percentage of all sales. If you make handmade items — crafts, jams, jellies, or ??? — and you would like to participate that day, please contact Bettye Barclay.
Thanksgiving Feast - All Church Potluck - Saturday, November 19 at 6 PM
Sign-up in Forbes Hall after services starting November 6 or contact Kathy Cook. All are welcome. You will be
asked to bring food and choose a volunteer job. We also need several people to cook turkeys. If you sign up and then are unable to attend, please notify Kathy Cook so there will be room for others.
Celebrate a Life of Giving to Help Our World
Please join us in Forbes Hall for High Tea, Saturday, October 22, 2 pm, as we salute, honor and thank our minister emeritus, the Rev. Ernie pipes, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. The Pipes Lecture Committee, the UU Santa Monica Board of Directors, the Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, the Rev. Emerita Judith Meyer, and the Rev. Dr. Bill Schulz extend a hearty invitation to everyone who has ever been touched by the grace, wit, intelligence, and helpfulness of Rev. Ernie Pipes as we host a celebratory High Tea. Come with reminiscences, photos — anything you might want to share. Many of us joined UU Santa Monica due to Ernie’s service; now, let us collectively thank him for all he has given — and continues to give — to make ours a better world. But, one caveat. You must RSVP to the church office by October 14 so that we can plan refreshments. RSVP to office@uusm.org or by phone to (310) 829-5436 x 102. Thank you.
Omission:
In our coverage of the Interweave Picnic in our September issue, we mentioned two “troubadours” but failed to mention two others who entertained us with song. Apologies to Brad Hutchinson and Greg Wood. — Editor
Rev. Rebecca Introduces New Choir Director Zanaida Robles
Heart and Soul Services Scheduled
A Contemplative Worship Service
Second Sundays, 5 to 5:45 pm in the Sanctuary
September 11 — A Community of Covenant
In consultation with our minister, we are continuing the Heart and Soul services, now led by Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Joyce Holmen, and Karen Hsu Patterson. With singing and instrumental music, statements and questions, silence and sharing, we’ll explore these themes:
October 9 — A Community of Healing
November 13 — A Community of Story
December 11 — A Community of Presence, (a virtual service: we’ll send resources by email)
Other committee members are Mary Romanek, Andrea Steffan, and Jacki Weber. As the author Margaret J. Wheatley observes, “Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals who can go it alone.” So let’s make some time to consider together what Community means to us.
Save the Dates and Spread the Word - Salute Minister Emeritus Ernie Pipes October 22-23 as He Turns 90
Affectionately known as Ernie, the Rev. Ernest D. Pipes has served Unitarian Universalism in the Pacific Southwest District since 1956, including 35 years in the pulpit at our Santa Monica congregation. Born October 6, 1926, Ernie celebrates his 90th birthday next month. Gracious as always, he has allowed UU Santa Monica to throw him a birthday luncheon Saturday, October 22, and to celebrate with him at receptions following our 9 and 11 am services Sunday, October 23, which will in turn be followed by the 25th Annual Ernest D. Pipes Lecture.
This anniversary year, the Pipes Lecturer will be the Rev. Dr. William F. “Bill” Schulz, who delivered the first Pipes lecture. Rev. Schulz, a longtime friend of Ernie, has served as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, executive director of Amnesty International USA, and, until July of this year, as president and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Our minister emerita, the Rev. Judith Meyer, will preach the Sunday services October 23 and join in the weekend celebration of Ernie and in remembering his wife and partner in ministry, Maggie Pipes, who died in 2012.
All are welcome! Many thanks to Patrick McGuire, the lead organizer of the festivities. Dave Olson has generously offered his Brentwood home and gardens for the luncheon, which is tentatively planned for 1 pm Saturday, October 22 (Forbes Hall if rain). Please RSVP to office@uusm.org or by phone to the church office if you plan to attend the Saturday luncheon. If you have any questions or thoughts about the celebration, please contact Patrick. There will be more details in the October newsletter.
—Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
HEART and SOUL A CONTEMPLATIVE WORSHIP SERVICE - Second Sundays, 5 to 5:45 pm in the Sanctuary
In consultation with our minister, we are continuing the Heart and Soul services, now led by Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Joyce Holmen, and Karen Hsu Patterson. With singing and instrumental music, statements and questions, silence and sharing, we’ll explore these themes:
August 14 — What Does It Mean to Be Community?
