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Making a Chalice

Did you know you can you make a chalice out of a pot? This Sunday service, we’ll provide the materials for your children to decorate a chalice and have it to light at home. Here is a link so you can watch a Youtube video of the book, “A Cup of Light,” to learn more about the chalice and how to incorporate the lighting of the chalice at home with your family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQWi59qHEg8. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Teri I for more information. We hope to see you and your whole family! (Pictured is a chalice […]

Show Me the Love, Shared Ministry as the Way Forward

Monthly Theme: Love as EquityWhere: 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 Congregational life is challenging. Having an ability to understand and communicate with others takes skill and desire. Building a Shared Ministry within Unitarian Universalism is the way forward and love must guide us. Join us as we bravely step forward and show one another our capacity to love. NOTE: This will be a “Full Community Celebration” with The Mountain Top UU and UUs for Racial Justice. After the Service, we […]

Equity Theory in Congregational Relations

Monthly Theme: Love as EquityWhere: 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 So imagine all relationships are equal and fair. Nice thought, right? Now, let’s look more closely at equity theory, which suggests that people are more satisfied with a relationship in which there is equal give and take by both parties. Let’s come to SepulvedaUU ready to imagine a congregation and a life filled with people getting what they need because everyone is doing their part. All are invited on Sunday evening […]

Love as an Equitable Act

Monthly Theme: Love as EquityWhere: 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 How do we love each other? Some of us can enumerate the ways. Still others may struggle to show how they tangibly love themselves, their families, their spiritual community. Let’s look at loving one another with a focus on equity. We are our fellow creatures keepers. Let’s talk! Join us as we open up the annual commitment to being a Welcoming Congregation. All are invited on Sunday evening at 4:30 pm […]

A Word from Rev Gordon

May 2024 Theme: Love as Equity Can we talk; or at least engage in a dialogue about something that is on my heart. I’ve been thinking about Investing your time with people and the fact that it comes at a cost. When you go to visit your relatives, go to dinner with a friend, or stay after work to talk with someone you are investing your time with them. You are giving of yourself and I wonder how often it is a selfless act? I am a counselor, a teacher a minister a chaplain. So much of my life is […]

Death Cafe (5/5)

We welcome you to our Death Cafe. It is a respectful space where you can feel comfortable sharing your questions, curiosity, fears, beliefs, and stories about any / all aspects of death, grief, mourning, bereavement. We have learned that there is often lots of laughter, as well as a few tears. We will start in May and meet bimonthly for 1.5 hours. During the sessions we will try writing, maybe delivering eulogies, writing living wills, consider burial options, cremation, video remembrances, create a song list for your memorial service, and so much more. This isn’t morbid or sad, it is […]

A Word from Rev Gordon

Our Theme for this month is Love as Generosity:

What does it mean to be generous?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary translates generous as “characterized by a noble or kindly spirit; liberal in giving; marked by abundance or ample proportions.”

Half – Empty or Half – Full

Monthly Theme: Love as GenerosityWhere: 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 Asking if a glass is half-empty or half-full is shorthand for a pessimistic or optimistic point of view— whether we appreciate what we have or always want more. While appreciation for what we have will lead to a more fulfilling life, is there something to be said for emptiness? All are invited on Sunday evening at 4:30 pm for welcome and hospitality as we gather for our evening celebration. Our Service […]

Dessert Table and Conversation

The Hospitality Committee of SepulvedaUU invites you to stay after services this Sunday, March 31, 2024 for a Dessert Table and Conversation, from 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm. This is in addition to our snacks and drinks before services, from 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm. In addition to our usual coffee and tea, we will also be offering hot chocolate and sparkling apple cider, along with scrumptious, delicious desserts! Come and help celebrate the Springtime with other members and friends. If you are interested in helping out as a member of the committee, please contact either Gary D, Mary K, […]

Grabbing a Bucket of Water

Monthly Theme: Love as GenerosityWhere: 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 Generosity emerges when one has extra to give and knows that the giving will matter. One useful frame for recognizing these qualities is by assessing the state of the world and our place in it as best we can. When we do that, what’s reflected back can be surprising. All are invited on Sunday evening at 4:30 pm for welcome and hospitality as we gather for our evening celebration. Our Service […]