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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.**

We Will Walk on Our Own Feet, We Will Work with Our Own Hands, We Will Speak with Our Own Minds
Rev. Erika Hewitt

This declaration, famously made by Ralph Waldo Emerson, reflects the watershed moment in 1837 when Transcendentalism became a major cultural movement in our country. At the time, it was a rejection of Unitarianism — but in this first of a two-part series, Rev. Erika will trace the connections between our two worlds, weaving the lives of our religious ancestors into who we are as modern Unitarian Universalists.

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Reclaiming Easter
Catherine Farmer Loya

The theology of the traditional Easter story can be challenging for religious liberals. Join us for an intergenerational celebration of the meaning it holds for Unitarian Universalists.

The Joke's on (U)Us
Rev. Erika Hewitt

What do you get when you cross a UU with a Jehovah’s Witness? Did you hear the one about the UU monastery? How about the one about the UU at the gates of heaven? At this service we’ll tip our hats to April Fool’s Day by laughing at ourselves — but we’ll also listen for how these jokes provide a perspective on our faith so that our laughter points us towards the growing edges of our UU movement.

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Balancing Act (YRUU Service)
YRUU Students

In our annual YRUU Sunday Service, the high school group presents a service that explores how they balance the many expectations, stresses and joys of being a teenager in this day and age.

That's How the Light Gets In
Catherine Farmer Loya

Catherine and Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur are doing a pulpit switch today.

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This Living Tradition
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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Second Thoughts
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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Spirituality and Mental Health
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Jackie Gorman

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur will be joined in the pulpit by guest speaker Jackie Gorman, former Director of Pastoral Care at The Neighborhood Church in Palos Verdes, for a special service about mental illness in our lives and in our community.

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Salaam, Shalom, Peace
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

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Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur