There are so many things stirring up fear in us– how do we resist getting captured by fear? How do we expand our capacities for love rather than allow them to get narrowed and whittled away? Worship leaders:  Rev. Darcy Baxter, Leroy Egenberger, and musician Melynda Rodriguez.  Tech Maestro: Cherie Mendoza.

Henry David Thoreau, who was raised in a Massachusetts Unitarian Church, wrote the hugely influential essay “Civil Disobedience.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Mahatma Gandhi cite this essay significant for them.  In what ways are we called to be disobedient?  Worship leaders:  Rev. Darcy Baxter, Robbie Edge, and guest musician Melynda Rodriguez.  Tech Maestro: … Continue reading Civil Disobedience

Why does liberation theology say that we can only see God in the socially excluded? What does that message mean for Unitarian Universalists? This service will feature a pre-recorded sermon from Rev. Lucas Hergert, one of Rev. Darcy’s closest friends and colleagues.

On this 100 year anniversary of the first Flower Communion Service, we honor activist and scholar Ruth Wilmore Gilmore wisdom that “freedom is a place.”  Please bring a flower. Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Sharon Arpoika, and Jude Markel.  Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley.

What does it mean for us to journey from being a liberal tradition to a liberating one? We will hear a recorded sermon from Rev. Sofia Betancourt, PhD, candidate for UUA president, addressing this question. Worship leaders: Tricia G, Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley

Thoughts on life, reflected through one of the many gifts of spring. Is it guided by nature, nurture or a combination of both? How do we as humans unfurl in our lives? Worship leaders: Leah Silvestre Franklin, Brian Wise, and Jude Markel. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley. 

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