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March, 2011Thirty View Peace FilmIn an event at our church sponsored by our Peace and Social Justice Committee, 30 people saw a film January 23 about the bias of U.S. media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Produced in 2003, the movie, "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land" remains relevant. Activist and scholar Sherna Berger Gluck led a discussion that brought the story up to date. |
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Marking Time (Online Service)
How are you crossing the threshold this year? Spiraling, ascending, finishing, or counting the days? How we mark time matters.
The Rev. Matthew Cockrum serves as Minister for Spiritual Care and Practice at Fountain Street Church, an independent church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Matthew is also trained in spiritual direction, yoga instruction, and end of life doula services and has served as a hospital chaplain. Matthew’s ministries focus on music, movement, and meaning.
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Marlon Bundo: What You Need to Know about Lessening Shame
When counting our blessings, a very important one to remember is the blessing that teaches us to rise above doubt and beyond shame. We all hope for a life where we see clearly and learn to call ourselves – and teach others to call us – by our true names. It is only after we begin to see and call ourselves as beloved that we begin to write the real story of our life. This is a service about getting to the starting line in the journey toward Love. We will welcome new members into our congregation during this service.
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Martin Luther King and Jimmy Carter Steven Jacobs is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Kol Tikvah, Woodland Hills. His sermon will explore how two unpopular men faced the challenge of their times. Rabbi Jacobs has a long-standing commitment to civil rights, Black and Jewish community relations, Muslim and Jewish relations, interfaith missions, and religious pluralism. Chalice Lighting (9 a.m.) Remarks by Steven De Paul |
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Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service at Hillcrest Drive Elementary School MLK Jr. Day of Service is a powerful day of activism and reflection. Each year volunteers across the nation commemorate this day with meaningful service, learning, and remembrance. On Monday, January 20, 2014 volunteers from our church will join L.A. Works and more than 1000 community and corporate volunteers to make MLK Jr. Day of Service a “Day On, Not a Day Off”. We will revitalize the campus of Title I school Hillcrest Drive Elementary in South Los Angeles whose physical grounds are in great need of care. Research has shown that children learn better in an environment in which they feel proud and comfortable. School gardens and gardening have an impact on science, math, social studies and language and visual arts. In addition, the students have the benefit of learning teamwork and responsibility by caring for the garden. The students will also see first hand the wonders of fresh food, healthy nutrition, and benefits of exercise. As a Title I school, 40% or more of students at the elementary school come from families that are low-income. What to Expect: Murals across the campus that are dated and peeling will be repaired or replaced, school buildings and grounds will be painted, and landscaping will be rehabilitated. While volunteers will work across the entire campus on the day, the focus will be on building an enlarged school garden. The fine print: The volunteer commitment is from 8am-12pm. Lunch will follow. Volunteers must be at least 5 years of age. Children under the age of 14 must have a parent/guardian with them. To participate: sign up at the Faith In Action table in Forbes Hall on Sundays or contact volunteer@uusm.org. |
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Martin Luther King Jr Event - Make Real Now Our Promise to Democracy The Martin Luther King Jr. event 9:00-10:30am at SGI-USA World Peace Auditorium, 525 Wilshire (NW corner). Theme: "Make Real Now Our Promise to Democracy"
The Keynote Speaker is the first ever National Youth Poet Laurete, Amanda Gordon. Music will be by Chosen Gospel Recovery; a Community Light Award to Ruby House (whose Director has spoken at our Church); and the Mar Vista Gardens Boys & Girls Club Dance Squad, plus student awards.
A Community Involvement Fair with Refreshments will follow at Fairmont Miramar, 101 Wilshire, where UUSM will be represented. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday - Event at the SGI-USA World Culture Center The Faith In Action Peace & Social Justice Committee will be staffing a booth for the 2nd year at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Saturday, January 19. The event begins with a program honoring Dr. King at the SGI-USA World Culture Center, 575 Wilshire Blvd.(parking at location) at 9:00 am to noon; then moves across the street to 606 Wilshire Blvd., for a reception and the community involvement fair (with our UU booth). We invite you to come to the program and stay for the reception and fair. If you have questions call Diana Spears at 310-452-2849 or Peggy Rhoads at 310-254-5267 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and a man of great faith. Yet he wrote in his Letter from Birmingham Jail that he was deeply disappointed in the Christian church for failing to provide moral leadership in the struggle for racial and economic justice. What can we Unitarian Universalists learn from his faith and his disappointment? Music Jennifer Jurick, soprano |
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Mary: The Radical (Online Service)
Our service explores the narratives and life of the most famous religious woman in the world, revered in the Christian and Islamic traditions, and often ignored by Protestantism. Let’s separate the myth from reality as we contemplate her life and a radical feminist revolution this Advent season.
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Mathilde Lombard - Number of Years
Mathilde Lombard has been curating art and creating her own works for many years. Much of the formal training Lombard received was at the Beverly Hills Adult School and from mentors, including Keith Finch. Lombard uses watercolor, ink, acrylic and other media to make striking and memorable images. Lombard explains her passion, “I believe that each of us has creativity within expressed in many different ways. The question is whether or not one is moved to explore it. Visual art has been a major force in my life…I work intuitively, without preconceived notions and allow the painting to lead me. Truly, art is a never ending exploration — rich and exciting, frustrating and joyful!”
The show will run through Sunday, June 28, and is open to the public on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on weekdays by appointment. Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org or at (310) 829-5436 ext. 102 for information or appointments. Contact Beverly Alison for further information about the artist or about exhibiting on the Art Wall at UU Santa Monica. Attention Church Artists:July is the month of our annual exhibit. If you have work you wish to exhibit on the Art Wall contact Diana Spears by June 15. |
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Maundy Thursday Service |
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Maundy Thursday Service and Shared Meal |
Please join us as we welcome multi-media artist Mathilde Lombard and come view Number of Years — her show of acrylic paintings. Lombard curated our Art Wall for 20 years and passed the job on to Beverly Alison about 20 years ago. We welcome back her fine art and friendship! A Gala Artist Opening Reception for Mathilde Lombard will be on Sunday, June 7, from 12 noon to 2 p.m., UU Santa Monica, Forbes Hall.
Lombard has been featured in many galleries in southern California and won a number of awards. She is a member of Women Painters West and the National Watercolor Society. From 1992 to 2006 she was represented by the Art Rental and Sales Gallery of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work has also appeared in a number of publications including “Faces” by Jack Selleck, “The Art of Collage” by Gerald Brommer, and “The Best of Watercolor, Volume 3, Selected by Serge Hollerbach and Betty Lou Schlemm.”