72425 Via Vail
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
760-321-0694
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
Yes, yarn crafting again! Join Rev. Ian as we think about the ways that the long, slow process of creating large pieces of fabric to decorate our homes and keep us warm and cozy can point to possibilities for resilience and persistence in a changing world.
Guest Speaker Rev. Frank Dunn
Service Leader:
Steven Toporoff
This week, we welcome the Rev. Frank Dunn. He and his husband, Joseph Casazza, are neighbors, living in Cathedral City. Rev. Dunn will focus on a few of the many lessons he has learned over his half-century career as an Episcopal priest, and from his involvement in all aspects of congregational life. Says Rev. Dunn: “I couldn’t possibly unpack more than a slice or two of what I’ve learned, but there’s a handful of things I’ve learned that might be useful to others in assessing what they have gleaned from the practice of Christianity. No one enters our lives without having something to teach us.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
Some of the super-heroes we see on the big and small screen recently have been around for a long time—Superman turned 85 this year! Their fictional lives and experiences might offer us opportunities to reflect on our own growth and development.
Worship Leader: Steven ToporoffWorship Associate: Ginger Hemingway What is a spiritual practice? What is considered spiritual, holy, or sacred often varies by family tradition, culture, and certainly religion. And sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between a spiritual practices and an ordinary activity of daily life or even a hobby. Drawing on the book Everyday Spiritual Practice by the Rev. […]
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Walter Gendell
Researcher Brené Brown claims that shame is a universal human experience and is at the root of so many of our challenges and conflict. Join us as we dig a little deeper into this emotion we often really, really don’t want to talk or think about.
Worship Leader: Reverend James I. Ford
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
UU minister and Zen teacher James Ford will explore the nature of the spiritual life as an arc from our first noticing the world through the quest for meaning and depth. He likes stories and we may find ourselves invited into one.
Worship Leader: Rev. Barbara Fast
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck
Drawing from Heritage and Tradition is a beautifully vast invitation for this August. Each of us can go deep and far with that prompt. Currently, I am occupied by our national news. I hope to draw forth some useful insights as we live these times. I look forward to being in your pulpit and sharing the morning with you.
Worship Leader: Rev. Kathleen Owens
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck
We can see some of our values shining through when we take a close look at today's Labor movement. We may even find some inspiration from the Labor movement to encourage us to live these values more fully.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
Crafting deeper and richer friendships and kinship is a vital tool in combatting the growing separation and erosion of social norms in our communities. Perfectionism creeps into our lives in so many ways. And time brings change to all things. How can we build relationships that are flexible, resilient, and enriching in the face of the forces of hatred and disconnection?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Mel Wilkinson
Our UUA General Assembly this past June agreed to changes to the ways we taught about what we believe and commit to. But GA brought conversations and discussions beyond the new values statements. Join us as we explore what’s going on in our wider faith tradition
Worship Leader: Swamini Adityananda Saraswati
Worship Associate: Steven Toporoff
How did the happiest man in the world become so happy? Researchers wanted to find out. What was revealed was stunning… and transferrable to our own lives. Join interfaith leader, Swamini Adityananda Saraswati, for an inspiring morning as she shares secrets from the East, and reveals how they can be easily practiced anywhere: at home, in traffic, or wherever else you may feel inspired.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Walter Gendell
This weekend we are joining the Unitarian Universalist Climate Revival—focusing our hearts and minds on the environment and living into new ways to nurture a thriving environment of all of life and building new connections between us as we do this holy work.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
Inspired by the traditions of our Jewish neighbors and kin we ponder together what being committed to right relations—to care and repair and deepening—might look like in our messy, conflicted world.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
On October 19, 1959, Unitarians in the Coachella Valley gathered for the first time at the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce office. Since then, this community has grown and thrived, through struggle and wandering in the desert, through ministers coming and going, through dreaming and hard work. And here we are, 65 years later, stronger than ever! Join us on this joyful day as we celebrate our history and our coming back together at the beginning of this church year and as we look together toward the future. And after the service, there will be birthday cake!!!
Worship Leader: Grace Garner
Worship Associate: Denise Janssen Eager
How do we act as leaders and allies in the fight for justice in a world that is pushing us further and further apart? When is it our duty to be bold and when do we know to step back and listen? We learn from Palm Springs Councilmember Grace Garner about how being raised at UU Fellowship of the Desert (later UUCOD) taught her how to use her position to respect, protect, and speak out for justice even when it isn’t easy.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Ginger Hemingway
We UUs cherish democracy. It grows out of our deepest values of inclusion, generosity, and interdependence. This morning, as we are getting ready for a momentous election, we’ll explore what a spiritual commitment to democracy means and how we can work toward democratic thriving in the reality of our divided culture.
Worship Leader: Rabbi Mark Borovitz
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
In times when anger/negativity is in such abundance, hope is the
spiritual response that will save us all from the disaster of despair.
Looking at faith traditions to live into the hope that living our faith
gives us, finding more similarities than differences.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck
Election Day has passed and we are all starting to figure out how to more forward into new realities together. How will we care for ourselves? How will we care for our neighbors? How will we heal wounds and continue our work of crafting the beloved community together?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Denise Janssen Eager
Our theme for November is “Building Accessible and Inclusive Communities.” How can we expand our understanding of accessibility and inclusion and craft communities that are open and welcoming to the rich and diverse ways that our human brains work and engage in the world?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Walter Gendell
Perhaps Emily Dickinson was wrong and hope does actually ask more than a crumb of us. Join us as we ponder how practice and attention and ritual might help us build hope in ourselves and our communities.
