Sunday Services
Due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus worship services for Sunday, January 31, 2021 will be live streamed. While the building will be closed, we'll stay connected.
Join us at www.facebook.com/UUCOD
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Have a joy or sorrow you would like to share at the next Sunday Service? Send them to JoysAndSorrows@uucod.org so we might rejoice or lament with you.
January 3, 2021
HOPERS UNITE!
Worship Leader: Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle
Worship Associate: Glenn Yamaguchi
We live in a harrowing time of gloom and doom, yet we Unitarian Universalists are inherently a hopeful (not optimistic) lot of religious pilgrims. May we unite hopefully as 2021 is launched!
The Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle was ordained in 1967 and is still preaching, hither and yon, throughout our PSWD. When the pandemic is over, Tom will return to his community commitments: volunteering at the homeless center; singing in nursing homes; and mentoring young people. He is always delighted to be the guest minister at our UU Church of the Desert.
January 10, 2021
The Promise of Imperfection
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian Riddell
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
How might letting go of the need to be perfect in all ways open our hearts and minds and hands to possibility and to the depths of our strength? Join us as we explore embracing our imperfectness and imagine some new possibilities.
January 17, 2021
Where Do We Go From Here?
Worship Leader: Rev. Barbara Fast
Worship Associate: MDIB (Ministry of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging)
The Rev Dr. King asked that question in 1967. As we reflect on his vision and sacrifice, we are invited to reflect on what that means in our individual and communal lives here at UUCOD. We are invited to cultivate a state of mind that moves us away from preconceptions and resistance, often called ‘beginner’s mind’ . It can help us be more willing to be curious and open to possibilities. Members of the MDIB will share some of our process and discernments so far in relation to the UUA’s Widening the Circle of Belonging.
January 24, 2021
Searching for Walden's Instagram
Worship Leader: Matthew Pargeter-Villarreal
Worship Associate: Betty Bender
Henry David Thoreau is a much celebrated figure in UU history. His rugged determination that led him to renounce the world and move to a small cabin where he would write Walden has served as an inspiration to generations of future UUs. Although he may not seem to have much in common with the endless stream of social media influencers that we see today, join Matthew Pargeter-Villarreal for a discussion of how the two are more alike than they appear to be different.
January 31, 2021
Gathered Here
Worship Leader: Rev. Barbara Fast
Worship Associates: Sarah Gonzales, Chris Eager
It is still a bit of a mystery to me, the sustaining strength that comes from a gathered community of common purpose and shared values. That, even as we struggle to stay connected virtually, we find renewed power as we are and a clarified vision of who we want to become. Now is the time that we are asking you to reflect on and consider renewing your financial commitment to this community so that we can continue to say: “Whoever you are, however you are, whoever you love, wherever you are on your faith life journey, you are welcome here.”
