May, 2016

UUSM Youth Artists

ART SHOW BY OUR OWN KIDS! Come see our exciting art show at the Art Wall in Forbes Hall in May. Featuring Famous Works by Our Kids. Who will be in the show this year??? Come and find out! Opening Day will be Sunday, May 1, in Forbes Hall. Join us for some art and refreshments. Come out to the show and support our kids with their wonderful art!


Lunches for Bunches

Date / Time: 
Sunday, May 22, 2016 - 10:15am - 10:45pm
Contact Name: 
Patrick Meighan

Celebration of the Life of Ralph Meyer

Date / Time: 
Sunday, July 17, 2016 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

AAHS - Speaker Phil Ferguson

Phil Ferguson will be talking about problems with pseudoscience in medicine.

Date / Time: 
Saturday, May 7, 2016 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Room: 
Contact Name: 
James Witker

AAHS - Speaker David Diskin

David Diskin speaking about Camp Quest West. 

Date / Time: 
Sunday, May 1, 2016 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Room: 
Contact Name: 
James Witker

Communications Confab

Date / Time: 
Sunday, May 8, 2016 - 5:00pm

fUUsion-sponsored "Game Day"

Date / Time: 
Saturday, May 28, 2016 - 12:30pm - 8:00pm
Contact Name: 
Karen Hsu Patterson

Confessions of a Grasshopper

Theme: 
Covenant - What Binds Us
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Rev. Silvio Nardoni

May Worship Theme: What Binds Us

There are names for what binds us:
strong forces, weak forces.
Look around, you can see them…
 
-- Jane Hirshfield
In our UU faith, we are bound together not by creed or dogma, but by covenant, the sacred promises we make with one another about who we are and how we want to be in community together. We often quote our Seven Principles, yet rarely repeat the concluding lines of the congregational covenant from which they come:
 
Grateful for the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith, we are inspired to deepen our understanding and expand our vision. As free congregations we enter into this covenant, promising one another our mutual trust and support.
 
Join Rev. Rebecca and our worship leaders for a month-long exploration of covenant, mutual trust and support, and what binds us to one another, to our living tradition, and to the wider world.

May 29 Sermon:  Confessions of a Grasshopper

 
Silvio Nardoni is a former affiliate minister of this congregation. He continues to practice law in Glendale and counts that as part of his ministry. He lives in Silver Lake with his wife, Wanda, and an assortment of feathered and furry friends. His hobbies include watching movies and gardening, where he on occasion can see grasshoppers at their work.
 

 

Caught in the Web

Theme: 
Covenant - What Binds Us
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

May Worship Theme: What Binds Us

There are names for what binds us:
strong forces, weak forces.
Look around, you can see them…
 
-- Jane Hirshfield
In our UU faith, we are bound together not by creed or dogma, but by covenant, the sacred promises we make with one another about who we are and how we want to be in community together. We often quote our Seven Principles, yet rarely repeat the concluding lines of the congregational covenant from which they come:
 
Grateful for the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith, we are inspired to deepen our understanding and expand our vision. As free congregations we enter into this covenant, promising one another our mutual trust and support.
 
Join Rev. Rebecca and our worship leaders for a month-long exploration of covenant, mutual trust and support, and what binds us to one another, to our living tradition, and to the wider world.

May 22 Sermon:  Caught in the Web

 
What brings you to church and what keeps you here? Come explore what it means to be UU, and stay for our Annual Meeting, where voting members of our congregation will elect our Board of Directors, take action on congregational resolutions about the Black Lives Matter movement and Green Sanctuary status, and adopt a budget for the coming fiscal year. Our services will also feature a special guest from the UU Service Committee, speaking about how Unitarian Universalists are supporting Syrian children and families in the largest refugee movement in Europe since World War II.

 

Coming of Age (9 a.m.), Senior Sunday (11 a.m.)

Theme: 
Covenant - What Binds Us
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Coming of Age Youth and High School Seniors

May Worship Theme: What Binds Us

There are names for what binds us:
strong forces, weak forces.
Look around, you can see them…
 
-- Jane Hirshfield
In our UU faith, we are bound together not by creed or dogma, but by covenant, the sacred promises we make with one another about who we are and how we want to be in community together. We often quote our Seven Principles, yet rarely repeat the concluding lines of the congregational covenant from which they come:
 
Grateful for the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith, we are inspired to deepen our understanding and expand our vision. As free congregations we enter into this covenant, promising one another our mutual trust and support.
 
Join Rev. Rebecca and our worship leaders for a month-long exploration of covenant, mutual trust and support, and what binds us to one another, to our living tradition, and to the wider world.

May 15 Sermon:  Coming of Age (9 a.m.), Senior Sunday (11 a.m.)

 
Celebrate the culmination of our year-long Coming of Age program for two special and wonderful youth at 9am; stay for a worship service at 11am lovingly offered by our high school seniors, which will include a Bridging Ceremony to mark their transition into adulthood.