Sunday, December 31, Only One Service at 11:00 am

All These Words Mean Happy Kwanzaa

Ministerial Candidate Greg Boyd and the adult choir under the direction of Dr. Zanaida Robles explore some of the principles that are part of Kwanzaa and discover why these principles are relevant today.

Kwanzaa was created in 1966 to offer Black Americans an alternative to the consumerism (and lack of capital returning to Black communities) found at Christmas. Research for the holiday was partially provided by our Unitarian Universalist Association through a fund created to support Black Empowerment. Join Gregory C. Carrow-Boyd for a lively musical dialogue on the meaning of Kwanzaa in Unitarian Universalism and its significance to Black Unitarian Universalists.

Parking is available at the UCLA structure for this special Sunday service. 

Please join us on Showcase Sunday!

On a Showcase Sunday, every committee sets up a table and members roam the room. This allows every committee, every member, and each friend of the church, opportunities to find each other and to ask and answer questions directly. It completely removes the mystery of how to get involved...for both longtime and new members and it gives the committees a chance to recruit or work on a time-limited project.

Turning Point

Date: November 26, 2017
Time: 9:00-11:30am
Info: We will be making lunches here at the church and then walking to Turning Point to deliver the lunches and tour the facility located at 1447 16th Street. Santa Monica, CA 90404. 

What we need for 55 sack lunches:

 -         Loaves of bread (7 total)

-         Sliced cheese (60 slices total)

-         Lettuce (4 heads)

-         Tomatoes (sliced ahead of time if possible – need 12-14 total)

-     110 Deli meat – turkey, (need enough for 55 sandwiches x 2 slices)

-         Fruit (apples, oranges, pears, bananas – RIPE, please! – need 55 total)

-         Pretzel or chip or other small bagged snacks (need 55 total)

- 55 mustard packs

-55 mayo packs

-55 lunch bags

-55 plastic sandwich bags

-55 juice boxes

Permission forms for the trip are available in the front of the sanctuary on the RE Information board. All children participating must turn in a signed permission form prior to leaving for the shelter. 

Please be aware: we will be going in ONE group to the shelter, so all who wish to participate MUST come to the 9:00 service, or meet us in the cottage NO LATER THAN 9:30. 

Would you like to go along with us and help supervise?  We need at least three more adults to participate.  There will also be an alternate activity offered at UUCCSM for those who do not go on the trip, and we could use one or two more helpers for that project as well.

PLEASE contact Kathleen uusmdre@gmail.com  to let me know if your child/children will participate in the trip, and if you can help provide some of the food items.  It is very important that we have an accurate count of participants ahead of time, as well as a sense of what food items will be contributed to we know what we’ll need to get to complete the list.  

Join church members and friends for a contemplative gathering to celebrate the longest night of the year. Readings, meditation, music, and candle lighting will help us honor the dark, welcome the return of light and prepare us for the year to come. 

Building Your Own Theology III: Ethics

In this course, Gilbert’s model has the self connecting to a system of ethics- the system that you use to choose how to act in your relationships with yourself and others.
Some questions are: Who Am I? To Whom and to What Am I Related? Within what communities do you identify yourself and how do those identities affect your life, your beliefs, your choices?  Does who you are make a difference in what you believe?
These are the kinds of questions we will ask you to consider during this course. You do not need to be sure of your answers, we only ask that you consider the questions and answer as best as you can with what you believe in this moment.

Leon Henderson-MacLennan- Facilitator