BUILDING BLOCKS OF RESILIENCE

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.

CULTIVATING RESILIENCE

Service Leaders: Rev. Bonnie Dlott, Linda Lampson
Music by: Susan Panttaja & Friends, piano by Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Borders & Beyond Family Fund

Those of us who have faced serious illnesses know that growing old is a privilege; even so, aging brings unwelcome changes. Is it possible to cultivate resilience in the face of our inevitable decline? How might Unitarian Universalist theology inspire or comfort us?

RESILIENCE IS NOT JUST BOUNCING BACK

Service Leader: Rev. Chris, Rev. Dara, Rev. Bonnie Dlott, Aphrodite Bellochio
Music by: Robin Rogers & Friends, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: The Lime Foundation

On Rev. Chris’s last service before his sabbatical, we’ll consider the future of our shared life in community and how to best make use of our time apart. Resilience is not just bouncing back, it’s bouncing forward!

WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THEE?

One Service only (Congregational Meeting at 11 AM)
Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Joe Gabaeff, Clare Whitfield
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Breakfast for Our Neighbors

9:15 – Worship / 11:00 – Congregational Meeting

The Spirit of Life has shown us what is good and what is required of us. We are to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with the Sacred. “Required?” Can we accept these demands? What comes to us if we do?