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The Rapture In the 'Left Behind' series, author and minister Tim LaHaye talks about the rapture. The rapture, for those of us who haven't spent time in the south or who don't listen to Garrison Keillor, is the apocalyptic accounting of the end times where good souls are swept up and taken to heaven and 'non-believers' are 'left behind.' Where are Unitarian Universalists in the rapture. In this exploration of apocalyptic thinking, we will endeavor to find our place in the end of times. Summer schedule: one service at 10 a.m. |
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The Real Challenge of Gratitude
Activist and author Barbara Ehrenreich reminds us that gratitude isn't only a personal feeling, it's also a call to value the lives of real people, many of whom are unseen and underpaid, who do the work that supports our lives. Is solidarity the real challenge of gratitude?
[Please Note: No audio recording is available for this service.]
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The Real Dirt on Farmer John Although a documentary, this film does not lack for drama, humor, character or plot. It is a story of a real farmer, whose quest for meaning and fulfillment on the farmland where he grew up has much to tell us about our own spiritual quest and about living a rooted existence. |
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The Relevance of Jesus |
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The Reverend Judith E. Meyer, Minister Emeritus
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The Rope
Edwin Friedman, one of the pioneers of 'Family Systems' has a book of fables which he uses to talk about the universal predicament we all face: the hero's journey of becoming our own person. We may scratch our head and ask, 'isn't that what we're doing?' But if we look at the myriad of ways we unconscious, tenaciously, hold on to the habits we were taught when we're young, we discover we are all composites of patterns we adopted early in our lives to survive and never managed to unlearn. We talk a great deal about the value of freedom but, don't often realize how captive we are to our own past.
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The Safest Place The scandal in the Roman Catholic church has made us all aware that church is not always the safest place to be, especially for children. Let us explore what it means for us to create a safe community for children and for adults. Today is a Membership Sunday. Those who are ready to join the church may sign the Membership Book after the service. Music Ginger Murphy, Cello |
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The Saga Continues Jim Conn is Urban Strategist with the United Methodist Church, and formerly Minister of the Church in Ocean Park, and Mayor of Santa Monica. He asks, "The great gifts of the Buddhist Way do not find much support in the culture of the Empire at war, but they make for good friends while living in times like these. What marks these times? What are the gifts?" |
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The Seasons of Life In the midst of the holiday season and the solstice, we become more aware of the seasons of life. Generations are born, grow up, age, and pass away, teaching us over and over again the wisdom implicit in the cycles. Music TBA |
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The Secret of Life
You will have to come to the service to hear the secret. But the secret is at the core of all the great Wisdom Traditions.
[Note: no audio recording is available for this service.]
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The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa Our guest, a librarian and authority on African World Community, will speak about the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa and how they represent essential standards of personal and social excellence directed toward building and sustaining a moral world community. Itibari M. Zulu is a librarian at Mesa Community College in Mesa, AZ, and was previously the head librarian at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Library & Media Center at UCLA. Note Our attendant will be on duty to allow entry of cars into the UCLA Hospital parking lot at 1311 16th St from 830-1030 a.m. on December 31. |
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The Shelter of Each Other |
The Rev. Judith E. Meyer was called to serve the congregation as settled minister in 1993 and retired in 2008. She grew up in First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County in Orange, NJ and was active in the UU youth movement as a teenager. She spent a summer with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee at a work camp in Sedalia, North Carolina, during the civil rights era.