September 11 – A Community of Covenant
October 9 – A Community of Healing
November 13 – A Community of Story
December 11 – A Community of Presence (a virtual service: we’ll send resources by email)
Other committee members are Mary Romanek and Jacki Weber.
As the author Margaret J. Wheatley observes, “Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals who can go it alone.” So let’s make some time to consider together what Community means to us.
Dining for Dollars announces tickets available to two fall events.
Look for a ticket table in Forbes Hall or contact Nancy in the church office (assistant@uusm.org).
September 3 — “Pig Roast with Filipino Rice” hosted by Mike Monte, in Forbes Hall starting at noon, appropriate for families.
October 22 — “Oktoberfest Beer Tasting” hosted by Karl Lisovsky and Alan Brunell. To be held at Casa Lisovsky starting at 6:00 pm. Twenty tickets available for $25. Adults only.
ARE YOU AWARE?
Sensitivity to chemicals and fragrances is an invisible disability that some people in our church experience. Perfumes and other fragrances and chemicals can cause breathing problems and allergic reactions.
You can help by using personal products that are fragrance free. Be aware that there are hidden, long-lasting fragrances in many cleaning products.
You can help by talking with the Disability Support Group and others in the church about ways to improve support for persons with disabilities in our church community or by sharing your concerns and needs.
Not sure whom to contact? Look for Mark Christiansen, Michael Young, Steve Young, or Sylvia Young.
The UU Banner is Installed!
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS
August 21 will be our Ingathering Services at 9 am and 11 am! In this experimental year, we are trying out realigning the church year with the calendars of many local schools, including the Santa Monica-Malibu School District and Los Angeles Unified School District, which begin well before Labor Day. This will give us an early Ingathering Service August 21, when kids are going back to school, and also allow us, especially our families with kids, to get into our rhythm of two services for a few weeks before our annual all-church weekend at Camp de Benneville Pines September 16 to 18.
Focus on GA
Peggy and Rick Rhoads getting ready for the banner parade at the opening ceremony of the UUA General
Assembly June 22 in Columbus, OH. Our service July 24 will focus on the GA. Photo by Georgiana Hart.
Come join us for FOOD, FUN, AND FELLOWSHIP!
...at the Annual All-Church Interweave* & Women’s Alliance PICNIC, Sunday, July 31, 11 am (just after the 10 am service) Church Courtyard. Proceeds from the picnic will be donated to The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer/questioning (BGLTQ) young people. If you have questions or would like to provide a dish for the picnic or help on the day of the picnic, please contact Kris Langabeer.
*Interweave is our church’s group for BGLTQ individuals and our friends and allies.
Right Relations Updates
Please watch your email for regular messages from the Board about the process and progress being made in implementing right relations in our congregation. If you are not receiving weekly announcements and emails from church or don’t use email, contact the church office at (310) 829-5436.
Raising the Standard — Choir D4$ Event is June 11
If you would like to celebrate DeReau’s time here and help us bid him farewell, you will have the perfect opportunity at the choir’s annual summer concert. Join us on Saturday, June 11, at 7:30 pm in the Sanctuary for “Raising the Standards!”, a night of jazz and pop tunes. Suggested ticket price is $22 if purchased in advance and $25 at the door. You can also pay what you can at the door. Tickets can be purchased by cash, check, or credit card. (Contact Nancy Thompson at 310-829-5436 ext 102 for credit card purchases.) If it’s anything like last year’s concert, you will be feeling the glow long afterward. This will be DeReau’s final concert with the UU Santa Monica choir and it is not to be missed!
— Sheila Cummins
Volunteers needed for the Men’s Group Pancake Breakfast in July
The Men’s Group will be hosting this year’s Dining for Dollars Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, July 9, at 10 am. For those who didn’t purchase tickets during the Dining for Dollars period, tickets may be purchased at the door for $15.00. The Men’s Group is requesting a few volunteers to help us: set up, collect at a table for those paying at the door, work the kitchen, and help clean up. If you have volunteered for the breakfast in previous years or can do so this year (free breakfast!), please contact the Men’s Group facilitator/leader, Richard Mathias. When we determine how many volunteers we need, we will contact you. Thank you for considering, and we’ll see you at breakfast!
Looking for New Hikers!
Hiking Group on the Musch Trail in Topanga Canyon on May hike. If you are interested in becoming part of the hiking group, contact Steve Young.
Save the Date!
Annual All-Church Interweave Picnic Sunday, July 31, 11 am • Church Courtyard To help, contact Kris Langabeer.
