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

Sunday Worship: Compassionately Navigating Shame

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

Worship Leader: Ian Challis
Worship Associate: Bob Rancourt
Shame is a challenging and gripping emotion that can hinder our spiritual growth and happiness. In this talk we’ll explore how to cultivate self-compassion and skillfully loosen the hold of shame with mindfulness and wisdom.

Sunday Worship: Principles and Promises: Living into our Values

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

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Joni Padduck
Our General Assembly in June will be deciding if the UUA begins the process of adopting new ways of expressing what is at the core of our tradition, shifting from principles to shared values. Join us as we explore what the changes might mean for us and how we understand ourselves.

Sunday Worship: Care For Our Common Home

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

Worship Leaders : Rev. Dr. Don Stouder
Worship Associate: Ginger Hemingway
"Now, faced as we are with global environmental deterioration, I wish to address every person living on this planet." Did you know that Pope Francis wrote each of us a personal letter? In this sermon, Rev. Don will talk about the historical and unprecedented calls from mainstream religion to save our planet home. He will use the Pope's encyclical letter on climate change to discuss this trend as well as the intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet.

Annual Congregational Meeting

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

Annual Congregational Meeting in Sanctuary and via Zoom.

Sunday Worship: Peace in the Middle

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

Worship Leader: Rod Belshee Worship Associate: Robert Rancourt
Why do we sometimes seem to skate merrily along in life and at other times bristle up? What is our innate self and what is just a response to outside events? Are we immutable? The Wheel of Dependent Origination offers some insight

Environmental Film Fest

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

Join the Social Justice Committee for UUCOD’s Environmental Film Fest. This five film series culminates in April for Earth Day. These films share a special emphasis on the climate changes happening in our Coachella Valley and beyond.

Sunday Worship: The Interdependent Web: Earth Day and Hope

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

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?

Sunday Worship: Curiouser and Curiouser: Questions Newcomers Ask of Us

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

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Ginger Hemingway
What do Unitarian Universalists believe? Why do you do things this way? What does it mean when you say that? Newcomers have lots of questions for us as they get to know our UU ways of being and thinking. Today, we’ll explore some of their questions. We might even answer a few!

Membership Committee Meeting

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

Meeting will be at Margaret Beaman's home.

Sunday Worship: Returning to Life

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

Worship Leader: Rev. Ian W. Riddell
Worship Associate: Derek Moore
We’ve spent so much time and energy expecting and hoping for a “return to normal” after the years of pandemic. As the pandemic has been fading we’ve been trying to return to our old lives—and finding out that the world has shifted and “normal” isn’t what it used to be. Join us as we are inspired by the ancient story of life triumphing over death to ponder what a new life together might look like. Our choir will sing!

Sunday Worship: I Brought My Spirit to the Trees: Our Camp de Benneville Pines

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

Worship Leaders :Rev. Ian W. Riddell and the Peet Family
Worship Associate: Julia Alberg-Burbank
Our Pacific Southwest area has been blessed with our own camp and retreat center in the San Bernadino National Forest. Since 1961 the camp has been a place for UUs (and others) to find retreat, renewal, and restoration among the trees. And to connect with and learn with other UUs. Join the Peet family today as we reflect on what camp has meant to them and what exploring our UU connections in the forest might mean for all of us.