72425 Via Vail
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
760-321-0694
Worship Leader: Rev. Tania Márquez
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck
Rev. Tania will present a service about embodiment, exploring what it means to be an embodied awareness, to live in a body that feels and experiences the world in ways we are not always aware of or that we cannot know.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Bob Rancourt
How is hope different from optimism? How can we be hopeful in these times? The returning darkness of winter brings us opportunities for connection and renewal. How can we learn to be a people of hope?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Bob Rancourt
UUCOD Choir: Vanessa Ament, Director
The festival of Hanukkah is centered around a miracle, the burning of a lamp for eight days when only one day of oil was available. Can we be reminded to find miracles in all around us? To feel awe and curiosity each and every day?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
UUCOD Choir, Vanessa Ament, Director
Join us for our annual celebration of light and hope, coming together to find comfort and possibility in the quiet and in the joyful music.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Lance Phillips
We talk a lot about right relations these days. We even have a policy! But what does living in right relation with our neighbors and kin look like on a day-to-day basis? What does it feel like? How can we live more deeply into the beloved community together?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
What does welcome feel like? What does it look like? How can we welcome newness and possibility and hope into our lives and into our congregation. Join us as we explore welcome and celebrate the new members joining our community.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
Join us as we celebrate the beauty and life-giving wonder of our planetary home. How do we respond to the environmental crises around us? How do we find ways for us and all of life to thrive on our vast but tiny home?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
Science fiction is not all space ships and alien empires. Join us as Rev. Ian explores the way literature might help us reflect on our deepest hopes and brightest paths forward.
Worship Leaders : Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
The Hebrew prophet, Micah, when asked what worship Yahweh required of his people responded with these three calls to relationship and service. What might our anxious and challenging times require of us?
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Steven Toporoff
How might the ancient text of the Tao Te Ching help us live more deeply into community and connection with the wider world, our community, and our deepest selves?
Worship Leader: Mel Wilkinson
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck
Join me as we delve into the journey of the ukulele and try to answer the question: Is drinking alcohol the better way to play a ukulele?
Worship Leader: Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti, Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan
UUCOD Coordinator: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Join us as we share in the Sunday service from the 2023 Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly shared with Unitarian Universalists around the country and around the world. We will have a short service at our normal time of 10:00am in the Sanctuary. If you wish to watch from home you can find the link in the newsletter or in the email sent on 6/22. Note that the LIVE stream of the service will start at 8:00am Pacific.
Worship Leaders : Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck
As we celebrate our nation’s birthday, we take a look at the state of our democracy and wonder together how to stay true to our values while resisting hatred, fear, and prejudice.
Worship Leader: Jack Fitzsimmons
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
Jack's post-surgical journey and his emerging practice of gratitude.
Worship Leader: Steven Toporoff
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
We may find ourselves disappointed at times when our Church and religious leaders fail to meet our expectations. Let’s learn from two world beliefs - Taoism and the Baha’i Faith - how to manage expectations when living in community.
Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Ginger Hemingway
What do a TV show about soccer, a musical about hippies, and fast-food toys tell us about masculinity, gender, and embracing diversity?
Worship Leader: Harriet Rossetto
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
Meeting the emotional, existential and spiritual challenges of the human condition.
Worship Leader: Rev. Dr. Sharon
Asherah Siegel
Worship Associate: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Rev. Dr. Sharon Asherah Siegel will share some of the rituals of The Goddess Temple of Palm Springs. She will address the need for feeling spiritual at this time of uncertainty in our personal lives, and as we live with national and world chaos.
Worship Associate: Steven Toporoff
More information coming soon!
Worship Leader: Anita Rufus
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum
Anita Rufus, who has specialized in end-of-life options for over 20 years, will talk about Advance Directives and the importance of having discussions with your family about what you do and do not want.