72425 Via Vail
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
760-321-0694

Sunday Worship: “Ingathering: A Mingling of the Waters”

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

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Denise Janssen-Eager

At the beginning of our church year, as we regather as a community, join us as we honor the blessings of water and the streams of life and experience we all bring from our summer explorations.

Ingathering Sunday: Potluck Salad Luncheon

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

We hope you will join us in the for a potluck salad luncheon to celebrate our Ingathering Sunday. We will be celebrating our new church year and the return of our […]

Afternoon Book Club

 "HORSE" by Geraldine Brooks Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning […]

Free
Recurring

S2S2S: Together by Thomas Pierce

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

Helen, an astronomer, has discovered an asteroid will hit the earth in six months. As chaos is about to envelop the world, Helen visits her ex-husband David late one evening after he has concluded a stressful dinner party. Click through for show details and to purchase tickets.

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Church Council

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

At the Church Council the Board, Committee Chairs and  and Activity Leaders share and coordinate information about Church activities and programs.  At this Council we will establish a calendar of […]

Sunday Worship: We are all in the same boat… Torah has lots to say…

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

Worship Leader: Rabbi Jules King
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum

Today, we are witnessing the demonization, and destruction of many in our nation, and now more than ever we can learn from the story of Noah and the Ark that we are and we can be our brother and sister's keeper.

Recurring

New Member Orientation

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

Are you interested in becoming a member of UUCOD? Attend the October 22 & 29 classes which cover these topics: Sharing of Personal Journeys, our UUCOD Story, Unitarian Universalism Overview, Membership Rights & Responsibilities. Contact a member of the Membership Committee at the Sunday Welcoming Table to find out more.

Sunday Worship: They Always With Us: Stories of Our Ancestors

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

Worship Leaders: Rev. Ian W. Riddell, Michael Allen and Daljit Singh
Worship Associate: Ginger Hemingway

What values do we carry with us from those who came before? What dreams? What responsibilities? What can we learn about ourselves by hearing the voices of our ancestors?

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Silent Auction

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

Best Bid Silent Auction.  Click to download the catalog.

Live Auction in person

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

The Auction is our biggest fun-raiser of the year.  Click to download the catalog.  We'll have desserts and beverages as we place our bids.  This year our live auction will […]

Sunday Worship: Living as Beings of Love – Our Ultimate Calling

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

Worship Leader: Lauren Nile
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum. 

As human beings, we are called to live lives of self-awareness, wisdom, and compassion - lives of love. In her talk, Lauren will share her thoughts about the nature of a path to that end - specific behavioral steps that help us evolve toward our call to our higher selves.

Walk or Ride With UUCOD in the Pride Parade  

Palm Springs

Join us as we carry our UUCOD banner in the 36th Annual Palm Springs Pride Parade.   The parade spans 1 mile starting at Palm Canyon & Tachevah, then south to Tahquitz Canyon. Click for more details.

Sunday Worship: Long Live the Legion! or How Our Differences Make Us Stronger

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

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank. It's been more than 80 years since Superman appeared in his first comic book. Are super-heroes just wish fulfillment for adolescents or might they have something to say to us in our quest for diversity and justice?

“Crafting Shared Ministry: The Installation of Rev. Ian W. Riddell as UUCOD’s Settled Minister”

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

An Installation Service is an opportunity for a congregation and its settled minister to formally acknowledge and celebrate the new beginning in their shared ministry and to ponder together a shared vision of ministry. The service involves a ritual of installation, a wonderful sermon from a colleague and mentor of Rev. Ian’s, words and music from our congregation and from some of the ministers in our region, and even the exchange of some gifts in honor of the new shared ministry. And it's a chance for a party, too! Join us for this wonderful service and a fabulous reception afterwards.

Board of Directors Meeting

Community Room and Zoom

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!

Afternoon Book Club: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can pretend to ignore the most searing injustice. It’s a story about the power—and limitations—of […]

Free

Sunday Worship: Setting a Welcoming Table

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

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Denise Janssen Eager. As we prepare ourselves for gathering around a table in thanks, what is in our minds and hearts. Who do we carry with us as we feast and offer gratitude?

Sunday Worship: Rest as Resistance

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

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck

Oliver Burkeman wrote, “The core challenge of managing our limited time isn’t about how to get everything done—that’s never going to happen—but how to decide most wisely what not to do, and how to feel at peace about not doing it.” Join us as we explore the choice to find rest and restoration in the face of the world’s demands and the call of the coming season.