’31 Days of Saving Democracy: Get Out the Vote’
Celebrating Diversity
August 2024
Lunch Club at Mediterranean Bistro
The Lunch Club enjoyed another great lunch together in July. We’ll meet up again Saturday, August 17th at the Mediterranean Bistro in Porter Ranch. We will meet at 12:30 pm. We hope to see you there! We ask that you RSVP with Gary D or Marilyn M by Thursday, August 15th so we can make reservations. See you there!
Someone Like Me: 31 Days of Celebrating Our Bodies
This month we are honoring Disability Awareness Month with Progressive Interfaith Alliance
Lunch Club at Rincome Thai
Our first lunch group meeting in June was fun and delicious, and we are looking forward to this month’s Lunch Club at Rincome Thai. Bring a friend or family member if you like and join us for a pleasant afternoon in each other’s company. We ask that you RSVP with Gary D or Marilyn M by Thursday, July 18th so we can make reservations. See you there!
President’s Corner
It has been a while since you have heard from me. I am still trying to heal from my accident in November. The Board has been hard at work planning the calendar for the coming year. The next year will be pivotal for our future. The Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 9th at 12:30 pm via Zoom (ZOOM Room 1). We will be voting on next year’s budget, electing positions on the Board and our Nominating and Endowment Committees, as well as deciding if our congregation should adopt the “8th Principle.” These are all very important […]
Annual Congregational Meeting
Join us for our Annual Congregational Meeting! We would like to reflect on our past year, plan financially for the upcoming year, elect church leadership, discuss the vote for the 8th principle, and celebrate our life together. For more information, please contact Janet L. Notice of ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Sunday June 9, 2024 via ZoomMeeting will be held on Zoom via the following link (it is our regular Zoom Room 1) or phone number.https://zoom.us/j/97905246696 Meeting ID: 979 0524 6696 or Dial by your location 669-444-9171. AGENDA “We, Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness […]
Lunch Club
Everyone is invited to participate in our newly formed Lunch Club. Our first lunch is set for noon on Saturday, June 15th at the Ranch Side Café. (We will each pay for our own meal). We ask that you let Gary D or Marilyn M know by Thursday, June 13th at the latest that you will be attending so we can make a reservation. Each month someone in the group will choose the restaurant for our next lunch date. Getting together for lunch is a great way to get to know each other better. Everyone is welcome to attend, so […]
A Word from Rev Gordon
June 2024 Theme: Love as Celebration June gloom, June weather is real here in the Valley. Wow, I had forgotten that! It is almost summer and I’m longing for the warm days. I’d like 80-90 with low humidity! It feels good to me. How about you? How does June in all of its glory, Love and Celebration resonate with you? Love Connects Us. Love celebrates important ways Unitarian Universalists live out our faith in this covenantal community. Many of us have been moved by love and gathered in spirit, we embrace our responsibility toward one another and the world at […]
Death Cafe – Session II
What will your loved ones say about you? One way to ensure your story is told correctly is to write it yourself. The great writer Flannery O’Connor said, “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way.” A eulogy — a remembrance speech at a funeral — often includes stories about the departed loved one. Yet how many of us know the whole story and unique path of even those closest to us? It’s not egotistical to write your own eulogy. Many grief counselors and thanatologists encourage people to think about their favorite memory […]
Beyond Beloved Conversations: Resource Library
Articles: Books: Television miniseries: PBS has several documentaries about sexism, including: Movies: Youtube: Ted Talk: Movies That Tell Our Stories: (April 2024) Disney+ Launchpad (These are short stories that have lots of intersectionality): Immigration (These are immigrant stories): _________________________ Ability Asian Gay/Lesbian Latino Trans Black