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March 2024 “Transformation isn’t about adding more work to your life; it’s about shifting your perspective so life becomes more fun, magical, and joyful.” -Sheri Salata The quote above helps me in so many ways. This month at SepulvedaUU, we will be exploring Love as Transformation. Well, what exactly is that? To tell the truth, it is as varied as the human experience. Yet, from a UU perspective, from a spiritual perspective, how can we transform ourselves into the creation we want to be? Work, yes! Shifting perspectives, yes! Loving more, a resounding yes! Once we find the sweet spot, more joy, more fun, […]

The Goddess, The Last Supper, and Easter

Monthly Theme: Love as TransformationWhere: Center for Spiritual Living, Zoom: Sanctuary The Sunday Experience4:30 pm – Welcome and Hospitality5:00 pm – Evening Service (ZOOM Opens)6:00 pm – Refreshments6:30 pm – Continuing Conversations Join us at SepulvedaUU, as we close out our celebration of Women’s History Month with a sermon, written words, and musical selections by women and in praise of the Interfaith realities of this spiritual season. #No women, No Easter!😊 Join us! All are invited on Sunday evening at 4:30 pm for welcome and hospitality as we gather for our evening celebration. Our Service begins at 5:00 pm and […]

Gary Davis

Gary Davis joined SepulvedaUU in 2014. He was seeking a church that would be accepting ofspiritual beliefs and not require him to conform to an established dogma. He stayed because he hadalways felt welcome at this church from the very first time that he visited the church. Gary served onmany committees, including Membership, Nominating, and he currently serves on the Hospitality,Programming Committee, and the Board of Trustees. Gary sees the future of this church as one of the major transitions, and it is one filled with opportunities to bring our church into the 21st century. Gary looks forward to serving […]

Progressive Interfaith Alliance Orientation

Hosts: Lisa Bailey*, PIA Coordinator, and Janet Landau, SepulvedaUU PIA Chapter Organizer & LiaisonWhen: 2:00 pm PT Saturday, February 24, 2024Where: Private Residence, Fill Out Form Below to Sign Up Please bring your curiosity, your passion, and your justice-seeking selves! We will have a robust discussion and answer questions on topics including but not limited to: *Lisa Bailey has been an antiracist activist since she complied with a request to read Malcolm X’s autobiography by her Black friends in 1990. As she began her journey into re-learning the truth about our history in the United States of America and correcting […]

A Word From Rev Gordon

February 2024 Beloved Community, As we enter the second month of the year, known as Black History month in the United States, a shout-out to Carter G. Woodson. Woodson’s devotion to showcasing the contributions of Black Americans bore fruit in 1926 when he launched Negro History Week in the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Woodson’s concept was later expanded into Black History Month. So, during this month I will share as much as I can of Blackness from an American in the United States, and from a global perspective. How […]

29 Days of Blackness

Join us this month as we celebrate Black History month with29 days of reflections from Rev Gordon Clay Baileywho serves as a chaplain for The Mountain Top UU and minister of Sepulveda UU Society.

Town Hall Meeting and Lunch Provided

Host: Rev Gordon Clay Bailey, Janet LWhen: February 17, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pmWhere: Center for Spiritual Living, Zoom Room 1 All of our members are welcome to our Town Hall meeting to discuss future hopes for our beloved SepulvedaUU community. What do you envision for the Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society? Rev Gordon Clay Bailey and members of the Board will be in attendance to facilitate the productive discussion. Please come and let your voices and ideas be heard! A light lunch will be provided.

Teri Ismail

Teri was nudged into Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society. It was green, at least in the spring and the beginning of summer. The grass was tall and the ladybugs were hiding in the grass. The neighbor had chickens and the other one had horses. They’re gone now. They were conducting a play in those days. They seemed to have one a year old. Teri enjoyed being involved in them. Her child played them as well, and she was three years old at the time and is now 45. SepulvedaUU was Teri’s refuge from the city. Ahhh, but things change. Change is […]

A Word from Rev Gordon

Our spiritual theme for this month is Love as Pluralism. “I thought about the meaning of pluralism in a world where the forces that seek to divide us are strong. I came to one conclusion: We have to save each other. It’s the only way to save ourselves.” –Eboo Patel New Years Thoughts for UU’s and Beyond: I wish you all a happy New Year. I wish you all a happy New Year with lots of health, peace and love. These are the sentiments I was holding onto as the New Year opened. These are the thoughts I still have […]

Harvest the Power Leadership Development Class

Host: Rev Matthew Location: Zoom We are excited to join the EmersonUU congregation in their Harvest the Power Leadership Development class. This class asserts that leadership in a congregational setting can and should be a deeply spiritual experience. This program offers opportunities to enrich and deepen leadership skills as well as spiritual growth, in a way that honors the gifts that each of us brings. Harvest the Power is designed for adults of all ages and stages, young adults through elders, who currently hold or are considering accepting a congregational leadership position. Led by Rev. Matthew McHale & Rev. Rebecca […]