72425 Via Vail
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
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AMA: Ask (Your) Minister Anything

Hybrid: Online and In-Person 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Do you have a question you really want Rev. Ian to answer? About theology? social justice? knitting? Unitarian Universalism? ministry? Now's the time. Throughout the service Rev. Ian will strive to answer the question you've asked. See the newsletter for links to a survey or send Rev. Ian an e-mail with “Questions” in the subject line.

Annual Congregational Meeting

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

The Congregation is the ultimate authority for all matters pertaining to the Church.  The purpose of the Annual Church Meeting  is to conduct the business of the church. At the […]

Palm Desert’s Spring Concerts in the Park

Palm Desert Amphitheatre Palm Desert Civic Center Park, 43900 San Pablo Ave, Palm Desert, CA

Click through to see the complete band listing. Let’s Get Together for a fun concert on Thursdays in May. Bring your chair or blanket to the Palm Desert Amphitheater for a fun outdoor concert. Text Sheryl Eaton if you are coming so we can sit together.

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I’m Not Rick Springfield by Vicki Vodrey

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

Little Timmy really loves his Mama. Mama has a dream. Little Timmy wants to make it come true. A little kidnapping is not going to stand in his way. Starring Don Cilluffo, Lasaro Guerra and Diane Moore. Directed by Phylicia Mason.....

Butler, LeGuin, and Okorafor: What Science Fiction Has Taught Me About Community

Hybrid: Online and In-Person 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Betty Bender
Science Fiction and Fantasy bring us imaginings of new worlds and new possibilities. What can we learn about how our own world can grow and transform. We’ll explore the writings of some classic authors and some newer, younger, and more challenging voices.

Graduation Celebration

Patio

You are invited to join in our celebration of Reign Pacino, Thera Pacino, & Maddox Phillips' high school graduations & wish them well as they begin the next chapter of […]

DOS Choir

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

Why Not Everyone?

Hybrid: Online and In-Person 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Worship Leader: roddy bell-shelton biggs
Worship Associate: Sarita Gonzales

Inspired by the Traditional Spiritual Song, Why Not Every Man? (Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel), join us as Ministerial Aspirant with the Unitarian Universalist speaker roddy biggs reflects on the many ways in which some of our Unitarian Universalist practices can be harmful to the creation and full realization of the beloved community. What can we do as Unitarian Universalists in the 21st century do differently to ensure that everyone, those who are Queer, BIPOC, living with mental and emotional health challenges, of social and economic divides, not only feel but know that they are seen, are heard, are valid and are welcome/ celebrated in our Unitarian Universalist faith and society at large?

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A Gathering for Grief and Connection

Hybrid: Online and In-Person 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

So many of us are feeling grief and fear and rage and uncertainty in the face of the continued mass shootings, especially this week’s deadly attack at a school in […]

Sunday Worship: In Body and Spirit

Hybrid: Online and In-Person 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Are we our bodies or do we inhabit them? And what difference might our answer to that make? As we struggle against those who demand control of other people's bodies, how might our theology and understanding of all of our bodies help us respond?

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DOS Choir

Hybrid: Online and In-Person 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

DOS Shabbat

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

Women’s Night Out: Legends & Icons

Legends & Icons Pub & Grill 78152 Varner Rd. Suite A and B, Palm Desert, CA

​June is just around the corner and that means WNO shenanigans for the Desert Rats who stick around for the summer. I hope you'll join me Monday, June 13 at […]

Sunday Worship: The Wide Circle of Universalism

Hybrid: Online and In-Person 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Since Rev Don preached several times about the “Widening the Circle” report in the summer of 2020, there has been much talk in UU circles of the need for new, liberating theologies. In this sermon, Rev Don calls us back to our Universalist roots, and how, on this Sunday honoring both Father’s Day and Juneteenth, we can celebrate and reclaim the freedom, reason, tolerance, and love that our Universalist faith represents.

UUA General Assembly

Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR, United States

General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Participants worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend; congregations must certify annually to have voting delegates.   

Faith on Fire for Democracy: a rally for UU the Vote

General Assembly

Save the date for UU the Vote’s General Assembly multi-platform rally as we build momentum together! Whether you join us for our in-person event in Portland, or online with our UU the Vote community across the country, we’re excited to share this time of inspiration, motivation, strategy, and grounding.