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Sunday Service May 15, 2022
Nurturing Beauty:
“Don’t Believe Everything You Think”

 Everything we do, feel, think, and communicate is done through the lens of our culture. But, what is our culture? The interaction of culture, environment and our own personalities, temperaments, backgrounds, and experiences determine how we interact with one another, for better or worse. Let us examine aspects of our dominant culture that may be harmful to ourselves and to others.

Service Leader: Leslie Norinsky

Worship Associate: Eric Fischer & Mark Sowers

Music: Alan Bell & Paul Gilger

 

Sunday Service May 8, 2022
Nurturing Beauty:
“Transforming the Three Poisons”

Transforming the Three Poisons: Today we will explore the ancient Buddhist teachings that say greed, anger, and ignorance are the the path to unhappiness. They also say that what you feel matters and what you do with your feelings matters even more. Join us to learn how to nurture the inner beauty of our spirits and find the path to happiness.

Service Leader: Rev. Dr. Bill Stayton

Worship Associate: Judy Withee

Music: Gage Purdy with the Choir

 

Sunday Service May 1, 2022
Nurturing Beauty:
“Oh Beautiful”
Today’ service explores our connection to the earth and to nature through poetry and music. We will hold up the beauty of the seasons, celebrate the majesty of the earth, and explore nature as a source of healing and meditation. Come and sing with us.
 
Service Leader: Linda Lampson
Worship Associate: Mark Meierding
Music: Gage Purdy & Roger Corman
Share The Basket: Breakfast With Our Neighbors

Sunday Service April 24, 2022
Awakening:
What does it mean to experience an awakening as a Unitarian Universalist?
What does it mean to experience an awakening as a Unitarian Universalist? What does it feel like? Does it happen suddenly, or gradually? Are there practices that contribute to “awakenings”? Or ways we can deliberately hinder them? Join Rev. Bonnie Dlott today in an exploration of our potential to experience transformative awakenings, as well as the ways we actively avoid them in an effort to escape from painful truths..
 
Service Leader: Rev. Bonnie Dlott
Worship Associate: Veronica Jordan
Music: Sally Jones & Roger Corman
Share The Basket: ALMAS

Sunday Service April 17, 2022
Awakening:
The Meaning of Easter: Don’t get Hung Up on the “R” Word
The Meaning of Easter: Don’t get Hung Up on the “R” Word. The very idea of Easter is problematic for most Unitarian Universalists and progressive Christians. If we get all hung up on rejecting the bodily resurrection of Jesus, we rob ourselves of the far more expansive meaning of this Holy Day.
 
Service Leader: Rev. Bev Spears
Worship Associate: Judy Whithee
Music: Gage Purdy with the Choir & Roger Corman
Share The Basket: Saturday Breakfast with our Neighbors

Sunday Service April 10, 2022
Awakening:
Palm Sunday
On Palm Sunday Jesus entered Jerusalem and was welcomed by his followers and scorned by others. Are there messages and meaning in that story for Unitarian Universalists today?
 
Service Leader: Rev. Dr. William Stayton
Worship Associate: Linda Lampson
Music: Gage Purdy & Roger Corman
Share the Basket: The Living Room

Sunday Service April 3, 2022
Before and After 

Two years ago this month, the pandemic sent us all into isolation. Ten months ago, your beloved minister of many years left the congregation very suddenly, under circumstances that were painful. Since then, you have experienced other losses; deaths, staff transitions, and financial challenges. These kinds of experience can be traumatic both to you as individuals and to you as a community. Today Rev. Bonnie Dlott will reflect on the ways that collective trauma can manifest itself in communities, as well as the gifts that trauma offers if we know where where to look for them.

Service Leaders: Rev. Bonnie Dlott
Worship Associates: Cathie Wiese
Music: John Ray & Paul Gilger

Sunday Service March 20th, 2022
Renewing Faith:
Having Faith When You Don’t Believe

 

Belief & Faith.  Do you have to believe in something in order to have faith in it? Does faith require a cognitively consistent internal belief system? Ours has been called a faith of heretics. Come let us be faithful believers and non-believers together.

Service Leaders: Rev. Julie Brock

Worship Associate: Cathie Wiese

Music: Robin Rogers & Roger Corman

Religious Education: Era Capone. Please email Era if you have a young one wanting to join: dre@uusantarosa.org
 
Milestones: If you have any milestones you’d like to share with the congregation, please send them to: laychaplains@uusantarosa.org by Friday evening.
 
Share the Basket:  Saturday breakfast Share with our neighbors
Use the GIVE NOW button here or on UUCSR’s website.

Sunday Service March 13th, 2022
Renewing Faith:
Faithful Stewardship

 

Cathedrals take hundreds of years to build. The people that started building them knew they would never see them finished. What visions do you have for UUCSR that could make it’s mission and community building power last long after we are gone.

Service Leaders: Rev. Julie Brock

Worship Associate: Cathie Wiese

Music: Sally Jones & Roger Corman

Religious Education: Era Capone. Please email Era if you have a young one wanting to join: dre@uusantarosa.org
 
Milestones: If you have any milestones you’d like to share with the congregation, please send them to: laychaplains@uusantarosa.org by Friday evening.
 
Share the Basket:  Daily Acts
Use the GIVE NOW button here or on UUCSR’s website.

Sunday Service March 6th, 2022
Renewing Faith:
The Beauty of Child-like Faith

 

Multi-generational service The theme of the month is “renewing faith” but we are going to start out with a twist. Rather than renewing faith, we are going to experience faith as if it is new. Come marvel at the wonder of child-like faith in this multi-generational service.

Service Leaders: Rev. Julie Brock & Era Capone

Worship Associate: Veronica Jordan

Music: Roger Corman

 
Religious Education: Era Capone. Please email Era if you have a young one wanting to join: dre@uusantarosa.org
 
Milestones: If you have any milestones you’d like to share with the congregation, please send them to: laychaplains@uusantarosa.org by Friday evening.
 
Share the Basket:  Saturday Breakfast with our Neighbors
Use the GIVE NOW button here or on UUCSR’s website.