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.**
May 15, 2011 - 5:00pm
By the People
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, speaker
May 8, 2011 - 5:00pm
Rev. Stephanie Etzbach-Dale, guest speaker
May 1, 2011 - 5:00pm
Forever Turning Earth Sunday
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, speaker
April 24, 2011 - 5:00pm
A Matter of Life and Death
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, speaker
April 17, 2011 - 5:00pm
Pack Nothing
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, speaker
April 10, 2011 - 5:00pm
It's Magic
Michael Eselun, Guest Speaker
Church member and oncology chaplain Michael Eselun will explore through personal reflections the tension between our rational self that yearns for answers, and the spiritual self that can be moved by wonder.
April 3, 2011 - 5:00pm
Our Whole Lives
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Catherine Farmer Loya, speakers
(Read Rev. Bijur's Reflection Text) (Read Catherine Farmer Loya's Reflection Text)
March 27, 2011 - 5:00pm
Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
YRUU Students
Comfort zones are comfortable because you know what to expect! To grow and develop, we need to step out of our comfort zone and experience things in a new way. YRUU youth will share thoughts and experiences from recent interaction with the homeless in San Francisco and Santa Monica -- and what it has taught us about ourselves.
March 20, 2011 - 5:00pm
Sowing Seeds
Judith Martin-Straw, Pulpit Host
March 13, 2011 - 5:00pm
Morning, Noon, and Night
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur, speaker