Sunday Services

Sunday, November 24, 2024 | The Importance of Self-love and Self-care featuring John Miller | Gina Roche

Sunday, November 24, 2024 Vespers UUCSJS Music Director, Gina Roche Gina Roche Music Service – The Importance of Self-love and Self-care featuring our special musical guest singer/songwriter John Miller. We are all in for a musical treat! BIO: Gina ROCHÉ (vocalist/guitarist/songwriter/uke player/vocal coach/tap dancer and music director for our beloved UUCSJS and loving it!) Gina … Continued

Sunday, November 17, 2024 | Finding Echoes | Mark Bernstein

Sunday, November 17, 2024 Finding Echoes Mark Bernstein Novelist Mohsin Hamid wrote, “Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.” Demonstrating empathy requires understanding, vulnerability, a listening ear and an open heart. In this sermon, we’ll explore the nature and power of empathy.   BIO: Mark Bernstein is a former staff member of … Continued

Sunday, November 3, 2024 |A Tool to Repair Loss | Jessica Dunn Safonof

Sunday, November 3, 2024 A Tool to Repair Loss UUCSJS Director of Religious Education, Jessica Dunn Safonof The cycle of life invites us to explore grief and memory as a practice of repair. In this all ages worship service we will explore concrete and meaningful ways to grieve and participate in a unique UU ritual … Continued

Sunday, October 20, 2024| Why the Blues Feel So Good| Gina Roche

Sunday, October 20, 2024 Why the Blues Feel So Good Gina Roche Join us for this all blues music service that will stir your soul! Bio: Gina ROCHÉ (vocalist/guitarist/songwriter/uke player/vocal coach/tap dancer and music director for our beloved UUCSJS and loving it!) Gina studied voice with opera singer and teacher Frank Capelli in Philadelphia. Gina … Continued

Sunday, October13, 2024| They Are Who I Am! The Art and Science of Collecting Family Stories| David Fenimore

Sunday, October13, 2024 They Are Who I Am! The Art and Science of Collecting Family Stories David Fenimore How many of us know where our great-grandparents grew up? Or what challenges, triumphs, and tragedies they experienced? Emory University psychologist Marshall Duke argues that children who have the most self-confidence have what he calls a strong … Continued

Sunday, September 29, 2024 | UU Climate Justice Revival

Sunday, September 29, 2024 UU Climate Justice Revival Our congregation is joining UUs across the land to revive our commitment to climate justice. This is an all-church and all-ages event. All of us will learn new frameworks at the intersection of climate and justice and have the chance to weave together the threads that have … Continued

Sunday, September 22, 2024 | Blessed are the Coalition Builders | Rev. Charlie Dieterich

Sunday, September 22, 2024 Blessed are the Coalition Builders Rev. Charlie Dieterich “To quote Bayard Rustin: “If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society.” BIO: After a first career as a television system designer, Charlie Dieterich changed directions, attended Starr King School for … Continued