Town Hall Meeting - cancelled
2020-2021 Budget and current church finances
Date / Time:
Sunday, March 29, 2020 - 11:45am - 1:00pm
Room:
March, 2020
Chuka Susan Chesney's Bright soul
The Opening Reception for Chuka Susan Chesney’s Bright Soul exhibit will be on Sunday, March 1 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm in Forbes Hall.
Chesney is an emerging L.A. artist focusing on water color, collage, and mixed media art (and poetry). The exhibit will be open for the first four Sundays in March from 9:00 am until 12:30 pm and on weekdays by appointment. There will be a closing reception on March 22 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm.
The artist will attend both receptions and extra items will be available for your consideration. The receptions and exhibit are free and open to the public.
Chesney grew up in a family focused on art, design, and words. Her father owned a commercial printing company and brought home stacks of paper for creating paintings and stories. In 1982 she earned her BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Chesney loves to paint with watercolor and she loves to make collages. Her work often becomes mixed media as she may add pen and ink, brush and ink, pastels, Prismacolors, or embroidery thread to her paintings and collages. She often creates a system of dots, dashes, curly lines to form colorful patterns to convey depth, rhythm, and atmosphere.
She sets her pieces aside for a time so she can look at them with a fresh eye, which sometimes inspire her to add more effects and other times inspire her to cut them up and use the pieces to create new painting or collages. As a piece evolves, she listens to it to hear and see what it wants. She loves to experiment with her art; she loves to not know exactly what it will become. Her studio is her lab.
Chesney has won many awards in shows across the country. Her art has been published in New England Review and Compose Literary Journal. Her poetry and art have been published in Peacock Journal, Lummox, and Altadena Poetry Review. Her poetry anthology Book of Sighs will be published by Little Red Tree in 2020. She is currently working on a poetry and art anthology for the 100 Vibrant Artists of Los Angeles.
Contact our Art Director, Beverly Alison, for further information about this show.
For weekday appointments or information about the church, contact the church office: Cyndee at assistant@uusm.org or 310-829-5436 x102.
On Sundays, follow the signs to UU Church Parking, which is in the hospital parking structure on 16th. Handicap parking is available behind the church.
Coalition for Police Reform - Cancelled
Date / Time:
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Room:
Contact Name:
Audrey Lyness
Holy Silence (Special Online Only Service)
Theme:
Wisdom
Sunday, March 29, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
Worship Associate:
Dorothy Steinicke
"Find a stillness, hold a stillness, let the stillness carry me…” Join us this Sunday for a meditation on silence.
Please note that this will be an ONLINE ONLY service. To watch the live video, please go to our UUSM Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/uusantamonica/ at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. If the video link doesn't appear immediately, please be patient (we're still new at this and it took a few extra minutes to get it up and running last week). If you don't see the live video right at 10 a.m., please note that you do NOT have to look elsewhere. It will appear on this page as soon as it's available. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you online on Sunday!
Giving Ourselves Away (Special Online Only Service)
Theme:
Wisdom
Sunday, March 22, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
Worship Associate:
Abby Arnold
Generosity of heart, spirit, and resources is fundamental to the spiritual path. This is taught by all of the great religions of the world. This Sunday, we celebrate the formal launch of our annual stewardship campaign and explore the meaning of giving to our lives, our beloved community, and the world. We will get to hear the many transformative stories of why so many support this congregation with our first congregational video.
Please note that this was an ONLINE ONLY service. See video link below to watch (or watch again).
Love is the Spirit (A Special Online Worship Service)
Theme:
Wisdom
Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
Worship Associate:
Leon Henderson-MacLennan
Join us online this Sunday as we co-create beloved community together in the midst of a global pandemic. We are temporarily suspending congregational worship gatherings to protect vulnerable members of our congregation and the larger community. We will be providing more information soon so you can watch our special live-streamed service on the church’s Facebook page on Sunday morning. We will consider how we spiritually prepare and fortify ourselves in uncertain times. Help us spread the word about these changes. We look forward to being with you virtually and in spirit on Sunday morning. If you need help getting online, please contact board member Eileen McCormack for assistance.
Note: the service originally scheduled for today, with DeReau K. Farrar, unfortunately had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 closures.
Let There Be Light
Theme:
Wisdom
Sunday, March 8, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Worship Associate:
Sue Bickford
As you look forward to The Vernal Equinox, the Coming of Spring, and the presence of more light in the world, look around yourself and notice. What is dancing in the shadows? What is in the shadows that you might shine more light on? Come worship with us as we consider what aspects of ourselves we turn to the light and what remains in the shadows.
We the People...
Theme:
Wisdom
Sunday, March 1, 2020 - 10:00am
Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
Worship Associate:
Alison Kendall
The democratic principles of our society have been distorted, threatened, and ignored over the centuries. Our religious ancestors played a critical role in establishing democracy in the United States and our fifth Unitarian Universalist Principle affirms: “The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.” Join us this Sunday as we explore the state of our democracic republic and what these times are demanding of us.
Safety Task Force Meeting
Date / Time:
Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 11:30am - 3:00pm
Contact Name:
Emily Hero
Discussion and Support for Persons with Disabilities
Come and join us as we share stories, inspirations and find community with each other. The group offers a forum in which members can feel the benefit of its mutual support. Previous topics include: how to improve the quality of one’s life overall and how to use structure, aides and devices more successfully/productively/efficiently in one’s life.
The Disability Support Group will be promoting a dialogue on a selected topic at each of its meetings throughout this church year. There is a different theme for each month. All church members interested in the topic are invited to attend. We hope these topics are of interest to you. The dates and topics are as follows:
Contact Michael Young for more information
Date / Time:
Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 11:45am - 1:15pm
Room:
Contact Name:
Michael Young