Communication Team Meeting & Potluck
All members working on communications channels are welcome to come enahnce synchronicity. Committee chairs and others interested in all the moving parts of communications are invited. Please bring a side dish to share. Contact CommTeam@uusm.org.
Date / Time:
Friday, February 15, 2019 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Right Relations Event - Dialogues Across Difference: Belonging
Dialogues Across Difference: Belonging
Join Right Relations with an open mind and heart for a two hour facilitated discussion of community, citizenship, and our responsibilities to each other and ourselves. We will touch on current events and share personal experiences to honor the diversity of thought and life in our community.
Contact: Aubrey Sassoon (aubrey.sassoon@gmail.com) for more details.
Date / Time:
Saturday, March 2, 2019 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Contact Name:
Aubrey Sassoon
January, 2019
Color Study by C. Nolan Fansler
January’s Art Wall, which kicks off with a reception on Sunday, January 6, features the collection Color Study by artist C. Nolan Fansler. The paintings in Color Study explore the moods expressed by various colors.
Fansler said, “The paintings in this series function as hypnotic meditations and puzzles. The goal of each is a glimpse at how strange and ever changing color really is. I used colors that pulled deep within a wall and bright hues that pushed into the middle of a room. In the process of arranging these dollops and strokes of color I began to think of color in terms of stacking floors in a sky scraper. I also started to see individual colors as having moods or personalities based on their pushing/pulling positions in the room.”
“While these paintings play with depth and projection they also encourage the viewer to notice how relative color is based on the note it’s layered upon. This observation made me think long and hard about the relativity of color and mood. The work in this show is on view because I discovered something new and rewarding in each piece,” he added.
Color Study 2 Color Study 3 Color Study 4
C. Nolan Fansler was born in 1990 and grew up in the Bay Area. He is a third generation self-taught painter. His work primarily plays with the boundary between figuration and abstraction where interpretation is most open. Nolan currently works out of his Highland Park studio in Los Angeles and is an assistant to Margaret Garcia and Frank Romero and a muralist for LA Works.
The Color Study exhibition will run through the end of January. It follows December’s Now and Then exhibit by Bettye Barclay.
Contact Art Director Beverly Alison for more information about exhibiting at our Art Wall events. For appointments, contact Nancy in the church office at assistant@uusm.org or 310-829-5436 x102. On Sundays, follow the signs to church parking. Handicap parking is available behind the church.
Curiosity as a Spiritual Practice
Theme:
Trust
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Rev. Dana Worsnop
Worship Associate:
James Witker
In our culture we are quick to leap to conclusions and make assumptions about other people and their beliefs. We all might be better served by adopting a practice of starting with curiosity. A pithy dictum: Be curious, not furious. How might such a practice change how you move through the world?
A Padded Room
Theme:
Trust
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Robin Stillwater
Worship Associate:
Dorothy Steinicke
A sermon on racism by a white person for white people. **Trigger Warning/Content Warning**
Heart and Soul: A Contemplative Worship Service @ 5 p.m. - "What Does it Mean to Be a Community of Trust?"
Theme:
Trust
Sunday, February 10, 2019 - 5:00pm
James Witker
Heart and Soul is a contemplative worship service series that usually occurs on the second Sunday of each month. It is a shorter, more intimate service, with singing, statements, and questions, silence, and sharing. Readings, poems, quotes, and music are drawn from a variety of sources, including the UU Soul Matters Sharing Circle, our hymnals, and popular/folk music.
Please note audio is currently unavailable for Heart & Soul services.
Myths and Realities of True Love
Theme:
Trust
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Rev. Greg Ward
Worship Associate:
Leon Henderson-MacLennan
Falling in love is the euphoric moment when we discover someone with the unique combination of what you've always wanted and needed: attention, acceptance, appeciation, affection, allowance - what David Richo calls 'the 5 A's of Love'. And, somehow, you muster the courage to go all in. You find - or borrow - enough to lower the powerful shield of our ego, and rejoice and make promises that bind you in that reunion with connection. But there are downsides as well. As he has just announced his engagement, this is Rev. Greg's chance to talk about the promises and pitfalls of True Love.
Picking the Worst Hymn (and Other Firing Squad Offenses)
Theme:
Trust
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Rev. Greg Ward
Worship Associate:
Margot Page
Trust - and Faith - are commodities that religion is known to supply. But when your denomination tends reject faith healing, miracles and messianic references, it might not seem so surprising if, when you find yourself at a moment where a little extra trust and faith are needed, the shelves in your church where you'd expect them to be kept simply show a small sign saying, 'out of stock - check back with the store manager next week.' But, we all know, no one can supply trust. It's something we have to manufacture ourselves.
SoCal UU Choir Festival 2019 - offsite
4-6pm at the Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Performance will feature the choirs of UU Los Angeles, Studio City, Long Beach, Santa Monica, the Neighborhood Church, and others.
Contact Saunder Choi at music@uusm.org for more information
Date / Time:
Sunday, January 20, 2019 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Room:
Adult Programs - Sermon on the Mount Series
Exploring the Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount is a core “source of wisdom and knowledge,” forming the basis of many of the values in Western literature and culture, from Hamlet to Harry Potter. Come explore this important part of our heritage with Abby Arnold and Laura Matthews in three weekly 2-hour sessions starting Monday, February 25, 7:00pm, in the Cottage. We’ll discuss how the ideas speak to us (if at all), what the ideas might mean in practical application, and how they are or are not useful today.
Register with Abby (abby@abbyarnold.com) or Laura (lbmatthews@gmail.com) to receive the Sermon to print out and read ahead of time. Our hope is that the discussion will be uplifting, positive, and practical, with all of us learning from the perspective of others to bring a fresh awareness to these ancient words.
Date / Time:
Repeats every week every Monday until Mon Mar 11 2019 .
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 7:00pm - 9:00pmMonday, March 4, 2019 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Monday, March 11, 2019 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Room:
Contact Name:
Abby Arnold
Laura Matthews