Sunday, February 9, 2025 What Does Equality Look Like? Rev. Charlie Dieterich Marge Piercy wrote: ” Live as if you liked yourself, and it may happen” while Audre Lorde wrote: “when we are alone we are afraid love will never return and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor … Continued

Sunday, February 2, 2025 The Parade of Welcome Jessica Dunn Safonof, UUCSJS Director of Religious Education How do Unitarian Universalists live a faith that inspires us to act out our values in the world? Libertaing Love! This month we will be exploring the practice of inclusion as a way to connect us to our core … Continued

Sunday, January 26, 2025 Creative Writing: A Powerful Journey of Joy, Transformation, and Creativity The UU United Creative Writing Group This sermon, presented by the UU Writers United Group, is sure to delight and fascinate. We will be presenting a multifaceted plethora of Creative delights through poetry, fiction, memoir, and song. Please join us in … Continued

Sunday, January 19, 2025 How Dreams Inform Our Spirituality Bonney Parker Everyone dreams, even if those dreams are not remembered. Our culture does not give much weight to dreaming, relegating those nightly scenarios to clearing the detritus of the day, or taking them literally and believing calamity and/or great fortune is about to happen. Dreams, … Continued

Sunday, January 12, 2025 Reconciling Political Differences Ivette Guillermo McGahee Recollections from her trip to Sierra Leone representing Allies in Caring. Tune in remotely by visiting our Facebook page for Livestream of this service.

Sunday, January 5, 2025 The Broken Story: All Ages Service Jessica Dunn Safonof, UUCSJS Director of Religious Education Storytelling is a fundamental human activity. The stories we tell ourselves help shape our identities and our beliefs. They help us make sense of our experiences. Collectively, our stories help us create a shared identity and build … Continued

Sunday, December 22, 2024 Winter Solstice All Music Service Gina Roche, UUCSJS Music Director Tune in remotely by visiting our Facebook page for Livestream of this service.

Sunday, December 15, 2024 “Mankind Was Our Business!”: “A Christmas Carol” Revisited Cynthia Grzywinsky Written over 180 years ago, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” remains beloved today as an emblem of our Yuletide celebrations. This 1843 novella represents not only a “feel good” homage to the holiday season, but also an indictment of the socio-economic … Continued

Sunday, December 8, 2024 The Armenian Genocide: One Family’s Story Deb Dagavarian On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Turks declared that the Armenians living in Turkey be eradicated. On that date Armenian authors, poets, artists, scientists, politicians, religious leaders, physicians, and military officers were arrested under the guise of deportation, and then killed. For the … Continued

Sunday, December 1, 2024 All Ages Service: The Gift of Presence Over Presents UUCSJS Director of Religious Education, Jessica Dunn Safonof Our consumerist culture wants us to believe that presents are the most important part of any holiday gathering but in reality it is our presence our loved ones actually value the most. Join us … Continued