Ed Begley is an actor and environmentalist. His new book is Living with Ed . Chalice Lighting Remarks by Lisa Cahill
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.**
August 10, 2008 - 5:00pm
Live Simply, So That Others May Simply Live
Ed Begley, speaker
August 3, 2008 - 5:00pm
Church Member Rod Serling
S. J. Guidotti, speaker
Rod Serling was an American screenwriter best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone. He is also a former member of our congregation and according to our speaker, the most widely disseminated UU writer of the last century.
July 27, 2008 - 5:00pm
Helping Muslim Immigrants Live in the U.S.
Nayel Badareen, speaker
Nayel Badareen will address the various obstacles Muslim immigrants face in the U.S., barriers to their assimilation, and strategies to help them acclimate to American culture and norms. He will also suggest ways Americans can aid in their transition to this country. Nayel was raised in a conservative Sunni Muslim household in Jerusalem when it was under the jurisdiction of Jordan. He came to the U.S. to pursue his education and has lived here ever since. He is married to church member Alana Wyatt.
July 20, 2008 - 5:00pm
The Gothic Heart Finding Meaning where You Will
Michael Eselun, speaker
Church member and well-received speaker, Michael Eselun is a hospital chaplain at UCLA Medical Center. He will share reflections on how we create meaning from our life experience. Is there such a thing as inherent meaning or is it all manufactured and does it matter?
July 13, 2008 - 5:00pm
Long before Yesterday and Way before When
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels, speaker
Rabbi Comess-Daniels has written Bible stories in a unique way for children and all the young at heart. He will share three of them with us (each with a song!) Long before Yesterday and Way before When, Noah, and The Little Voice. Added to that will be some of his original Ice Cream Sabbath stories.
July 6, 2008 - 5:00pm
Politics without Context
The Rev. Jim Conn, speaker
Jim Conn, Director of New Ministries for the United Methodist Church and longtime friend of our congregation, writes, Democracy is a noble experiment. Just because it is some 225 years old does not allow us to assume that what we have become accustomed to will survive us. As we mark the birth of the American Revolution, we can ask ourselves what revolutions we could be making now that will move us into the future with strength and depth and a message for others.
June 29, 2008 - 5:00pm
Our Life Flows On
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
In my last Sunday service as your settled minister I'll offer you my thoughts for the occasion. (Chalice lighting remarks by Pat Parkerton and Carol-Jean Teuffel.)
June 22, 2008 - 5:00pm
What Can I Tell You?
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
A response to questions you have asked me. (See From Our Minister for the details.)
June 15, 2008 - 5:00pm
Slow Life, Fast World
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
(One service at 1000 a.m.) While many of you will be enjoying our annual retreat in the mountains, the rest of us will take another look at the quality of our lives - and spirits - in the city.
June 8, 2008 - 5:00pm
Evolving Faith
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
Unitarian Universalism provided the spiritual foundation for many of the values our democratic society affirms. This is one more reason to cherish our tradition and learn from it. (Peggy Rhoads)