Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Aphrodite Bellochio, The Diversity Project
Music by: Robin Rogers & some musical UUs, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Borders and Beyond Family Fund

In America, everyone is imbedded in a landscape marked by racism and racial inequality. Remember, a mere 155 years ago, the whole Southern governance of this country thought race-based slavery was worth killing other white people over. There are a lot of positive, eye-opening ways to turn the racial equality ship around, though. We’ll experiment with one today.

Service Leaders: Rev. Dara Olandt, Lou Gwendolyn
Music by: Alan Bell & some musical UUs, Roger Corman
Share the Offering: Friends Outside in Sonoma County

What is prayer, anyway? What about meditation? What it is about these contemplative practices that can be so powerful, puzzling, provocative, and healing? Join us for a service of inquiry and reflection! 

Service Leaders: Rev. Dave Sammons, Sharon McCarty
Music by: John Ray, Musical Friends and Paul Gilger
Share the Basket: Breakfast For Our Neighbors

Special Guest: Rev. Dave Sammons

Some think the current political and social dialogue, if dialogue it is, has gone beyond contempt. Seeing those with whom we disagree as evil and unworthy of sincere listening has become the norm. In this service we will explore a more productive concept: a sharing of ideas, which might lead to more creative ideas than ever before. What a UU idea!

Dave Sammons, Minister Emeritus of the Mt. Diablo UU Church, taught in seminary, served on seminary boards, done interim ministries, served in several denominational and interfaith capacities, and written a book on marriage as well as several articles in the fields of ministry and ethics. He lives in Walnut Creek with his wife, Jan.

Service Leaders:  Jen Freese, Veronica Jordan
Music by: Sally Jones and Paul Gilger
Share the Basket:  Alianza (Alliance Medical Center)

In January and February of 2019, 40 pairs of adults and children from UUCSR wrote a series of letters to one another under pseudonyms; many made new connections and shared themselves in unique and meaningful ways. It was called Mystery Pals, and it made a lot of people think about how we can make meaningful intergenerational connections. Join us for this multigenerational service as we hear some actual letters and muse on some key questions: Are we a congregation that can connect intergenerationally? If so, how do we tend our own soil to plant seeds for such connection? Is it worth it?

Service Leaders: Susan Panttaja, Rose St. John
Music by: Mary Chapot and some musical UUs, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Social Advocates for Youth (SAY)

“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked,” wrote the poet Khalil Gibran. In the midst of our grief, our frustrations, our business, joy can flow up like a fountain, flooding our senses with the beauty and peace of this life. Today we’ll contemplate, and make room for, the gift of joy.

Service Leaders: Joe Gabaeff, Dylan Graham
Music by: Sally Jones & some musical UUs, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: MLK Day, “A Day On, Not a Day Off!”

Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Rose St. John.
Music by: Susan Panttaja & some musical UUs, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Harvest for the Hungry

Rev. Chris and other UUCSR delegates and attendees will return from Spokane with updates and impressions from the annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and reflections on the direction of our faith tradition. Rev. Chris promises to be cheery and optimistic. We’ll also have a New Member Ceremony!

Service Leaders: Rev. Dr. Jeanne Foster, Cathy Read
Music by: Mary Chapot, Renee Valentino & others, Paul Gilger
Share the Basket: Breakfast for Our Neighbors

Special Guest: Rev. Dr. Jeanne Foster

Psychiatrist D. W. Winnicott writes that we too often live with an attitude of compliance, as though the world is something to be fitted in with, demanding adaptation. This attitude tells us to put our dreams away in the back of the drawer. But our dreams are part of creative living, which makes life worthwhile. On this Sunday, we stand up for pulling our dreams through into reality, as a way of transcending a life dominated by compliance.

Rev. Dr. Jeanne Foster received her Master of Divinity degree from Starr King, and served as minister of the UU Fellowship in Modesto. She also holds a PhD from the Graduate Theological Union in Religion, Literature, and the Arts. She is currently Professor Emerita at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga. A published poet, Jeanne’s work has appeared in numerous journals. Her passions are ballroom dancing, and Tuscany. In particular, ballroom dancing in Tuscany!

Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Eric Fischer
Music by: Robin Rogers & some musical UUs, Paul Gilger
Share the Basket: Graton Day Labor Center

Summer Services begin
One service only at 10:00, until September 15th!

Today, as we shift into our summer schedule of one service only at 10:00, Rev. Chris and Eric Fischer will reflect on their spiritual journeys as fathers, and as the sons of fathers.

Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Richard Senghas, Rev. Dara Olandt
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the UUCSR Choir, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: The Living Room

One Service and Children’s Religious Education at 9:15
Congregational Meeting at 11:00

There is a huge Clock, hundreds of feet tall, designed to tick for 10,000 years. Occasionally the bells of this Clock play a melody. Each time the chimes ring, it is a melody the Clock has never played before. The Clock’s chimes have been programmed to not repeat themselves for 10,000 years. The Clock is real. It is now being built inside a mountain in western Texas. Now, what the heck is that all about?