Children and youth begin each worship service in the Sanctuary with their families and are then led to the Religious Education wing of the building for age-appropriate faith exploration after the Time for All Ages.
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THE WHOLEHEARTED LIFE
Service Leader: Rev. Bonnie Dlott, Linda Lampson
Music by: Roger Corman
Share the Basket: MLK Jr. Birthday Celebration Fund
This month’s theme of Integrity invites us to ask ourselves if we are doing our best to be honest and authentic. What are the benefits and risks of living an honest, authentic life? And how do we know if we have one?
Rev. Bonnie Dlott is a native of the Bay Area who served the Napa congregation for eleven years, retiring in 2017 for health reasons. Before being called to the ministry she earned a doctorate in Biological Chemistry. She identifies as a nature mystic, finding the sacred in the natural world and in acts of kindness. She is a wife and mother of two adult children.
MILESTONES
Service Leader: Rev. Chris Bell, Rose St. John, Sharon McCarty
Music by: Susan Panttaja & friends, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: The Living Room
We’ll consider the big events of 2019, and take time for private reflection on our own personal milestones. We also look ahead to the year 2020. What milestones do we hope we are celebrating one year from now? How will our faith lead us there?
CHRISTMAS EVE – TWO SERVICES!!
Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Rev. Dara Olandt, Veronica Jordan, Joe Gabaeff, Jen Freese
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Minister’s Discretionary Fund 100%
4:30 – Multigenerational Service with pageant, choir and candles
5:30 – Potluck Dinner
7:00 – Traditional service of lessons, carols and candles.
WHAT IS A MIRACLE?
Service Leader: Rev. Chris, Rev. Dara, Rev. Bonnie Dlott, Cathy Read, Jen Freese
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Breakfast for Our Neighbors
With Hanukkah beginning tonight, and Christmas a couple of days away, we’ll stop to really ask what miracles are, and what it means to say that they occur.
WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
Celebrate the turn of the year with hearty potluck supper followed by drumming, silence and singing. All are welcome at this family-friendly event!
5:30 – Potluck supper / 6:30 – Service
THE TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
Service Leader: Rev. Chris Bell, Rev. Dara Olandt, Eric Fischer, Linda Lampson
Music by: Robin Rogers & friends, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Undocufund
The complexity and evolution of human society and culture will utterly blow your mind, if you really stop to think about it. Today, we will.
THE HOLY UNIVERSE
Service Leaders: David Christopher (guest preacher), Richard Senghas, Jen Freese
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Borders and Beyond
David Christopher is an award-winning author and teacher of the “new story,” that integrates the modern science of our times with a spiritual sensibility toward the creation of the Universe. A yearning for the lyricism of the liturgy and the scriptures, led him to write The Holy Universe: A New Story of Creation for the Heart, Soul and Spirit. Come learn and be inspired!
TOWN HALL MEETING
And this service is about ELEPHANTS
Service Leader: Rev. Chris Bell, Veronica Jordan, Jen Freese
Music by: Alan Bell & friends, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: YWCA Safe House
And now for something completely different! Not long ago, a member of UUCSR tried to persuade me to do a service about elephants, and why their majesty, intelligence and social behavior deserve our reverence. She really loves elephants, and I was so persuaded! I scheduled the service, and… she promptly moved out of the state. Doh. But we’re going to talk about awe-inspiring elephants today all the same. After all, there are almost always a few in the room.