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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.**

September 7, 2014
Love Reaches Out (two services at 9 and 11 a.m.)
Monthly Theme: Love
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Nica Eaton-Guinn, Catherine Farmer Loya and DeReau Farrar
As we return to our fall schedule, with two services at 9 and 11 a.m., join us for a festive, intergenerational Ingathering, with worship leaders Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Nica Eaton-Guinn, Catherine Farmer Loya, and DeReau Farrar. The choir will sing at both services.

 

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August 31, 2014
Peace and Rest
Monthly Theme: Sabbath
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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August 24, 2014
Love is the Doctrine
Monthly Theme: Sabbath
Rev. Lissa Anne Gundlach
The Rev. Lissa Anne Gundlach is Assistant Minister for Congregational Life at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City. Grounded in an engaged spiritual life, Lissa seeks to serve and grow visionary Unitarian Universalist congregations that enable our members and friends to live joyful lives of depth and service. A lifelong Unitarian Universalist from First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts, Lissa received her BA in religious studies from Vassar College and her Masters in Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary.  She looks forward to experiencing worship with the UU Community Church of Santa Monica!

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August 17, 2014
Esperanza/Hope - Reflections on the Youth Trip to Mexico
Monthly Theme: Sabbath
YRUU Youth Group, YRUU Advisors, Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Catherine Farmer Loya
August 10, 2014
From Generation to Generation
Monthly Theme: Sabbath
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Intern Minister Nica Eaton-Guinn, Joanna Woods-Marsden and Joe Engleman
August 3, 2014
Poetry of Affirmation
Monthly Theme: Sabbath
Rima Snyder
Church members Rima Snyder, Edna Bonacich and Judith Martin-Straw present poems that talk about making conscious and positive choices, about turning difficulty into opportunity, and about celebrating the joy of life.
July 27, 2014
It's You!
Monthly Theme: Imagination
Rev. Anne Hines

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July 20, 2014
Daring to Be Vulnerable
Monthly Theme: Imagination
Rev. Christina Shu

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July 13, 2014
Uncivil Behavior
Monthly Theme: Imagination
Rev. Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins

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July 6, 2014
Who Ate California?
Monthly Theme: Imagination
Rev. Jim Conn