Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell; Sharon McCarty
Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir; Roger Corman
Share the Basket: California Rural Legal Assistance

We are all getting older, no matter what our current age. And, some of us are a lot older than others! What advantages come with accumulating many years? What wisdom of the aged is part of the wisdom of the ages? What should our children know? We’ll hear the voices of a number of congregational elders today at our single service, held at 9:15.

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.

Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Aphrodite

Music by: Robin Rogers & the UUsual Suspects, Roger Corman

Share the Basket: Sonoma County Vet Connect

“Blessed are those who find Sophia, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.” Proverbs 3:13

Service Leaders: Rev. Dr. Chris Shriner, Eric Fischer

Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Roger Corman

Share the Basket: Breakfast for Our Neighbors

Was homo sapiens designed or evolved? Either way, human beings function splendidly in some environments, and very badly in others. Today Rev. Dr. Chris Schriner will explore the mismatch between human nature and the complicated world we have created – and what we can do to survive and thrive in spite of our “design defects.” Rev. Dr. Schriner is Minister Emeritus of Mission Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fremont, California.

Service Leaders: Rev. Chris Bell, Susan Panttaja

Music by: Tom Rough & the UUsual Suspects, Roger Corman

Share the Basket: The Living Room

In his Berry Street Essay of 2012, Rev. Fred Muir warned against a “Trinity of Errors” that keeps UUism from appealing to the masses. The third is that “we refuse to acknowledge and treat our allergy to authority and power, although all the symptoms compromise a healthy future.” UUCSR has generally avoided this allergy. We trust and empower leaders like our departing Director of Religious Education, Deb Mason, whose final Sunday is today. All are invited to a celebratory potluck brunch, which will follow the early service at 10:30.

The 11:00 service will begin in the courtyard so we can all be together for some speeches. That service may run a little late today.

Service Leaders: THE UUCSR YOUTH GROUP, with Rev. Chris Bell & Deb Mason

Music by: Sally Jones & the UUsual Suspects, Roger Corman

Share the Basket: Positive Images

In his Berry Street Essay of 2012, Rev. Fred Muir warned against a “Trinity of Errors” that keeps UUism from appealing to the masses. The first is: “a persistent, pervasive, disturbing and disruptive commitment to individualism that misguides our ability to engage the changing times.” Today our youth respond, sharing their experiences creating a beloved community of UU young people, both in our congregation and with the Young Religious UUs of the Pacific (YRUUP).