As we allmove through changes in our own lives and in our community, should we look to make our transitions easier or better? When the only thing we can count on is change, how do we do our best for ourselves and for each other?
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.**
July 19, 2009 - 5:00pm
Transition Time
Judith Martin-Straw, speaker
July 12, 2009 - 5:00pm
The Issue Before Us
Jim Conn, speaker
Jim Conn is urban strategist for the United Methodist Church and a longtime friend of our congregation. Jim says, Somany issues face this country that I find it difficult to choose one to unpack. But the deepest part of me is moved by the plight of low-wage workers in our country, and the situation is getting worse. But hope is on the horizon. Maybe.
July 5, 2009 - 5:00pm
Underground Undergrads and the Plight of Immigrant Students
Kent Wong, speaker
Kent Wong is Director of the UCLA Labor Center. Los Angeles has the largest concentration of undocumented students in the country. Although many have been in this country since they were very young, they are being denied access to driver’s licenses, college financial aid, and the ability to work. Come hear the stories of these remarkable underground undergrads and about their quest for the American Dream.
June 28, 2009 - 5:00pm
GLIDE A Dialogue About Homophobia
Michael Eselun, speaker
Michael Eselun, church member and a popular guest speaker here, is a co-founder of GLIDE, Gays and Lesbians Initiating Dialogue for Equality. GLIDE is the preeminent speakers bureau in L.A. combating homophobia in the community at large. In this critical time, Michael will share some of his experiences with GLIDE and engage the congregation in a dialogue about homophobia.
June 21, 2009 - 5:00pm
Gathered and Sent flower festival
Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker
The flower festival is a ritual that many Unitarian Universalist congregations celebrate. Flowers are brought from home and then gathered into large bouquets to be distributed to each person at the service. Please bring a cut flower from home to the service.
June 14, 2009 - 5:00pm
Holding On, Letting Go
Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker
(Summer schedule begins one service at 10 a.m.) Letting go is held up as a spiritual discipline, but what about holding on? Holding on is also a spiritual discipline. When is it appropriate to let go and when is it appropriate to hold on? New member ingathering during the service and new member reception after the service.
June 7, 2009 - 5:00pm
RE Sunday Service
Join us in celebrating our wonderful RE children and youth, and the volunteers who serve as their teachers and advisors, with a very special interactive story about the power each of us has to make a difference in the world. Each of our RE classes will take part in leading the service, and we’ll also be honoring this year’s crop of graduating high school seniors with a special Bridging Ceremony.
May 31, 2009 - 5:00pm
The Universalist Gospel
Presented by Amy Thiel and Patrick Mieghan
Come enjoy a narrative history of Universalism celebrated in words and music, adapted by Patrick Meighan and Amy Thiel for our Sunday service.
May 24, 2009 - 5:00pm
Remembrance
Rev. Roberta Haskin, speaker
The lessons of war are in the stories, not the clich?s or bumper stickers. The Memorial Day service will include a time for recognition of men and women in the service of our country and a time of remembrance for those who have died.
May 17, 2009 - 5:00pm
Coming of Age Sunday
Join us in celebrating the Coming of Age of Rosy DePaul, Helen Dwyer, Josie Eilertsen, Emma Groezinger, Brett Hart, Moira Johnston, Olivia Legan, Kevin Nakajima, Noah Reyes, Stella Saldo, and Erica Vincenzi as they share their religious credos in a worship service of their own design.