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The fabulous Nancy Hayashibara is “coming home” to do her hilarious one-woman show as a fundraiser for our own UUCSR!! Nancy is a former pianist for the congregation and is known for her talent on the keys, her originality at creating characters, and her humorous antics. All who have seen her perform say it is a must-see opportunity.
Worship Leaders: Joe Gabaeff, Eric Fischer, Jen Freese
Music Associates: Natalie Brundred with the UUsual Suspects, and Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Breakfast for our Neighbors
One can hardly throw a stone in spirituality without hitting the exultation of light as divine force. Let there be light! Go forward with the light! The light in me, sees the light in you! But maybe light only illuminates a truer divine force: gravity. The most powerful sources of gravity, Black Holes, are the ultimate mystery of our Universe, holding This all together. Join us in exploring, intellectually and spiritually, the truly unknowable.
Service Leaders: Robert Howseman, Scott Miller, and John Ray
Music by: The Musical Ministers of the UUsual Suspects
Share the Basket: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Music as a shared human experience is, for many of us, a peak human experience—the joining of our very pulses with those of hundreds or thousands of others lifts the illusion of our separateness and returns us to our common humanity. Through history, those interested in human liberty have used the power of shared music to teach these lessons. Join the musical ministers of UUCSR in a meditation-through-song exploration of these themes. The lessons this exploration can teach us will give us clues about how to do lasting, powerful spiritual work in these troubled times.
Presenters: Susan Panttaja, Phil Harriman, Rob Carlisle, and Erica Mikesh
Music: Mary Chapot, John Ray, Eric Skagerberg, Robert Howseman; Roger Corman
Share the Offering: Housing Connection
Science is often seen as incompatible with religion and faith, yet our UU tradition embraces science and reason. On topics as diverse as sexuality, gender, global climate change, and our relationships with each other and the cosmos, our UU principles and activism are informed by the latest scientific thought. This morning, we will hear from our own congregants about how science informs their search for truth and meaning.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION, SANTA ROSA
ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM PROJECT PRESENTS:
Note New Time: After the 10 AM Service
TOMORROW
Filmmakers: Melanie Laurent and Cyril Dion
Grand Finale for the Environmental Justice/ Climate Change Film Project Series for 2017-2018 in the Board Room
We’ve covered so many areas of concern and what we need now are more Solutions! This 2015 film, “Tomorrow: take concrete steps to a sustainable future” is an inspiring documentary that presents already existing solutions. Even better, these are really effective ways that thousands of local people are making themselves and their towns more sustainable and more resilient to global changes we’re seeing now and those ahead. Filmmakers Melanie Laurent and Cyril Dion travel to 10 countries throughout the world to highlight people who are making a difference in the fields of food, energy, finance, democracy, and education. Their ideas and examples make Tomorrow one of the most essential and unexpectedly inspirational experiences of our time.
Discussion follows viewing of the film.
Please bring whatever you wish to eat. We provide snacks, not lunch.
HOT TOPICS
Presented by
Advocates for Social Justice
Note Time Change: After the 11 AM service as we are back to our two service schedule.
ROSELAND THROUGH COLLEGE MENTOR PROGRAM
Presenter: Sarah Tendall, Program Coordinator.
Sarah Tendall, Program Coordinator of the Through College Mentor Program, will tell us about this wonderful new program for students at Roseland University Prep and Roseland Collegiate Prep. Volunteers will help students, all first-generation college bound, prepare for college life. As important as academic support, exposure to new experiences, cultures, and places outside the Roseland community will help these young people succeed in college. The time requirements are flexible and minimal, and the program provides support and training the whole time. At a time when many immigrant families may feel unwanted and in danger, this is a wonderful way to demonstrate our welcome and support!
Come to the Board Room after the 11 am service to learn more about this exciting opportunity. Light snacks will be available.
Service Leaders: Russ Powell (guest speaker), Izzy Fischer, Jen Freese
Music by: Robert Howseman & the UUsual Suspects, Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Live Music Lantern
Join Russ Powell (former Jesuit novice and retired professional juggler) as he uses the art and practice of juggling as a springboard for examining our lives and taking next steps along our spiritual paths. We’ll explore themes of trusting yourself, letting go, and listening to your heart, even when the way seems dark or uncertain. And, yes, there will be juggling!
Service Leaders: Rev. Dara Olandt, Veronica Jordan
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir; Roger Corman
Share the Basket: Breakfast for Our Neighbors
Today we explore sources of wisdom in our lives. From the “mouths of babes” to ancient stories, where does wisdom “come from”? How does wisdom shape your daily life and interactions especially in a fast paced, post-modern world?
Summer schedule begins!
One service only at 10:00.
Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell; Joe Gabaeff
Music by: Alan Bell & this week’s UUCSR band; Roger Corman
Share the Basket: The Arlene Francis Center
“Play is, first and foremost, an expression of freedom. It is what one wants to do as opposed to what one is obliged to do. The joy of play is the ecstatic feeling of liberty. Play is not always accompanied by smiles and laughter, nor are smiles and laughter always signs of play; but play is always accompanied by a feeling of ‘Yes, this is what I want to do right now.’” – Dr. Peter Gray
“In India, the world is not seen as an artifact, but as a drama. And therefore God is not the maker and architect of the universe but the actor of it, and is playing all the parts at once.”
– Alan Watts.
At 11:00, please plan on sticking around for one of our mandatory thrice-yearly congregational meetings. Democracy requires ritual observances to survive. This is ours.
