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As We Understand God
As-Sabur: The Most Patient (Online Service)
Sheikh Najm ad-Dīn Kubrà is called the “saint-making Sufi” because of the profound influence his early teachings had on so many Sufis, including the father of poet Jalaluddin Rumi. One of the essential character dispositions of the spiritual path according to Hz. Kubrà is the cultivation of patience. As-Sabur or The Most Patient is one of the 99 Beautiful Names of the Divine in Islam. This morning we will explore Sufi teachings on the spiritual path, learning to practice and appreciate patience in these challenging times.
Ash Wednesday Service
Ashokan Farewell (Jay Ungar) - Becky Erskine
Assistance to Refugees

Adopted at the Annual Meeting May 7, 1989

That the Unitarian Community Church of Santa Monica continue its policy of providing legal bond for selected refugees.
Association Sunday

Unitarian Universalist congregations across the nation have set aside this Sunday to recognize and support, spiritually and financially, the work of our Unitarian Universalist Association. Come find out how strong we are together. We will donate our offering to the UUA capital campaign for growth projects, Now Is the Time!
At Home in the Struggle

The saying la vida es la lucha suggests that struggle is fundamental to our humanness. How can our participation in efforts for human dignity - on any scale - contribute to deepening a life of faith? This sermon will explore this question, and suggest that our own experiences of struggle can enrich the spiritual community we build together. Susan Conrad, who served our congregation as Faith in Action Intern two years ago, is a student at Harvard Divinity School. Music Michael Lamb, vocalist
At the Center of All Beauty
This is a service based on the book by Fenton Johnson on the lessons of solitude and the creative life.
 
We welcome back to our pulpit the Rev. Hannah Petrie who in her 18-year career has served several full-time parish ministries including Neighborhood Church in Pasadena and UU Church of Studio City. She serves on the board of Pasadenans Organizing for Progress (POP), as Secretary, and on the Altadena Town Council where she resides.
At the Threshold
Atheists, Agnostics, Humanists and Secularists (AAHS)

A part of the family at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica
 
Statement of Purpose
 
AAHS is a group dedicated to creating a welcoming place for non-theists within the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica and in the wider community.
 
In a world where religious conservatives oppose private and civil rights on scriptural grounds, where school boards are trying to inject superstition into science classrooms, where our leaders abdicate responsibility to a higher source, do you ever feel like the scales are tipped against you?
 
You are not alone.
 
Non-theists, freethinkers, rationalists, spiritual-but-not-religious, and “none of the above” now make up 14% of the country and for adults under 30 the rate is twice that. Here at UUCCSM, nearly half of the members identify themselves as religious/secular humanist, agnostic or atheist.
 
AAHS is a group within the UUCCSM church family for anybody who embraces the values of UUism while also holding a rational world view without the need for a supernatural creator.
 
As UU’s we are united by shared values embodied in the 7 Principles. Like many who hold a traditional theist view, we find inspiration in the wonders of the universe, strength in the community of fellow-travelers, and compassion that motivates us to make the world a better place for all.
 
From Epicurus to the Enlightenment, Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine, fight up to contemporary thinkers like Paul Kurtz, religious skeptics have brought the power of creativity, reason and intellect to bear on the challenges we face as a species.
 
Our focus is to create meaning in our lives in the here-and-now rather than hoping for the hereafter. We celebrate the triumphs of the arts and sciences to ease human suffering and enrich the precious time we each have to be alive.
 
AAHS seeks to create dialog with people from across the broad spectrum of beliefs in our UU tradition. As part of the growing ground swell of secularism, we feel that non-theists have something to offer in the ways we live our UU values.
 
Please feel free to join us for fellowship, free thought, and frank discussions about the role of the rationalist in the community of UUCCSM.
 
We meet every 4th Sunday in the Cottage after the 11:00 service (10:00 during summer months) unless otherwise announced. All are welcome.
 
Would you like to be informed about AAHS events? Contact us at aahs@uusm.org and we will be glad to add you to our email list. 
 
Other ways to stay in touch or find out more about Secular Humanism:
 

 
Attending to Transitions

Transition is more than simply change. What is a transition like? How do we pay attention to the transition time so it can be a rich and satisfying experience?