Sunday Service - "Allies and Advocates" - July 26, 2020
Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
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CommUUnity Connection Meeting - Zoom/Online
Please email commUUnity@uusm.org to be added to the Zoom call. Come share and connect with your fellow church members.
Co-facilitators: Denise Helton and Bettye Barclay.
Date / Time:
Thursday, August 6, 2020 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Contact Name:
Bettye Barclay
Denise Helton
Nature Journaling with Dorothy Steinicke - Zoom/Online
We will come together to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature by
contemplating, writing and drawing. All that is required are pencil and
paper and a few objects from nature.
A lifelong lover of the outdoors, Dorothy Steinicke has more than twentyyears experience introducing people to a love of the natural world. She leads hikes for children and for adults in Topanga Canyon, Ballona Wetlands, and Dockweiller State Beach.
Email uusmreassist@uusm.org for zoom details.
Date / Time:
Sunday, August 16, 2020 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Contact Name:
Teri Lucas
Still Life Drawing with Greg Wood - Zoom/Online
This is a drawing class for everyone. We will start with drawing simple shapes like fruit in a bowl, or maybe pens in a cup. We draw for 5 minutes, and then show and talk about the drawings for 5 minutes. Then I will introduce a new exercise for 5 minutes. The format is to do lots of quick exercises that stretch our visual muscles and maybe open our eyes to what is possible.
Greg Wood has a BA in Art from UCSC. Before he retired, he worked as an architectural illustrator.
Thank you.
Date / Time:
Thursday, August 6, 2020 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Contact Name:
Teri Lucas
Ukulele Strum - Zoom/Online
Ukulele Strum
Come and play ukulele with us or join with another strumming instrument. We recommended a familiarity with the ukulele for this online format but all levels welcome (beginner to advanced). We will meet on Saturday, July 11th from 9:30am-11:00am. Bring a ukulele to our Zoom meeting and chords and lyrics will be provided in advance with a few folks prepared to lead some songs. We will share tips and support each other, pulling from a wide range of music. This event is for ages 15 and up, or 10 and up if accompanied by a guardian. We will need your email contact information so that we can send you the music.
Please RSVP to AdultRE@uusm.org before July 9th.
Date / Time:
Saturday, July 11, 2020 - 9:30am - 11:00am
Contact Name:
Kim Kalmanson
Nature Journaling with Dorothy Steinicke - Zoom/Online
Back By Popular Demand
Nature Journaling with Dorothy Steinicke
On Sunday, July 19, 2:30pm-4pm
This workshop will be similar to the first one offered. There will be some
new prompts given but it is not necessary to have attended the first session.
We will come together to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature by
contemplating, writing and drawing. All that is required are pencil and
paper and a few objects from nature.
A lifelong lover of the outdoors, Dorothy Steinicke has more than twenty
years experience introducing people to a love of the natural world. She leads hikes for children and for adults in Topanga Canyon, Ballona Wetlands, and Dockweiller State Beach.
Date / Time:
Sunday, July 19, 2020 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Contact Name:
Teri Lucas
Allies and Advocates (Online Service)
Sunday, July 26, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Worship Associate:
Leon Henderson-MacLennan
As we seek to live into our values for social justice, many with very good intentions often end up saying nothing, or saying the wrong thing, when they are called to lean into a conversation. Today we will talk about what it means to be an ally and an advocate — for an individual and for a cause. We will also talk about what you might say when what you are saying isn’t working.
The Rainbow Sign (Online Service)
Sunday, July 19, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. KC Slack
Worship Associate:
Sue Bickford
What does our covenantal faith mean for our relationship with the wider world? What is our duty regarding justice? What happens when we fall short of that promise?
We welcome back the Rev. KC Slack, who serves as minister of our neighboring UU Church of the Verdugo Hills, and continues their work as a hospital chaplain, their work as a sex educator, and as an individual spiritual director. In addition, KC is a UU scholartivist (scholar, artist, activist, and spiritual leader). They’re about all multiple everything: bi/pansexual, polyamorous, and pantheistic. Their work blends their mystic UU Pagan faith (don’t worry, they’ll happily tell you too much about it if you ask), ministry, radical politics, heavy theory, joy, art, and living a queerly fabulous life in LA.
Born and raised in small-town North East Ohio, our guest preacher comes from a large extended family and what they will tell you are “very rust belt” roots. The grandchild of factory workers and the child of factory managers, KC received a B.A. in Political Science from Case Western Reserve University. After graduation in 2016 from Starr King School for the Ministry, KC completed a year-long Clinical Pastoral Education residency at a mid-sized hospital in Burbank. KC was highly regarded by their peers and supervisors, as well as by medical and administrative staff throughout the hospital. They brought their broad education in world religions and their knowledge of liberatory theologies to their patients and classmates, and worked within the peer group to help future chaplains better understand how to care for LGBT+ patients.
Buddhism, Zen, and a Call to Justice (Online Service)
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. James Ishmael Ford
Worship Associate:
Dorothy Steinicke
What Buddhism and particularly Zen say to people today seeking ways to engage not only the deeper matters of the heart, but the heart of justice?
The Rev. James Ishmael Ford has been a Unitarian Universalist parish minister for 30 years. He is Minister Emeritus of the First Unitarian Church of Providence. In his early retirement he continues to serve, currently as consulting minister for the UU Church in Anaheim. James is also a Zen Buddhist priest, guiding teacher of the Empty Moon Zen sangha, and is the author of several books addressing Zen and Buddhism.
Lift Every Voice and Sing (Online Service)
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Worship Associate:
Abby Arnold
A Quest for Freedom. Have you chosen a quest for love or a quest for freedom? What is the cost of each path? Today we will talk about what freedom means spiritually, and how your choices have led to greater or less freedom for your spirit.
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” – often called “The Black National Anthem” – was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist with the NAACP. In 1899, it was set to music by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), American composer, singer, and editor of song collections during the Harlem Renaissance. The inspiring piece was first performed in public in the Johnsons’ hometown of Jacksonville, FL, as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday on February 12, 1900, by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal. Published widely, it is included in our UUA hymnal, Singing the Living Tradition, as #149.
The Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins is a consultant to people and organizations in transition. She works with non-profits and faith-based organizations around the country helping them address issues of leadership, communication and cultural competence. Her most recent book is Fish Out of Water, and she is currently collaborating on a book about Gender Identities. She is a member of our UUSM community. www.KikanzaNuriRobins.com