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

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Monday Meditation

Join us each Monday as for a group meditation and inspirational reading. Drop-ins are welcome.

Sunday Worship: We The People

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

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.

Sunday Worship: Gratitude: Lessons from a Cracked Head

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

Worship Leader: Jack Fitzsimmons
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum

Jack's post-surgical journey and his emerging practice of gratitude.

Sunday Worship: When Church Disappoints

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

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.

Sunday Worship: A Peculiar Notion: Gender, Masculinity, and Ted Lasso

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

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?

Sunday Worship: You Don’t Have to be an Addict…

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

Worship Leader: Harriet Rossetto
Worship Associate: Bryna Blum

Meeting the emotional, existential and spiritual challenges of the human condition.

Sunday Worship: Spirituality in the Face of Uncertainty

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

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!

Sunday Worship: The Five Wishes

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

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.

Sunday Worship: Crafting Time, Crafting Worth

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

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

We value knowledge highly in our tradition, embracing varieties of knowledge about things: thinking and ideas and theories. But we often devalue knowledge grounded in doing, making, and crafting. How might we benefit from the deep knowledge of makers and crafters and tradespeople as we imagine the beloved community?

“The Importance of Living an Authentic Life”

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

Worship Leader: Lisa Middleton
Worship Associate: Steven Toporoff
Lisa Middleton is a member of the Palm Springs City Council. In 2017, she became the first transgender person elected to a political office in California, in 2021 she became only the third transgender person in US History to be the Mayor of an American city. Lisa will speak not only of her lived experience but of the challenges facing transgender people today as so many seek to politicalize transgender identity.

Sunday Worship: Used Up and Thrown Out: The (Mis)Use of People Over Profit in Manual Labor

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

Worship Leader: Megan Beaman-Jacinto
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck

Even today, where the average person works 12+ jobs in a lifetime, many companies continue to enjoy the committed and experienced labor of long term employees. These humans dedicate nearly their entire working lives to companies, contributing a wealth of dedicated expertise, wisdom, and skills over decades. However, too often, the employment relationships end too abruptly in employees’ later years, and workers are able to fight back.