Members of the Rainbow Alliance will share their reflections on Pride month, and on how efforts toward justice, inclusion, and fellowship make a difference to people in the LGBTQQIA community. Here is the link to the livestream: https://youtube.com/channel/UC-ggwJDOg70yLJTi3aTCjuA/live Anyone with an internet connection should be able to view the livestream. You may need to log in to Google to participate in the…
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The Flower Ceremony is a Unitarian Universalist ritual dating back to 1923 celebrating diversity and cooperation. This year, we’ll be celebrating in a new way, as we share photos of flowers and of people who bring beauty to our community. Just as Norbert and Maja Čapek created the flower ceremony to meet a community’s needs…
In these times, travel isn’t what it once was, yet new experiences, milestones, and transitions continue to be facts of life. We are transported by web conference or YouTube or fiction to other times and places. We may be traveling to different identities or states of being: graduating, retiring, grieving, welcoming children into the world,…
Coming of Age is a UU rite of passage for young adolescents. Similar to b’nai mitzvah for Jewish youth and Confirmation for Christian youth, Coming of Age recognizes a new stage of development, responsibility, and belonging in the religious community. For UU’s, the responsibilities of this stage include spiritual and ethical discernment and channeling your…
Two members of UUCSS will discuss their personal experience with grief following deaths connected with military service. Evelyn will discuss the loss of her father to the war in Vietnam. She will recount the impact of this grief on a nine year old girl who loved her father dearly and the implications of this loss into…
Please contact ops@uucss.org for details, as meeting schedule and location are subject to change. The Operations Council is composed of representatives from the Administrative Operations Committee, Property Committee, AV Committee and IT Committee.
As the congregation explores deeper engagement with multiculturalism and with dismantling racism, we reflect on both a spiritual and practical level about what it would mean to build the Beloved Community within UUCSS and beyond. Regarding the Featured Image: Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Inc.“Perspective” – An LPTM Color Me Community Series (Collaborative Creation)Sewn Acrylic Paint…
We take stock of a month of sacred days, including Eid Al Fitr, Shavuot, Pentecost, and Beltaine. Holy days in the traditions that we and our friends draw from remind us of what ignites our passion for this congregation and the Unitarian Universalist movement. From many sources, we receive sparks of inspiration for justice and…
Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt will lead the second of two services as part of UUCSS Ministerial Candidating Week. Following the service, members of UUCSS will have an opportunity to vote to call Rev. Schmidt to be the congregation’s next settled minister. https://uucss.org/2020/04/15/introducing-rev-kristin-grassel-schmidt/?fbclid=IwAR3lA-akEgqBmSgRJ20q0vtwib4g04bLIXcXTXLL4bb4krH6Wkm3mphswV8 On Sunday, join the service at our YouTube Channel, with music starting at…