Keeping Score
Monthly Theme: Embodiment
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Rev. Rebecca will reflect on ministry and motherhood and we will welcome children to our community with a ceremony of Child Dedication at the 11am service.
Raising children is a sacred stewardship and a daily spiritual practice. A child dedication is an act of affirmation; a recognition of the reverence for life that we speak of in our first principle. On May 14, we will formally welcome children into our congregation. As a part of the service we will dedicate ourselves to nurture the inherent sense of personal dignity and worth of our children. Although we call this ceremony a Child Dedication, it is really a dedication of the primary caregivers and the congregation to nurture these children with those values that promote responsible and generous living. It is a celebration of both responsibility and promise. If you would like to participate, please contact DRE Kathleen Hogue at
dre@uusm.org no later than May 8.
God of Our (Mis)Understanding
Monthly Theme: Embodiment
Rev. Greg Ward
Millions of people through history have tried to understand God. That search continues. While the search could be understood as a way to unify all things – it’s hard to ighore how divisive it has been. How might such a search help us move beyond 'us' and 'them' to connect us with something unifying and larger than our need to be right?
In four months, Rev. Greg will begin as our Developmental Minister.
Who Cares? I Do!
Monthly Theme: Transformation
YRUU Youth Group
Our YRUU Youth Group will lead worship at 9 am and 11 am.
[Note: No audio recording is available for this service.]
Earth Sunday
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and leaders from Green Living and Faith in Action celebrate the conclusion of Climate Justice Month with a special Earth-centered service.
[Note: No audio recording is available for this service.]
Morning Has Come
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Kathleen Hogue and Dr. Zanaida Robles
Join worship leaders Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, DRE Kathleen Hogue, and Dr. Zanaida Robles for our spirit-filled
UU Easter services. The Adult Choir will sing at the 9 am and 11 am services; non-competitive, candy-free egg hunts for children will follow both services in the courtyard. To help hide eggs, please RSVP to Kathleen at
dre@uusm.org.
Heart and Soul: A Contemplative Worship Service (5 p.m.)
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Joyce Holmen and Karen Hsu Patterson
In consultation with our minister, we are continuing the Heart and Soul services, now led by Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Joyce Holmen, and Karen Hsu Patterson. With singing and instrumental music, statements and questions, silence and sharing, we’ll explore this month's theme of what it means to be a Community of Transformation.
Call the Midwife
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
What does Transformation, our ministry theme for April, have to do with saying goodbye? The third in a coninuing worship series on leave-taking.
Still We rise
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
What does transformation, our ministry theme for April, have to do with saying goodbye? The third in a continuing
worship series on leave-taking.
What is Meaningful and What We Value
Monthly Theme: Risk
Right Relations Task Force and Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
The Right Relations Task Forces has been speaking with church members about meaningful and transformative experiences they have had with others in our church community. The task force will share what they have learned from your stories and how these inform our core values.
[Note: No audio recording is available for this service.]
Intergenerational Justice: Sacred Science, Evolving Faith
Monthly Theme: Risk
Rev. Michael Dowd
The Rev. Michael Dowd, eco-theologian, “pro-future evangelist," and bestselling author, returns with a message of hope for chaotic times.
