December 6, 2009 - 4:00pm
What's Doing?
Rev. Paul W. Sawyer, speaker
Our nation and world face a very critical moment in our history. A juncture of faultline proportions is jarring our economy, our cultural/political life, and religious/philosophical perspectives. This moment calls for life decisions and action in both personal and community matters. Most of us sense this and want to act to better our world. Yet at the same time we experience a certain fear and confusion as to how we can creatively engage our life situations. How and where is it all going and what can we do about it? This morning's service will attempt to clarify what's happening and how we can assist one another to shape our lives for the better.
November 29, 2009 - 4:00pm
What's So Funny?
Rev. Stephen Furrer, speaker
(One Service Only at 10:00 a.m.) Comic relief in between the holidays with a look into scientific research on what makes things funny. (One service only, at 10:00 a.m.)
November 22, 2009 - 4:00pm
Thanksgiving in America
Rev. Stephen Furrer, speaker
The evolution and the ambivalent legacy of America's oldest holiday, Thanksgiving.
November 15, 2009 - 4:00pm
Paying for Excellence
Rev. Stephen Furrer, speaker
How to have a wholesome, balanced relationship with money. Notes on traditional societies, Plato, Aristotle and others' insights regarding how to live without letting money and thoughts about it take over one's life. Commitment Sunday.
November 8, 2009 - 4:00pm
Beyond Categorical Thinking
Everardo Aguilar and Deb Hillgartner, speakers
This UUA-sponsored program is designed to promote inclusive thinking and help prevent unfair discrimination in the search process for a new minister. UUA-trained facilitators Aguilar and Hillgartner will speak about how thinking categorically about people sometimes interferes with choosing the best candidate.
November 1, 2009 - 4:00pm
Annual Intergenerational Day of the Dead Service
Rev. Stephen Furrer and DRE Catherine Farmer Loya, speakers
Ofrenda constructed by Vilma Ortiz. (Daylight Savings Time Ends) Story, music, and celebration of the lives of loved ones who have died.
October 25, 2009 - 5:00pm
America at Play
Rev. Stephen H. Furrer, speaker
The World Series allows me to consider the game of baseball as folk idiom, i.e., as a lens through which we can grow in our understanding of what?s at the heart of America?s zeitgeist. In the words of 102- year-old Columbia University cultural historian Jacques Barzun, Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.
October 18, 2009 - 5:00pm
Finding Your Center on Stressful Days
Leonard Felder Ph.D., speaker
Dr. Leonard Felder will be discussing how to use spiritual and psychological tools to find or regain your center during stressful moments on busy days -- especially how to regain your clarity and focus when you feel distracted or overloaded.
October 11, 2009 - 5:00pm
Love Is as Love Does
Rev. Stephen H. Furrer, speaker
On Coming Out Sunday, Rev. Furrer will preach on the late UCLA Professor of Psychology Dr. Evelyn Hooker, marriage equality, and the inherent worth and dignity of every human.
Longings of the Heart
Rev. Stephen H. Furrer, speaker
The American Heritage Dictionary defines ministry as 1 (a) the act of serving; ministration, and (b) one that serves as a means; instrumentally. Ministry then is service, and ministers are people who serve. But there's more. The second definition reads the profession, duties, and services of a minister of religion. So a minister is one who serves, but serves in a religious way.
