Spiritual Events

Worship Leader: Rev. Molly Housh Gordon, Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, Missouri
Worship Coordinator: Rev. Ian W. Riddell

We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care? Join us as we share in the Sunday service from the 2024 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly shared with Unitarian Universalists around the country and around the world. We will watch the service at our normal time of 10:00am in the Sanctuary. If you wish to watch from home, we will share the link for the service closer to the date. Note that this service will be longer than our usual 60 minutes.

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate:  Bryna Blum

Researcher Brené Brown explores practices for grappling with failure and struggle in our lives. How does her sociological and psychological insight parallel our commitments to spiritual growth and loving relationships?

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: 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. 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.