Join us for an intergenerational service reflecting on our experience with Lessons of Loss, our religious exploration program for children, youth, and adults this past month.
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.**
February 4, 2007 - 4:00pm
Lessons of Loss
Catherine Farmer & the Rev. Judith Meyer, leaders
January 28, 2007 - 4:00pm
Soul Work
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
In recent months there has been a renewal of interest among our members in the work of anti-racism and antioppression. Responding to the 2006 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly resolution charging member congregations to address racism or classism in the coming year, the work ahead is challenging. Soul Work is the title of a book many of us are reading to get started.
January 21, 2007 - 4:00pm
The Life of Words
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
In the beginning was the word. But sometimes words cause endings too. Words have a life of their own. They also have the power to heal and to destroy. Come hear why.
January 14, 2007 - 4:00pm
Martin Luther King and Jimmy Carter
Rabbi Steven Jacobs, guest speaker
Steven Jacobs is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Kol Tikvah, Woodland Hills. His sermon will explore how two unpopular men faced the challenge of their times. Rabbi Jacobs has a long-standing commitment to civil rights, Black and Jewish community relations, Muslim and Jewish relations, interfaith missions, and religious pluralism.
Chalice Lighting (9 a.m.) Remarks by Steven De Paul
January 7, 2007 - 4:00pm
Find a Stillness
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
If the holiday season has left you wishing for contemplative time, you’ll want to know how our faith tradition can help you find it.
December 31, 2006 - 4:00pm
The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
Itibari M. Zulu, guest speaker
Our guest, a librarian and authority on African World Community, will speak about the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa and how they represent essential standards of personal and social excellence directed toward building and sustaining a moral world community. Itibari M. Zulu is a librarian at Mesa Community College in Mesa, AZ, and was previously the head librarian at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Library & Media Center at UCLA. Note Our attendant will be on duty to allow entry of cars into the UCLA Hospital parking lot at 1311 16th St from 830-1030 a.m. on December 31.
December 24, 2006 - 4:00pm
The Annual Crisis of Love
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
The holiday season, according to Loudon Wainwright, is an annual crisis of love, and "we must suffer its effects," which are actually good for us.
December 24, 2006
Christmas Eve, 6 p.m.
Family Vespers Service
A service of carols, music and stories especially for children and their families
Christmas Eve, 8 p.m.
Vespers Service
A quiet service of reflection and music concluding with a candle-lighting ceremony.
Note Our attendant will be on duty to allow entry of cars into the UCLA Hospital parking lot at 1311 16th St from 830-1030 a.m. and 500-900 p.m. on December 24.
December 17, 2006 - 4:00pm
Three Miraculous Births
Back by popular demand, our annual winter holiday pageant with a twist. Join us as we celebrate the spirit of the season by re-living the birth stories of three of the world's greatest teachers. This is an intergenerational service, and be forewarned there may be a part for YOU to play! (Who wants to be the elephant?) So, friends, what do you get when you cross Buddha, Confucius and Jesus with a chorus of Friendly Beasts? Here's a hint it's something you won't want to miss!
December 10, 2006 - 4:00pm
If Our Walls Could Talk
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
Over the years, the world religion banners on our sanctuary walls have conveyed an important, though unspoken, message. Now that they have been absent for a while and plans are under way to replace them, we’ll explore what they can – and cannot – say about us.
December 3, 2006 - 4:00pm
An Equal-Access Faith
The Rev. Judith Meyer, speaker
Nearly everyone faces the challenge of chronic illness or disability at some point in life. What can we do as a community to be as welcoming and accessible as we can be? The Rev. Dr. Devorah Greenstein, Accessibility Program Associate with the Unitarian Universalist Association, will be visiting our service this Sunday. She will be running a trial for a new assistive listening device.