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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
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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
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Sunday Service February 27th, 2022
Widening the Circle – JUBILEE & JOINING
February 27th, 2022

 

“Jubilee” Service, Joining Ceremony- Jubilee is an old religious practice of forgiving debts and setting prisoners free, so that our own souls may be replenished. What debts do we need forgiven in order to set our own spirits free, or, maybe more importantly, what do we need to forgive?
 
New Member Ceremony – With Reception to follow the service.
Please join us in Welcoming our new members!
 
Service Leader: Rev. Julie Brock
Worship Associates: Clare Whitfield
Music: Alan Bell and 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: Sebastopol Senior Center
The Sebastopol Area Senior Center creates and maintains an environment that encourages independence for older adults by providing learning, social and recreational opportunities in the continuing pursuit of a healthy life. In collaboration with the Council on Aging, they provide meals to home-bound seniors, memory loss programs, and individual services such as legal and housing resources. For more info: www.sebastopolseniorcenter.org
 
Use the GIVE NOW button here or on UUCSR’s website.

Sunday Service February 20th, 2022
Widening the Circle With our Neighbors
February 20th, 2022

 

As the saying goes, hurt people hurt people.  This month’s theme of Widening the Circle gives opportunity to examine how we hold and recognize the pain of others, and our own pain, in the context of current dominance cultures that typically disregard, ignore or shame such pain.  Drawing on wisdom from a masculine path of healing, we will invite and explore the question:  what does it mean to live in a culture where our pain matters?
 
Service Leader: Joe Gabaeff
Worship Associates: Craig Cohen and Sondra Schwartz -UUCSR Linda Lampson
Music: Amanda Nelson with the UUCM Choir and Milton Wong
Milestones: During the service, there will be an opportunity to put Joys and Sorrows in the chat, and they will be shared with the congregation while a candle is lit.
Share the Basket: Saturday breakfast Share with our neighbors

Sunday Service February 13th, 2022
Open Your Heart and Widen the Circle
February 13th, 2022

 

In church we often talk about love for our neighbors, love for the stranger, and love for the other. We don’t talk about romantic love all that much, but I wonder if they are oh so different? In any kind of loving relationship one needs to open their heart and expand who they are. Let’s celebrate valentines day, at church!
 
Service Leaders: Rev. Julie Brock
Worship Associates: Eric Fischer
Music: Robin Rogers & Roger Corman
Religious Education: Era Capone
Share the Basket: Forest Unlimited

Sunday Service February 6th, 2022
NO LIE CAN LAST FOREVER
February 6th, 2022

 

It’s called the Civil Rights Movement not the Civil Rights Project. The struggle for what is good, and right, and just is always a thing in motion, and sometimes it seems interminable. The old Spiritual song tells us, “You gotta move when the spirit says move.” But what if the Spirit stops speaking? What do we do then?
 
Service Leaders: Rev. Bev Spears
Worship Associates: Judy Withee and Bill Stayton
Music: Roger Corman

Sunday Service January 16th, 2022
MALCOLM AND MARTIN
January 16th

Malcolm and Martin: Comparing Malcolm X and MLK most people know Malcolm X as the guy that said “by any means necessary”, and MLK as the non-violent one. What if, however, our perceptions of the two men are tainted not by their actual actions and words, but how they made us feel? One we remember as welcoming and talking about love, the other we remember as confrontational and talking about violence. Are our memories correct? Come to church to find out.

Minister: Rev. Julie Brock

Worship Associates: Judy Withee & Susan Bartholome

Music: Roger Corman

Sunday Service January 9th, 2022
Inoculated Against Each Other?
January 9th
Most of the time when Unitarian Universalist Minister preach about justice issues, they are preaching to the choir, sometimes literally. Sometimes, however, there are issues that cut through the community, where people, even within UU circles don’t agree. Vaccines seems to be in controversial topic of our times. But if we don’t talk about controversial things, we will never make it through together.
 
Service Leader: Rev. Julie Brock
Worship Associate: Eric Fischer
Music: Alan Bell and Roger Corman

Sunday, January 2nd, 2022

REFLECT, RELEASE, RENEW

Please join us for the first service of the New Year on Sunday, January 2, 2022. The theme for the month of January is Living with Intention and the service topic is Reflect, Release, Renew. Our Lay Chaplains, who have witnessed, held our hands, and listened well to all our joys and sorrows throughout 2021, will lead us in a contemplative service in which we will pause to reflect on the joys and sorrows of the past year, release that which no longer serves us, and renew our commitment to live with grace, hope, and love in the new year. The service will include readings, meditation, beautiful music, and ritual.

Lay Chaplains: Paula Hammett, Bruce Hope, Lucia Milburn, Judy Ervice, Mary Lill Lee, Gayle Shirley, Barbara Kezur

Worship Associate: Judy Withee