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    Sunday, February 1, 2026"Stronger Together”

    Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
    Worship Leader: Steven Toporoff
    Over and over again we proclaim the truth that we are not alone, that we cannot build a world of justice, thriving, and love on our own. As we start our focus on our annual pledge drive, let’s reflect on the strength and imagination we open up when we are woven together in the work of love
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    Sunday, January 25, 2026: The Work of Handmind

    Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
    Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
    Sometimes the act of making connects us deeply to tradition, to community, and to deeper parts of ourselves. Join us today as we explore making as a path to spiritual wholeness
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    Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
    Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank

    Sometimes the act of making connects us deeply to tradition, to community, and to deeper parts of ourselves. Join us today as we explore making as a path to spiritual wholeness.
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    Sunday, January 18, 2026 "What If We Try Something New"

    Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
    Worship Associate: Ginger Hemingway

    “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Join us as we acknowledge the fact that this new world we are living into may require that we develop some new ways of responding and building community and resilience.
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    Sunday, January 11, 2026 "To Face the Coming Year"

    Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
    Worship Associate: Mel Wilkinson

    We greet the new year with hearts and minds open to newness and possibility. And this year, it feels like we’re facing more of the same political cruelty and social chaos and attacks on our democracy and on our vulnerable neighbors and kin. How are we to build hope? How can we navigate the coming months? How can our religious tradition inspire and support us? What is ours to do? Join us as we gather in love. And our choir will bring us comfort and beauty.
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    Sunday, January 4, 2026: Justice For The Very Few

    Service Leader: Bryna Blum
    Guest Speaker: Patricia Daniels

    This conversation will provide an overview of the California death penalty system, including examples of how this system is both flawed and broken; and, my experiences with some of the men and women the state is trying to kill.
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    Service Leader: Bryna Blum
    Guest Speaker: Patricia Daniels

    'Justice’ For the Very Few: A Discussion of California’s System of Capital Punishment.
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    Sunday, December 28, 2025 : "Rise Up, O Flame: Preparing for the New Year"

    Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
    Worship Associate: Mel Wilkinson

    At the end of one year and the beginning of the next, we look back and wonder what we can let go from the year gone by and what we can carry forward into the months to come. Join us as we let the past burn away and call on love to guide the future.
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    Reading Lists

    At times Rev Ian publishes a reading list of sources that he used in his sermons.

    January – February 2025

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    Printed Sermons

    May 4, 2025:  May the Fourth Be with you:  Resistance in the Context of Community and Covenant by Julia Alberg-Burbank.

    This talk includes the ten W’s created by Diana Butler Bass, a Christian Minister.  These practices, Julia states, can strengthen ourselves and deepen the community we have here.

     

     

    June 25, 2023 GA Assembly Worship Service

    Ever Willing: Becoming the People Our World Needs

    The pandemic has wrought change and created uncertainty for institutions, like our Unitarian Universalist congregations, and our wider world. Who and what are we becoming, individually and collectively? Our GA Sunday service explores these themes as we gather in community to celebrate the best of who we UUs are.

    Link to the UUA website to view the recorded service.

    July 2, 2023: We The People

    Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
    Worship Assistant: 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.

    *Note:  Since there was no sound on the recording we are providing the text of the sermon in this document.

    We the People Sermon