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Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
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Sunday Worship: Learning, Understanding, Loving, Conserving: Dedicating our Desert Canyon Habitat

Sancturary and Livestream on our Website 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA

Worship Leaders: Rev. Barbara Fast
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum

Interdependence with the natural world sustains and challenges us. It is a fundamental value of our faith. We will explore the spiritual and practical aspects, as we dedicate and celebrate our new Desert Canyon Habitat. Guest speakers will help us understand how we can help our fellow creatures.

Come early! We expect a large number of visitors. Please park on the street if you are able. Following the service and dedication, many local conservation groups will join an Exhibitor Fair on the Labyrinth, and Native Plants will be available for sale.

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Weed Pull Party

Sacred Grounds 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

For the fifth year, we're having a Weed Pull Party! These are lots of fun including a chance to socialize, enjoy some music and refreshments, and tend our lovely grounds. In the first year or two we hauled out dead brush and construction debris, fought invasive Saharan mustard,  fountain grass and bermuda grass, cleared undergrowth, […]

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80+Seniors Meet-Up (OFU)

 If you are past your 80th birthday, come on over to the Community room the second Wednesday of the month for lively interactions. There we laugh & picnic as well occasionally share a tidbit of accumulated joy or wisdom. Mark your calendar. BYO picnic. No RSVP needed.

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Socks on the Second

On the Second Sunday of the month we collect a sock donation for the clients of Well in the Desert. The Well serves the population of the Coachella Valley in poverty prevention, intervention and advocacy.

Sunday Worship: “Of the People, By the People: Voting Rights as Justice”

Sancturary and Livestream on our Website 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Steven Toporoff 

A just democracy depends on protecting the right of all citizens to have a voice in the governance of our society. The ACT strives to assure these rights for all. How do our UU values call us to champion citizens’ right to vote and have a say in shaping our nation?

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Board of Directors Meeting

Community Room and Zoom

The Board of Directors carries on the buiness of the church every third Tuesday of the month.  Members, feel free to show up in person or online during the Voices of the Congregation portion of the meeting to ask your questions or tell us your thoughts! Agendas and approved minutes from prior meetings are available […]

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Drop-In Scrabble

Community Room 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Interested in joining other UUCOD members in a friendly game or two of scrabble?  ALL ARE WELCOME-FROM NOVICE TO EXPERT!  We will meet the first and third Thursday of the month at 11:00am. Please contact Carol Lavoie for more information.

Afternoon Book Club: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

All Membetrs and Firends are welcome! In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota's Gilead River, the Lincoln Indian Training School is a pitiless place where Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to Odie O’Banion, a lively orphan boy whose exploits constantly […]

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The Free Pulpit

Sanctuary 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

January 20 ,27
February 3,17

Join Rev. Ian and fellow congregants in this four session class.  The class focuses on helping members who are interested in preaching a sermon or learning more about how sermons are created.  It is designed to help people understand better what it is we do when we speak from the pulpit of our congregation, build some beginning skills in choosing topics and crafting sermons, and understand who we are speaking to and why.

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Share the Plate: The UUCOD Gloria Kapp Scholarship 

We will honor Gloria Kapp by renaming the Safe Schools Desert Cities Scholarship that we created last year.  It will become the UUCOD Gloria Kapp Scholarship.

If we raise $500, then donors will match that to fully fund the $1000 scholarship.

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Sunday Worship: “Care as Justice, Justice as Care”

Sancturary and Livestream on our Website 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Ginger Hemingway
Join us as we explore the ways that taking care of each other—as citizens, as neighbors, as members of a beloved community—nurtures justice alongside heath and well-being.

Caring for Our Community: A Conversation

Sanctuary 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Join Rev. Ian and the members of our UUCOD Care Team as we explore together the ways that we all care for each other in our community and how we can build even deeper caring and connections. We'll talk about the role of individual members as well as the Care Team and the minister. Help us […]

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Full Moon Soundbath and Labyrinth Walk

Labyrinth

Join us for a casual full moon sound bath at our UUCOD Peace Labyrinth, just as the full moon is rising. Explore this beautiful desert space to connect with the offerings of the desery night sky, the moon, and the healing vibrations of singing bowls! This is an informal gathering and whether you decide to […]

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S2S2S Show: Let It Rain by Ed Friedman

Sanctuary 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Putting on a classic American play should be easy for an established community theatre. Not so when there are competing agendas among participants, as well as community stakeholders. Click through for show details and to purchase tickets.

$15
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The Free Pulpit

Community Room 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

January 20 ,27
February 3,17

Join Rev. Ian and fellow congregants in this four session class.  The class focuses on helping members who are interested in preaching a sermon or learning more about how sermons are created.  It is designed to help people understand better what it is we do when we speak from the pulpit of our congregation, build some beginning skills in choosing topics and crafting sermons, and understand who we are speaking to and why.

Click event title for more info and registration.

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UUCOD Safety Training

Sanctuary 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Please join Rev. Ian and the UUCOD Safety Committee for an informative safety training meeting. We will introduce our new protocols for medical emergencies, earthquake response, and evacuation procedures so you will be prepared in the event of an emergency. This training is important for all members and friends. All are welcome and encouraged to […]

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S2S2S Show: Let It Rain by Ed Friedman

Sanctuary 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Putting on a classic American play should be easy for an established community theatre. Not so when there are competing agendas among participants, as well as community stakeholders. Click through for show details and to purchase tickets.

$15
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Formula on the Fourth

Introduced by the Social Justice Committee in January 2023. Donate formula, which will be given to Galilee Center for distribution to their families with babies.

Why donate formula rather than money? Due to shortages, stores have been setting tight limits on the number of cans per purchase. Our donations help Galilee Center hand out more formula each month to families with babies who are unable to buy it on their own.

Click through to see images of the only powdered formulas they will accept....

Sunday Worship: “Watch us Grow! Heart, Treasure, and Spirit”

Sanctuary 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Worship Leader: Rev Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate:  Julia Alberg-Burbank
We are told that “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Join us as we kick off our drive to grow our community in resources, depth, spirit, and impact.

2024 Annual Chili Cook-off and Pledge Drive Kick Off

Patio and Community Room 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Calling All Chili Chefs! Do YOU have what it takes to be the 2024 Grand Champion Chili Chef? Join us at UUCOD’s Chili Cook-Off. This will be an awesome beginning of our Annual Pledge Drive. It has been 3 years since we had a Chili Cook-Off and we're ready for a fun afternoon of sampling […]