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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.**
The ability to listen until we understand differently is not a technique but a way of life or a spiritual journey. We will look at a spiritual journey that moves us from hospitality to a vision of shalom/salaam. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier has formed a home with her husband and two children that are HisBlackic. She is also associate professor of religious education at the Claremont School of Theology and has written on issues of interfaith dialogue and multiculturalism.
What ethical guidelines does our faith tradition offer us in the living of our daily lives?
In 1986, our congregation voted to become a Peace Site, a place dedicated to peace education. We?ll take a look at what that means for us in 2005. Music Peter Snell, guitar
The Rev. John T. Morehouse, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, Maryland, will explore the means by which we garner hope in our lives and our world. Music Jonathan Davis, oboe
We join other Unitarian Universalist churches in California in declaring ourselves congregations with heart and dedicating our service to marriage equality. That is something to celebrate come Valentine's Day. Music George Bell, violin
The third of our seven Unitarian Universalist principles is Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations. The service will explore what this principle means for all of us ? adults, children, and youth. Music: Christine Mourad, singer-songwriter
At a time when we hear so much about Muslims and violence, it might be useful to think about the ways in which Muslims express their spirituality. This talk will explore the sources of Muslim spirituality and ethics, as well as some of the various ways in which Muslims express their deepest convictions. Zayn Kassam is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Pomona College and is also on the faculty at Claremont Graduate University. She teaches courses in Islamic philosophy, mysticism, gender, and literature as well as a course on philosophical and mystical texts from a comparative perspective.
Almost 60 years ago a small group of people led by Eleanor Roosevelt gave voice to a collective yearning for justice, equality, and freedom called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Charlie Clements will preach about its impact and its relationship to the programs of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Clements was appointed CEO and president of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee over a year ago. He is a well known public health physician and human rights activist. His book Witness to War was the basis for an Academy Award-winning documentary of the same title.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance In his famous address "The American Dream," Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded his listeners that maladjusted people will save the world.
Come learn about our UU approach to sexuality education, now offered to every child, youth, and adult in our church.
