Vigil for Racial Justice at Santa Monica City Hall
Our community is responding to the decision of the grand jury in Ferguson with a peaceful vigil for racial justice and calls for solidarity, witness, and change.
Leaders from our church, including your minister, congregation Vice President Barbara Gibbs, and Faith in Action Commission Co-Chair Rick Rhoads, will stand with the Santa Monica Committee for Racial Justice, NAACP, Church in Ocean Park, African American Staff Student Support Group, and Pico Youth and Family Center tonight (Tuesday) at 5pm at Santa Monica City Hall.
Please join us.
Date / Time:
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Room:
Rich Cherthoff, Mohammed Lahham and "Occupation 101" Screening
Please join the Peace and Social Justice Committee to hear speakers: Rick Chertoff with Jewish Voices for Peace and Mohammed Lahham, former Gaza resident discuss the lead up to the tragic events that occurred in Gaza this past summer. We will also show a segment from the documentary, "Occupation 101."
Date / Time:
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Room:
Contact Name:
Cathie Gentile
Once Upon a Time -- Again (one service only at 11:00 a.m.)
Theme:
Hope
Sunday, December 28, 2014 - 11:00am
Michael Eselun
Church member and UCLA Oncology Chaplain Michael Eselun will explore the meaning and hidden gifts that may lie in our stories, just waiting to be told again.
Joy to the World Christmas Eve Candelight Services (6 and 8 p.m.)
Theme:
Hope
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, DeReau K. Farrar, Catherine Farmer Loya, Nica Eaton-Guinn
Adult Choir at 6 p.m.
Poulenc Quartet at 8 p.m.
If you would like to be a reader at a Christmas Eve service, please contact Nica Eaton-Guinn at intern.minister@uusm.org.
(Please note that audio from both the 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. sermons are posted below.)
Beasts and Baubles Christmas Eve (4 p.m.)
Theme:
Hope
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Catherine Farmer Loya and Nica Eaton-Guinn
Join Catherine Farmer Loya and Nica Eaton-Guinn for a festive family-friendly Christmas Eve service, with holiday music from DeReau K. Farrar and friends.
Solstice Vespers (7 p.m.)
Theme:
Hope
Sunday, December 21, 2014 - 7:00pm
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Friends
Through readings, chant, candle lighting, and sacred silence, we will mark the longest night of the year. Rima Snyder, Judith Martin-Straw, Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, and friends will host this evening service.
Festival of Lights: A Multigenerational Pageant (9 & 11 a.m.)
Theme:
Hope
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Catherine Farmer Loya, Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Nica Eaton-Guinn
We will welcome The Friendly Beasts, a wonderful church tradition.
Hope in the Dark
Theme:
Hope
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
A Caregiver's Bill of Rights
Theme:
Hope
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur