Sermons
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.**
Music of Resistance
Monthly Theme: Covenant
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Dr. Irene Gregorio-Stoup
Coming of Age Sunday
Monthly Theme: Covenant
Coming Of Age Youth
Join us in celebrating the Coming of Age of Valentina Alhambra, Amalia Davis Del Piccolo, Freddy Kafka, Justin Mayo-Smith, Thomas Macartney and Talia Walderman, as they share their religious credos in a worship service of their own design.
Are the Children Well?
Monthly Theme: Covenant
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
The Meaning of Membership
Monthly Theme: Covenant
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
YRUU Service
Monthly Theme: Transformation
YRUU Students
In our annual YRUU Sunday Service, UUCCSM’s high school youth will lead a special service that utilizes the pop-culture zombie trend to explore themes of relationship and disconnection, finding your passion, and living in the moment.
Earth Sunday
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Jessica Clay, Beth Brownlie-Oakes and James Witker
Our service will be led by members of the Green Living Committee, including Jessica Clay, Beth Brownlie-Oakes, and James Witker
Hungry for Transformation
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Learning to Ride a Bicycle
Monthly Theme: Transformation
Rev. Vail Weller
Do you remember when you first learned to ride? It was, at heart, an act of faith. This morning, I’ll share inspiring stories from around the globe and hope to open your hearts to express your love for this congregation and Unitarian Universalism.
Rev. Vail Weller is the Special Assistant to the President for Major Gifts at the Unitarian Universalist Association. She has served as a parish minister in West Virginia, Michigan, and most recently, San Mateo, CA.
Transformation: Easter Sunday
Monthly Theme: Evil
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Catherine Farmer Loya, DeReau K. Farrar
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, Catherine Farmer Loya, and DeReau Farrar will lead our spirit-filled intergenerational services. The Adult Choir will sing at both 9am and 11am, and a special egg-hunt activity for children will follow both services.
Between Paradise and Hell
Monthly Theme: Evil
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur