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Beginnings A sermon about where we come from our fathers and our mothers and also the ancestors long before them. Their lives and goals live in us. The task of our life is to remember and live out their dreams but also to transform them in line with our unique selves and times. The Rev. Ricky Hoyt, minister, author and former member of our congregation, will be leading three services this month. We welcome him back to our pulpit. Music: Charla Gulino, Flute |
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Being Ourselves |
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BeliefNet's Belief-O-Matic Religion Quiz Fun test -- find out if you're a UU at heart |
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Belonging If there's one thing we all agree on after the election, it?s how much voting means to us. Such an individual activity is also fundamentally communal. It helps us to understand what it means to belong - not only to a democratic society, but also to a democratic church. Music Michael Lamb |
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Beloved Community: Building a World Transformed by Our Care
How do we bring alive Unitarian Universalism's spirit of love in working to build the beloved community? How might our UU values and ethos serve to help transform the world? Join us this Sunday as the Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti, Senior Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill, NJ leads us in worship. Rev. Bijur will be preaching at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Stow-Acton in Stow, MA on 9/21, as part of a weekend-long celebration of the congregation's new building.
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Beloved Conversations - Online/Zoom If you have participated in any cohort of the Beloved Conversations programming Please join others for a facilitated conversation on Sunday, December 4 from 4:30 - 6:00pm via Zoom. https://uusm.org/continuing-our-beloved-conversations/ Please rsvp to: adultre@uusm.org in order to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Please email Beth Rendeiro whose address is in the directory. |
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Beloved Conversations Facilitated Reflection - Zoom/Online |
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Belum Greek philosopher Heraclitus once talked about our quest for stabilty and permanence and the pain that's inevitable in a world that never stops unfolding and evolving. He said, 'The only thing constant in this world is change.' Buddhists have a similar take, citing 'impermanance' as a more accurate descriptor of what we often call 'reality.' This is what led them to the third noble truth which describes suffering as brought about by attachment to the way things are. Before we can get to this month's theme of wholness, we have to learn to accept change. “Belum,” by the way, is an Indonesian word which means “Not Quite Yet” — as in, “not quite finished.” Note: No audio recording is available for this service. |
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Benefit Concert for Homeboy Industries...presented by UUCCSM
Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, May 3 at noon (PST). Tickets can be purchased in person at the Smothers Theater box office, over the phone at 310.506.4522 or online atarts.pepperdine.edu/tickets. A special password-protected, Internet only presale will begin Tuesday, April 30 at noon and run until Thursday, May 2 at 11:59pm. The password for this pre-sale will be: homeboy. |
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Bernard Stanley Hoyes
Born in Jamaica in 1951, Bernard Stanley Hoyes now lives and works in Los Angeles. He earned his B.F.A in painting and graphic design at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He has recently been featured in a Los Angeles African American Museum show, “Places Of Validation: Art and Progression,” and 626 Gallery in LA featured him among “Black Masters of the 21st Century.” Over the past few years, Hoyes has had solo exhibitions in California and in Washington, D.C., Cologne, Amsterdam, and his native Jamaica. |
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Bettye Barclay
Bettye Barclay is an artist who works in a variety of media including acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, silk painting, and clay. She has received numerous awards for both her clay work and her paintings.
Her main focus from 1983 to 1998 was clay. During that time she exhibited and sold her work in fine craft galleries throughout the United States. Her studio in the mountains of Southern California became a place of great
contentment and inspiration as she spent the years from 1988 to 1998 working in that environment.
After closing her clay studio in 1998 and moving to Santa Monica full time she spent more time painting and
began exhibiting her paintings in various locations in Southern California. Bettye’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows at many local venues including Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine, Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, L.A Artcore Brewery Annex, and others. Her paintings are in collections in California, Hawaii, Texas, and Colorado In 2008 she again started working with clay. Bettye especially loves the excitement of the fire and smoke of raku firing, a process in which the raku glazed pieces are removed from the kiln with tongs when they reach a temperature of 1800 degrees. The pieces are quickly put into metal cans containing newspaper, which flames from the pots. The cans are covered and the pots stay in the covered cans for about twenty minutes. The pieces are cooled in water, and it is then possible to see the iridescence and amazing color of the raku pieces.
Bettye's clay pieces have been exhibited and sold in fine craft galleries throughout the United States, and are
also in collections in Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, and Korea.
At this time Bettye continues her creative expression in clay, acrylic, watercolor, and silk painting, using
whichever of her chosen media are necessary for the creative ideas she seeks to express.
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Bettye Barclay: Now and Then The last Art Wall of the year, Now & Then by Bettye Barclay, kicks off with an opening reception on Sunday, December 2 from 10 am to 1 pm. In collaboration with the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, the exhibit showcases the human quest for truth and knowledge through various stages of life.
“For me, art serves as a visual expression of the cycles and changes that are part of life. My artwork in different mediums is an attempt to explore those various aspects of life, and acknowledging the constant flux and change [of life]”, said Barclay.
Barclay’s award-winning multimedia creations take form in raku clay, fused glass, and her recent explorations in acrylic pour painting.
 Barclay’s paintings were exhibited in both solo and group shows at many local venues including the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine, the Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery, and L.A. Artcore Brewery Annex among others. Her artwork is featured in collections throughout multiple states including California, Hawaii, Texas, and Colorado.
From 1983 to 1998, Barclay’s main medium was clay. During those years, her one-of-a-kind pieces sold in fine craft galleries throughout the United States. She won awards in local and national competitions for her work in both clay and acrylic mediums. Barclay’s masterpieces can be found in collections in the U.S., Hong Kong, Korea, Canada, and Australia.
Several years ago, Barclay explored fused glass themes in Seasons of the Heart and developed a series of stylized figures that will be shown at the December Art Wall.
  The Now and Then exhibit will run through the end of the month of December. It follows November’s Art Wall feature, Reflections, by Poverny. During the reception on December 2, many other pieces of Barclay’s work will be available for your consideration.
Featured artists at the monthly Art Wall exhibits donate 20 percent of all proceeds to UUSM.
Contact Art Director Beverly Alison for further info about this show. For appointments, contact the church office: Nancy at assistant@uusm.org or 310-829-5436 x102. On Sundays, follow the signs to church parking. Handicap parking is available behind the church.
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On June 23, at 7:30 p.m., UUCCSM will present celebrated singer-songwriter, actor and activist Kris Kristofferson and singer-songwriter John Flynn playing a benefit concert on behalf of Homeboy Industries. The event will be held at the Smothers Theater in Malibu. For more information, see 