Sunday, June 11, 2023 Unsung Story Rev. Carol Haag We tend to celebrate a person who speaks long and loudly, who makes waves, who causes visible change. However, often it is another who has plowed the ground and prepared the way for the well-known person to become famous. Together we’ll explore the story of a … Continued

Sunday, June 4, 2023 Always Use Your Best China… Rev Charlie Dieterich This is not a tale of magical bowls and enchanted chalices. This is a story about awareness, and subways. Come join the party. Bio: After a first career as a television system designer, Charlie Dieterich changed directions, attended Starr King School for the … Continued

Sunday, May 28, 2023 Wholly Music Service Gina Roché Featuring our music director Gina Roche and her wonderful band. Get ready for an all music service, complete with a few singalongs, new compositions and well loved favorites. This “wholly music service” will lift you up, leave you feeling connected, wholly contented and inspired. Bio: Gina … Continued

Sunday, May 21, 2023 The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Andy Cowgill and John Sherfey In 2015, all nations agreed on a goal statement for sustainable development. By 2030, the goals the world would have achieved include ending poverty and hunger, gender equality, affordable and clean energy, climate action, and more. Unfortunately, our federal government, across … Continued

Sunday, May 14, 2023 Dangers of a Static Faith Pauline Nijander One thing that remains constant in our world is change. What happens when we, or our faith traditions, don’t change with an ever changing world? What are the dangers that a static faith can pose to those inside and outside of a faith tradition? … Continued

Sunday, May 7, 2023 Creativity and Connection All-Ages Service “The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need those who can dream of things that never were.” (John Keats) Bring your doubts, your worries, and your insecurities to this all-ages makerspace … Continued

Sunday, April 30, 2023 A Pandemic of the Spirit Rev Cynthia Cain It’s been nearly seven years since I was last at UUCSJS! Trump hadn’t yet been elected and covid was four years away. So much has happened: wars, mass shootings, climate disasters. How do you keep the spirit of love and hope alive? How … Continued

Sunday, April 23, 2023 A Renewable Universalism for the 21st Century Rev Dr Richard Speck The Soul Matters theme for April is resistance. Our Universalist forebearers resisted the tragic conflicts of their days with ways of serving humanity in a loving way. Given our world today, what can we learn and apply in our lives … Continued

Sunday, April 16, 2023 Love and Universalism Dana N. Moore This homily celebrates the diversity of our spiritual lives as “Organic Multi-Religiosity,” acknowledges our heritage of Universalism and calls us to consider our commitment to inclusivity as an act of welcome and love. Corresponds with Principles 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8. Bio: When not … Continued

Sunday, April 9, 2023 Art as Prayer, Poetry as Meditation Elinor Mattern Poet Elinor Mattern will invite those gathered into an experience with poems that touch on the spiritual realm, looking at the fine, or non-existent line, between poems and prayers, experiencing moments when poems cross over into mystery. “Journey far enough into the terrain … Continued