Ingathering Water Communion
Theme:
Expectation
Sunday, September 22, 2019 - 10:00am
Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
Worship Associate:
Cassie Winters
One service at 10:00 a.m. (note: fall return to two services has been postponed; new date for resumption of fall schedule is TBD)
Enter, Rejoice, and Come In!We gather again in love, as we return to offering two services each Sunday.Bring a small container of water from your travels or from home to mingle in a communion bowl.
Now What Do I Say?
Theme:
Expectation
Sunday, September 15, 2019 - 10:00am
Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Worship Associate:
Natalie Kahn
One service at 10:00 a.m. (note: fall return to two services has been postponed; new date for resumption of fall schedule is TBD)
The power of personal narrative is that it provides opportunities to bond and create community. Working in community with a diverse group of people means that all present will be in a richer, more fertile environment. How do we do that? Storytelling is a powerful tool for creating empathy, facilitating healing, and inspiring action. Sometimes before we tell our stories we have to remove foot from mouth, back track, rewind, apologize, or simply take our chins off the floor. This morning we will start a conversation about how to do that with some grace.
The Rev. Kikanza Nuri Robins is a trans-traditional spiritual leader who works with groups from many faith traditions. She is an author, a consultant to mission driven organizations, and a member of our beloved community.
Dozens of our members are at de Benneville Pines weekend – and holding a service this morning at our mountain camp.
Embarking on the Journey - Meeting Our New Developmental Minister
Theme:
Expectation
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - 10:00am
Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
Worship Associate:
Kikanza Nuri-Robins
We are beginning to take our first steps together on a spiritual journey. Developmental ministry invites us into a period of adventure, challenge, contemplation, and discovery. It will require all of us to stretch our imaginations, open our hearts even wider, and do the deep work of creating beloved community together. This Sunday, I hope to share some of my story and my hopes for the exciting path we have embarked upon.
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Earlier, the Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae wrote to us:
"I am so excited to begin developmental ministry with you. The compelling ministry before us will touch upon the very heart of congregational life. We will explore mission, vision, and the covenants that bind us to each other and to the larger world. We will learn to deepen our relationships, explore matters of the heart and emotional intelligence, practice good communication and setting appropriate boundaries in congregational life, and create spaciousness for an affirmation and celebration of the diversity inherent to our pluralistic spiritual life. We will also work to examine systems and structures of the congregation and continue the important work towards increased financial vitality and sustainability. We will be in deep conversation around these goals and others in the coming months. This is truly a time for a holistic reflection on the essence of beloved community and what is required of each of us to be transformed by liberal religious community.
My most recent ministries have been serving congregations in the San Francisco Bay Area and teaching multireligious philosophy and theology at Starr King School for the Ministry – our Unitarian Universalist seminary at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. At Starr King, I also served for many years recruiting and preparing our next generation of Unitarian Universalist ministers and progressive religious leaders. In addition to being a UU minister, I am a practicing Sufi in the lineage of Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé and Moinuddin Chishti. In the larger community, I’ve been especially invested in the Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, Climate Justice, Disability, Refugee and Aslyee, Transgender/Queer and Feminist Liberation movements. Before entering the ministry, I was a social justice activist, educator, nonprofit professional, and community leader.
We will have a lot of time to learn more from each other and I look forward to ministering with each of you!
With love and gratitude,
Jeremiah"
P&SJ - Schools & Communities First Reform Initiative on 2020 Ballot
ACLU SoCal Westside – Schools and Communities First Advocate Training
Saturday, September 21 from 10:30am to 1:30pm
Most of us want similar things: a safe neighborhood, a healthy family, and good schools for our children. But for nearly four decades, big corporations have not been paying their share, leaving California at the bottom third of U.S. states in quality public education.
Join us to learn how you can be an advocate for your schools and community! Learn about the Schools and Communities First Campaign and how you can help us close a 40 year old corporate property tax loophole in 2020.
Free parking available in the parking structure at Arizona Ave. and 16th St.
Lunch will be provided.
For more information, contact Roberta Frye, robertaf420@gmail.com.
Date / Time:
Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Room:
Contact Name:
Roberta Frye
Interfaith solidarity March Planning with FIA and the Institute for Religious Tolerance,Peace & Justice
Date / Time:
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room:
Contact Name:
James Witker
The Labor of Love
Theme:
Expectation
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Rev. Rae Chen Huang
Worship Associate:
Abby Arnold
In a world where hate too often defines our politics and society, love must be the guiding force that leads us back to humanity and integrity. What can the labor movement teach the faith community about love?
Note: No audio recording is available for this service.
Boomer One
Theme:
Risk
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Alison Kendall, Natalie Kahn, Aubrey Sassoon
Retirees, Boomers, Millennials, Kids--How Can We Communicate? Each stage of life has its unique challenges and tasks, and we find it easier to relate to others at the same stage. What can we learn by listening to those at another stage, and how do we connect when we are seemingly on different channels? Natalie Kahn, Alison Kendall and Aubrey Sassoon will discuss their efforts to relate to those at different life stages and our children will weigh in with ideas of their own. Let's explore the generation gap and how we might learn from each other.
Pose
Theme:
Risk
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Worship Associate:
Cassie Winters
Where can you tell your whole Truth? Is there any place that is safe enough to share all of who you are? If telling the truth is a virtue, why do we spend so much time wearing masks? What are the masks that you wear? Who knows what is behind your mask?
FIA - Film - A Prayer for Compassion
A Prayer for Compassion is a feature length documentary that strives to inspire and encourage those already on a religious or spiritual path, to expand their circle of compassion to embrace all life, regaradless of species, andmake choices in alignment with this value.
Here is a link for more info: A PRAYER FOR COMPASSION | A FILM BY THOMAS WADE JACKSON
This event is brought to you by the UU Animal Ministry and the Green Living Committee: The film provides a vivid and compassionate case for reducing our consumption of animals and animal products. A tasting of vegan food will be provided before the film, adding further persuasion of the health, enviornmental and ethical advantages of veganism, vegetarianism and reducitarianism(eating fewer animal food products)
4:30pm - Vegan Food Tasiting in Forbes Hall
5:15pm - Screening of Film
7:00 - 7:45pm - Q &A -Moderated by UCLA professor Arvind Thomas
Parking near to the church is very limited. Please walk, bike, take transit or carpool and park at meters on Wilshire or Santa Monica Blvd
Date / Time:
Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 4:30pm - 8:00pm
Room:
Contact Name:
Amy Lacombe
Adult Programs - Body-Mind Tune Up with Bruno - Class Cancelled - for today
Date / Time:
Saturday, August 24, 2019 - 11:45am - 12:45pm