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.**
October 2, 2011 - 5:00pm
Rev. Tera Little, Guest Minister
September 25, 2011 - 5:00pm
All Our Dreams
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, preaching
September 18, 2011 - 5:00pm
Golden Rules
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, preaching
September 11, 2011 - 5:00pm
Love Wins
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, preaching
September 4, 2011 - 5:00pm
Putting our Faith to Work
Pastor Erin Tamayo, CLUE-LA, Speaker
Pastor Tamayo reflects on ideologies regarding work and society and invites us to be involved in worker justice issues.
August 28, 2011 - 5:00pm
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur returns to the pulpit
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, speaker
August 21, 2011 - 5:00pm
Watching Movies for Fun or Meaning?
Rev. Silvio Nardoni, Speaker
Some movies are for entertainment; others speak to us on a deeper level. What makes the difference is not the movie itself, but what we bring to the encounter.
August 14, 2011 - 5:00pm
From Certainty to Mystery
Rev. James Grant, Speaker
Everyone is a work in progress, growing, learning, and maturing. Steps in the process include moving beyond the distinctions of stereotypes and living with uncertainty.
August 7, 2011 - 5:00pm
Dealing with Life's Irrationalities
Rev. James Grant, Speaker
Everyone knows bad things happen to good people, from earthquakes to accidents to illness, on and on. Usually we cannot stop life’s irrationalities, but we can care for one another.
July 31, 2011 - 5:00pm
Dancing into an Unknown Future
Rev. Ernie Pipes, Speaker
Voltaire said, "Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one."