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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 2, 2012 - 10:00am
Labor in the Pulpit
Monthly Theme: Forgiveness
Rabbi Jonathan Klein, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
August 26, 2012
We are a Justice-Seeking People
Monthly Theme: Compassion
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and youth and adult delegates to the 2012 UU General Assembly

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August 19, 2012 - 10:00am
Wake Up
Monthly Theme: Compassion
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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August 12, 2012 - 10:00am
Compassion and Immigration
Monthly Theme: Compassion
Rev. Lindi Ramsden, UU Legislative Ministry of California

Across the globe, as migrants leave their native lands to seek safety and opportunity, both great tensions and unexpected blessings follow.  How can our UU values of justice, equity and compassion inform our approach to immigration?  From the TRUST Act to the Dreamers, from Arizona to California, there is much that requires a deeper look. Service will be led by Vilma Ortiz and Rev. Lindi Ramsden,  Senior Minister & Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, CA. 

August 5, 2012 - 10:00am
Somebody's Calling My Name
Monthly Theme: Compassion
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Special guest Roy Zimmerman will perform at this service.  For a sample of Roy's music, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je6y2kFoPs8&list=UUKvJ1qhPIgmNq2tZIhUBxCQ&index=9&feature=plcp

July 29, 2012 - 10:00am
Poems of Inspiration
Monthly Theme: Creativity
Rima Snyder
Rima, along with Edna Bonacich, Judith Martin-Straw, and Diana Spears, will explore poems about creativity,
adversity, and the many sources of inspiration that poets and other artists draw upon in their work.
July 22, 2012 - 10:00am
Wild Things
Monthly Theme: Creativity
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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July 15, 2012 - 10:00am
Countering Hate Crime
Monthly Theme: Creativity
Marshall Wong
Marshall Wong, social worker and coordinator of anti-hate crime programs at the L.A. County Commission on
Human Relations will speak about how anti-hate crime efforts resonate with our UU values.
July 8, 2012 - 10:00am
Welcoming the Dragon
Monthly Theme: Creativity
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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July 1, 2012 - 10:00am
Neither Black Nor White
Monthly Theme: Creativity
Rev. Jim Conn