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Featured Articles - December, 2008

Dining for Dollars Needs You

Dining for Dollars is our biggest fundraiser of the year and it’s just around the corner. This version of a silent auction is held the last two Sundays in February, but our scheduling of the events will be happening in about three weeks.

The Dining for Dollars committee has been making phone calls to church members and even church friends, looking for people interested in hosting an event, either at their own house or at another venue, such as a park or a restaurant.
Featured Articles - February, 2004

A Minister's Work is Never Done

Our Rev. Judith Meyer is called to serve our congregation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Indeed, she works days, nights, weekdays and weekends – in solitude and in service – to minister to and lead our congregation in a variety of ways. But it’s easy to miss that if you’ve only seen her in the pulpit on Sundays.
Featured Articles - February, 2005

Building Committee Prepares Applications for City Agencies

The Building Committee has been hard at work preparing the plans and application materials for submission to the City of Santa Monica. The application materials include a request for Development Review and a Conditional Use Permit to remodel our existing facilities at 1260 18th Street, adding a new religious education wing to Forbes Hall at the back of the new property at 1248 18th Street, and moving the house forward and remodeling it for use as office space.
Featured Articles - February, 2006

Judith and Catherine Launch Lifespan Religious Education

What does it take to launch a vibrant new adult program for religious exploration and faith development? The first step is to gather everyone who is interested in creating the vision. Please join us Tuesday evening, February 21, from 7 to 9 p.m., to take part in a dialogue about adult religious exploration in our church. Judith Meyer and Catherine Farmer will lead the meeting.
Featured Articles - February, 2008

"Secret Pals" is coming

How many people at UUCCSM do you know? How many people at UUCCSM who are not of your generation do you know? Here’s an opportunity to spend a month making a new friend (or getting to know an old one better) — you’re invited to take part in our annual Secret Pals program.
Featured Articles - February, 2011

Joyous Installation Ceremony Planned for Rev. Bijur

February 13, 2011, will mark another milestone in our church’s history. At 3 p.m. that afternoon, the Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur will be installed as our ninth settled minister in a joyous and moving installation service. Please join fellow members, friends, and guests as we celebrate and affirm the covenant between Rev. Bijur and the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica.
Featured Articles - January, 2004

Board Discusses Its Decision Regarding Morgan Bequest

There was a long discussion at the December board meeting about the use of the $480,000 Earl Morgan bequest recently left to the church, with Pat McGuire and Kathy Cook in attendance. See Pat’s letter in the November newsletter for the points he made in urging that a portion of the money be given to aid "the poor, the environment, world peace." Kathy Cook discussed the decision process, saying an attempt should have been made to get congregational input on the disposition before a decision was made.
Featured Articles - January, 2005

We Sell the 17th St. Property for $1.1 Million with a 15-month Leaseback at $1 Per Month

After having listed the 17th St. property for sale in October, we closed the sale of the property on December 14 for a purchase price of $1,100,000. Even after our first buyer for the property walked away from the deal, there was a great deal of interest in the property and our broker fielded over 200 calls. We received several confirmed offers before settling on a final purchase agreement.
Featured Articles - January, 2006

Make Your Pledge Now to Ring in the New Year

"When we accentuate the possibility in terms of financial commitment, one of the first possibilities is what Jack Kornfield calls ‘compassionate generosity,’ which he relates to ‘letting go.’ He says, ‘an act of generosity opens our body, heart, and spirit and brings us closer to freedom.’ Generosity has to do with an attitude of abundance, not scarcity." "An attitude of scarcity will say, ‘you mean you want me to give 5% of my after-tax income to the church?!’ By contrast, an attitude of thankful abundance will say, ‘Wow!
Featured Articles - January, 2008

Dining for Dollars Auction is coming

Hark UU members, each man, woman, kid. Dining for Dollars is awaiting your bid. The biggest fundraising event of them all Will be holding its auction in — most likely — Forbes Hall.

After each service — two Sundays — real soon, Early service at ten; later one starts at noon. Our generous hosts are offering you Many oldies but goodies, and some are brand new.
Featured Articles - January, 2009

Wanted

WHO: You
WHAT: ComUUnity Greeter Program
WHEN: Each member/family volunteers to greet at one Sunday service a year
WHERE: The courtyard before church and the coffee hour after church
WHY: A friendly and welcoming community for ALL— visitors, newer members, and longtime members alike
HOW:
Featured Articles - January, 2011

Celebrate Rebecca's Installation

Our congregation will formally install our ninth settled minister, The Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, on Sunday, February 13, at 3 p.m. Please join fellow members, friends, and guests as we celebrate and affirm the covenant between the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica and Rev. Bijur. Honored guests include representatives from the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA), the Pacific Southwest District, our ministers emerita and emeritus,
UU clergy, and local religious leaders.