May Worship Theme: Covenant - "What Binds Us"
“There are names for what binds us:
Strong forces, weak forces.
Look around, you can see them…”
—Jane Hirshfield
Please watch your email...
...for regular messages from the Board about the process and progress being made in facing our leadership and communication challenges. If you are not receiving emails from church or don’t use email, contact the church office at (310) 829-5436.
Dining for Dollars...
...has collected over $32,000 in revenue for the church and we expect the final numbers to be even higher, coming close to or even topping last year’s total! There is an unpaid balance of $1,300 so if you haven’t paid for your winning bids, please do so ASAP. This year’s success is due in great part to the Chair of the D4$ committee, Farrokh Allen, and the contributions of our electronic chief, Melinda Ewen, and the rest of the team: Sue Moore, Sheila Cummins, Nancy Howell, Barbara Gibbs, AND Garland Allen. And of course we must add to that the “village” of a few other electronic specialists AND as listed in the April newsletter, the nearly 100 congregational members who stepped forward this year to host an event. Congratulations one and all on this outstanding outcome!
— Sheila Cummins
Want to join our communications team?
We’re looking for a few good people to join us! Here are some of the roles you might play:
✒ Would you like to write about people and events at UU Santa Monica or in our larger UU community?
✒ Can you gather information from church announcements and orders of service?
✒ Are you a shutterbug?
✒ Do you find yourself correcting grammar, spelling, or punctuation for fun?
✒ Can you find your way around Adobe InDesign?
✒ Can you gather information from church announcements and orders of service?
✒ Are you a shutterbug?
✒ Do you find yourself correcting grammar, spelling, or punctuation for fun?
✒ Can you find your way around Adobe InDesign?
If any of these opportunities float your boat, they’re a great way to get involved with other active community members. We are beginning to reassess how we communicate through our print and online newsletters and announcements and would love some fresh eyes. Contact Jacki Weber and the team at newsletter@uusm.org
Interweave will Host the May Second Sunday Supper with a Rainbow of Lasagnas
May 8, 6 – 8 pm, Forbes Hall
Happy hour begins at 5:45pm
Happy hour begins at 5:45pm
Please join Interweave as they host the Second Sunday Supper this month! Interweave will provide the main dish of lasagna: Veggie, vegan and meat options available! Attendees should bring a main dish, side dish, salad, or dessert to share. In order to ease the stress on the hosting group, you are invited to bring your own dinner set-up (plates/ flatware/cup) and wash your dishes after you return home. Contact: Janet Goodwin for more information.
Fundraiser for Faith in Action Commission
On Sunday, June 5. Books, crafts, and assorted items for sale. Contact Diana Spears for more information.
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday, June 12 is the Los Angeles Pride Parade! We plan to rent another “Pride Bus” to take marchers from UUSM to the parade after the 9am service. Stay tuned for more details!
Dining for Dollars Thanks
D4$ was a great success this year, raising over $30,000 for the church, and we could not have done it without our hosts. Thank you all!
Abby Arnold, Alan Brunell, Alison Kendall, Amy Lacombe, Amy Thiel, Barbara Kernochan, Barbara Powers, Beth Brownlie, Beth Rendeiro, Bettye Barclay, Beverly Alison, Bill Anderson, Bill Blake, Bob Dietz, Bonnie Brae, Bryan Oakes, Carol Ring, Cathie Gentile, Charley Duckman, Christine Suarez, Crystal Alexander, Cynthia Cottam, Daniel Kegel, David Goetz, David Olson, Denny Kernochan, Dereau Farrar & UU Santa Monica Choir, Dorothy Steinicke, Eala Linnemeier, Edward Wright, Ellen Levy, Emily Linnemeier, Farrokh Allen, Faz Elahi, Francois Bar, Garland Allen, Gretchen Goetz, Haygo Salibian, Heather Thomas Brittenham, Helen Brown, Jacki Weber, James Witker, Janet Goodwin, Jeff Pressman, Jennifer Chen, JoAn Peters, John Zinner, Jonathan Bijur, Julie Nyquist, Karen Canady, Karen Patch, Karl Lisovsky, Katie Malich, Kay Ward, Kelly Hatfield, Kenneth Alexander, Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Kim Miller, Kit Shaw, Kitsy Olson, Leon Henderson- Maclennan, Linda Van Lighten, Liz Fuller, Lorenzo Pelayo, Lucy Elahi, Lucy Hahn, Margot Page, Marjorie Anderson, Mark Warkentin, Mike Monte, Natalie Kahn, Nicole Henderson- MacLennan, Nora Hamilton, Patricia Wright, Patrick Meighan, Peggy Kharraz, Peggy Rhoads, Rebecca Crawford, Resa Foreman, Rick Rhoads, Rob Michelson, Roberta Frye, Sheila Cummins, Steven DePaul, Sylvia Young, The Men’s Group, Tom Early, Tom Peters, Vicky Foxworth, Wendi Gladstone
Come to a Green Second Sunday Supper on April 10
Green Living/Green Sanctuary Committee hosts Second Sunday Supper April 10, 2016. Bring healthy side dishes and desserts to share starting at 5:30 pm. Vegetarian and vegan main dishes featuring “beyond organic” produce grown here in LA will be provided by Community Services Unlimited, a South LA non-profit providing youth and community empowerment through urban farm gardening, catering and nutrition education programs. CSU will be present with information on their efforts to renovate their new facility at the Paul Robeson Center at Vermont and Gage and convert the “Veggie Bus” to provide educational workshops and host a seed library. Please bring food to share and learn about the links between Healthy Eating and Economic Justice here in Los Angeles.
