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Stewardship Video Project |
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Stewardship/Fundraising
You play a critical role in helping build the Beloved Community. We are 100% self sustaining. If you value the enrichment, the encouragment to growth, and the opportunities to work together to bring more love and justice into the world, please take a moment today to pledge for the life of this community.
There are three ways you can signify your commitment:
Got questions? Please email church president Beth Brownlie at president@uusm.org or Stewardship chair Jacki Weber at stewardship@uusm.org. They're also in the church directory and are happy to talk! 
Remember our spiritual home at 18th and Arizona? We sure missed it! We have recently reopened our vibrant space with COVID-19 safety protocols in place!
 How we create a culture of abundance at UUSM.
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Stewardship/RE - Spirit Grant Fundraiser Meeting |
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Stewartship Committee Meeting |
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Stewartship Meeting |
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Still Coming Out? Church member and psychologist Ron Crane shares a seven-decade cultural and personal history of being gay. |
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Still Life Drawing with Greg Wood - Zoom/Online This is a drawing class for everyone. We will start with drawing simple shapes like fruit in a bowl, or maybe pens in a cup. We draw for 5 minutes, and then show and talk about the drawings for 5 minutes. Then I will introduce a new exercise for 5 minutes. The format is to do lots of quick exercises that stretch our visual muscles and maybe open our eyes to what is possible. Greg Wood has a BA in Art from UCSC. Before he retired, he worked as an architectural illustrator.
Thank you.
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Still We rise
What does transformation, our ministry theme for April, have to do with saying goodbye? The third in a continuing
worship series on leave-taking.
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Stitches, Staples, Glue |
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Story Painting by Nancy Romero
Nancy Romero, an award winning and well known artist in southern California, will be exhibiting a Sampling of Stories on the Art Wall at UU Santa Monica. The Artist’s Opening Reception is tentatively scheduled (watch for updates) for Sunday, September 10, from 11 am until 12:30 pm. Meet the artist and see a collection of her “Art Toys” at the reception. She works with oil and tempera on prepared panels, often gold leafed. The exhibit will run through the end of the September.
 In Romero’s words:
“I celebrate glee, playfulness and irony: we are overwhelmed by violence and negativity in our world today. My work is a small antidote.
“My paintings and toys tell stories. The subject matter is often inspired by my studies in mythology and folk art. I focus on the small battles in nature and in human relationships, playing with the images of the larger myth that infuse the minutia of our lives.
“In my paintings, I experiment with techniques, ranging from old master oil glazing to tempera and gilding. My toys are automata- they move, driven by hand cranks or small motors. They are made mostly from wood and painted in tempera.”
Romero’s education started with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, New York, and graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. It moved on to 30 years of painting stories and making toys based on mythology, morality, personal relationships, and the mysteries of animals. Search YouTube for ‘Nancy Romero Art Toys’ to see the toys in action. (For the digital copy use this link: See Nancy Romero Art Toys in Action instead of the sentence.)
Contact Nancy Thompson in the church office for information or weekday appointments: assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436 ext 102.
Contact Our Art Director, Beverly Alison for further info about this show or about exhibiting on our Art Wall.
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Strange Fruit Last year, anti-racism activist Bryan Stevenson - with allies at the Southern Poverty Law Center - raised money and opened a new museum in Montgomery AL that chronicles the personal, histoirical and violent narrative of our relationship with race in the US. This service is based on a slam poetry style sermon telling the story of how the black experience moved from slavery through Jim Crow reconstruction, through Civil Rights and right into a new era of systemic White Supremacy. This service will trace our progess through a photograph, stories and music. |
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Strategies for Living in 2012 |
