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This is a full list of sermons presented at UUCCSM since mid-1999. Links to sermon texts are included when made available by their authors. Audio recordings are also available for most sermons presented after September, 2007 by our staff ministers and others directly affiliated with our church (just click the speaker icon next to each sermon where it's available*). Audio from guest speakers is posted only when we have their permission to share it.

Hard copies of sermons by Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae are available in the church office. Contact office assistant Sibylla Nash at office@uusm.org if you have a request.

"Leaving Room for Hope: Sermons for Uncertain Times," a book of Minister Emerita Judith Meyer's sermons, is available here.

**Please Note: Video recordings are available for sermons with a small TV icon showing at the bottom of the sermon listing. Just click the icon to watch the service.**

December 28, 2014 - 11:00am
Once Upon a Time -- Again (one service only at 11:00 a.m.)
Monthly Theme: Hope
Michael Eselun
Church member and UCLA Oncology Chaplain Michael Eselun will explore the meaning and hidden gifts that may lie in our stories, just waiting to be told again.
 

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December 24, 2014
Beasts and Baubles Christmas Eve (4 p.m.)
Monthly Theme: Hope
Catherine Farmer Loya and Nica Eaton-Guinn
Join Catherine Farmer Loya and Nica Eaton-Guinn for a festive family-friendly Christmas Eve service, with holiday music from DeReau K. Farrar and friends. 

 

December 24, 2014
Joy to the World Christmas Eve Candelight Services (6 and 8 p.m.)
Monthly Theme: Hope
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, DeReau K. Farrar, Catherine Farmer Loya, Nica Eaton-Guinn
Adult Choir at 6 p.m. 
Poulenc Quartet at 8 p.m.
 
If you would like to be a reader at a Christmas Eve service, please contact Nica Eaton-Guinn at intern.minister@uusm.org.
 
(Please note that audio from both the 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. sermons are posted below.)

 

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December 21, 2014 - 7:00pm
Solstice Vespers (7 p.m.)
Monthly Theme: Hope
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Friends
Through readings, chant, candle lighting, and sacred silence, we will mark the longest night of the year. Rima Snyder, Judith Martin-Straw, Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, and friends will host this evening service.
 
December 21, 2014
Festival of Lights: A Multigenerational Pageant (9 & 11 a.m.)
Monthly Theme: Hope
Catherine Farmer Loya, Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Nica Eaton-Guinn
We will welcome The Friendly Beasts, a wonderful church tradition.
December 14, 2014
Hope in the Dark
Monthly Theme: Hope
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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December 7, 2014
A Caregiver's Bill of Rights
Monthly Theme: Hope
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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November 30, 2014
Finding Sanctuary
Monthly Theme: Sanctuary
Nica Eaton-Guinn, Intern Minister

Please note that no audio recording is available for this sermon.

November 23, 2014
Our Song of Thanksgiving
Monthly Theme: Sanctuary
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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November 16, 2014
Always Coming Home
Monthly Theme: Sanctuary
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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