— Alison Kendall, Green Committee
Celebration of Spring and Remembrance Poetry Circle
Sunday, April 17, 10 am in the Garden of Eternity
April is National Poetry Month. Join us to greet the arrival of spring in verse, and to honor the life of Jessica Fant-Chapin, who was a UUSM church member and poet. Remembrances of other friends and family members are welcome as well. We will meet in the Garden of Eternity, located outside the church office. Please bring a poem to share. Rima Snyder.
Book and Crafts Sale
...to raise funds for Faith in Action Commission programs first weekend in June. If you have items please contact Diana Spears.
Church Artist’s Wall in June
If you have work please contact Diana Spears.
Conversations About Death Group to Honor Cassandra on April 11
Cassandra Christenson created a group a year ago at church that has given opportunities to learn from compassionate experts about end-of-life issues as well as to explore our feelings. Meeting twice a month, a steady core group, plus lots of drop-ins, has been a special place to ask questions to help cope with death and to prepare for the process of dying. On Monday, April 11, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm in Forbes Hall, you’re invited for a celebration of Cassandra’s inspiring leadership and insights. Then on Monday, April 25, also 7:00 to 8:30, learn more about being an advocate for someone you love: Amy Lacombe will share her family’s experiences during her mother’s hospice care. Joyce Holmen will be facilitating the group that evening and on May 9 and 23. For more information contact Cassandra or Joyce.
Newslettter Editor Resignation
After five years as an editor and then the editor-inchief and a regular designer of the UU Santa Monica newsletter, Charles Haskell has decided to retire from his roles with the newsletter as of this issue. We will greatly miss his steady hand, care and patience, nearly always accommodating our late articles and edits. His expertise as a writer, editor, and photographer has been invaluable in maintaining the quality of our church’s main vehicle of communication. Charles also brought to the newsletter his experience of more than three decades of efforts in nurturing the life of our congregation, including President of the Board and membership and chairmanship on committees such as Finance, Pulpit, Faith in Action, and Bylaws. We thank Charles for the impact his leadership has made on the newsletter and congregation, and wish him and his wife, Christine, well in their future pursuits.
–— The UU Santa Monica Newsletter Team
OUR WHOLE LIVES (O.W.L.)
Sexuality Education for Adults of all Ages and Stages Ages 18 – 98
When: Five sessions on occasional Saturdays this spring
First Session: Saturday, April 2, 2016
Where: Forbes Hall
What: Sexuality Exploration, including:
• accepting, understanding, and affirming personal sexuality
• opening dialogue/building communication
• sexual diversity, sexuality in adulthood, sexual health
• society, media, and values
• your questions, concerns, opinions
Join with other adults to fully consider this vital aspect of being a whole person. O.W.L. is fun and engaging too — we promise!
How: To sign up, or to ask questions, go to the LRE table on Sundays beginning in March, or contact Beth Rendeiro or any of the facilitators
— Karen Patterson, Buudha Quant, Sylvia or Steve Young, all in the directory.
Budget Town Hall
Sunday, March 20 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary Purpose: To discuss the 2016-2017 Budget with the Finance Committee
Church Artist’s Wall in June
Please contact Diana Spears if you have work that can be displayed on our wall.
Craft and Book Sale
...to raise funds for Faith in Action programs first weekend in June. Contact Diana Spears to participate.