Exactly three years ago on 3/19, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a stay-at-home order for non-essential workers.   Is there any sense to make from these past pandemic years? What should we remember and what should we forget? Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Robbie Edge, and Jude Markel.   Worship Maestro: Cherie T Mendoza.

Accidents by definition are seemingly random, blameless, and harm-causing events. But if we focus our attention on the bigger picture, on our interdependent web, we may come to realize that there is no such thing as an accident, just a messy web of risk and precarity.  Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Sharon Arpoika, and Bernadette … Continue reading No Such Thing as an Accident

Theologian Serene Jones writes that “to be human is to live a hairbreadth away from the unbearable.”  How do we prepare ourselves for when we lose even that hairbreadth? Worship leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Tricia Garcia, Guest Musician Melynda Ruiz Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley.

In a good fight, the conflict does not collapse into caricature–we realize no one has all the answers and that we are all connected. We need good conflict to understand each other and ourselves–and to improve. So what does good conflict actually look like and what does it require of us? Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy, … Continue reading How to Fight

Come celebrate the glorious beauty we are surrounded by at this time of year (if your allergies allow!) Please wear your boots or sneakers and a coat as you will be invited to take a brief contemplative walk (or do a sitting) into the surrounding almond orchard as part of the worship service. You are also welcome … Continue reading Blossomings

No matter how big we think our capacity to love is, it can always be BIGGER. Join Pat and Leroy Egenberger as they lead a contemplative and poetry based service to help equip us in making our loving even bigger.  Worship leaders: Rev. Leroy Egenberger, Pat Egenberger, Sharon Arpoika, and Magdalene Myint. Guest Musician Anne … Continue reading Is Our Loving Large Enough?

“There are certain things in our nation and in the world about which I am proud to be maladjusted.” preached Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. How does the proposed new language for our Unitarian Universalist principles encourage us to be creatively maladjusted? Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Tricia Garcia, and Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Cherie Mendoza.

Shame scholar Brene Brown says that we cannot grow when we are in shame, nor can we use shame to change ourselves or others. So how do we find relief from shame and how do we help others find that relief?  Worship Leaders: Rev Darcy Baxter, Ari Kenney, Robbie Edge. Tech Maestro: Cherie Mendoza. 

How can we equip ourselves to journey into the unknown and stay true to ourselves? Stay true to our deepest values? And the truth is, we are always traveling into the unknown. Worship leaders: Rev. Dara Olandt, Rev. Darcy, and Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley. 

When the near future feels uncertain or unpredictable, it can be hard to face forward. And yet, face forward we must. As we begin 2023, what do you need to remember, what do you need to release, and what do you need to resolve to do?  Rev. Darcy will lead the congregation’s annual ‘burning off’ … Continue reading Facing Forward