Service Leader: Rev. Dara Olandt, Judy Withee
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Paul Gilger
Share the Basket: Borders and Beyond

Words can convey all kinds of information, such as facts, opinions, instructions, and explanations. But the words we use also have the potential to influence how we understand ourselves, see the world, and treat others. Today we will consider how poetry stands apart from other kinds of writing, and how it offers us wisdom.

Service Leaders: UUCSR High School Youth, Jen Freese, Reverend Bonnie Dlott
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Susan Panttaja, Jen Freese
Share the Basket: Saturday Breakfast

Our high school youth will lead us through an exploration of how community – especially the Unitarian Universalist community – helps build resilience for difficult times.

Service Leaders: Erin Howseman and Sharon McCarty
Music: Sally Jones, Robert Howseman, treasured UUCSR musicians and piano by Roger Corman
Share the Basket: CA Alliance of Retired Americans Education Fund

In the face of firestorms and personal challenges the past years, there is much to be learned about resilience. Today we will focus on those learnings and the surprising gifts to be found in surviving great difficulty.