Upcoming Services
Upcoming Sunday Services
To request ASL interpretation for an upcoming service, please contact the office. Interpretation services require 10 days advance notice.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. at 2425 Sierra Avenue
Child Care Staff on duty from 10:15-12:00
Our Children and Youth Programs are also at 10:30 a.m.
January 26
The Power of Story: A Circle Service for All Ages
Rev. Lucy Bunch, Rev. Dr. Roger Jones, Worship Associate Andy Cramer, Music Director Anthony Tavianini, Pianist Irina Tchantceva
It is likely that there are many stories told about you by your family and friends, spouse, co-workers, other in your life. But what is your story? This Sunday we will take time to reflect the people, places and events that have shaped your story and will share some of it with each other.
February 2
To Welcome the Stranger (Within Us and Among Us)
Rev. Dr. Roger Jones preaching with Rev. Lucy Bunch, Worship Associate Dawn Huebner, Music Director Anthony Tavianini, Pianist Irina Tchantceva
The ancient commandment to welcome the stranger is perhaps the most challenging religious and ethical standard to follow, but that doesn’t make it any less worthy. At the same time, it can be hard to consider the shadowed aspects of our own souls. Let’s consider the need and reluctance to welcome the unfamiliar among us and within us.
- Labyrinth Walk in the Meadow at 9:30. Soup Sunday after the service!
- Joys & Sorrows candles & prayer cards in the sanctuary before the service.
February 9
Surrendering into the Expanse
Rev. Douglas Kraft preaching with Rev. Dr. Roger Jones, Worship Associate Jenni Gouine, Music Director Anthony Tavianini, Pianist Irina Tchantceva
The Buddha never said we don’t have a self. We obviously do: you are you and I am me. However, paradoxically the depth of our being is not found by shrinking into a separate essence but by surrendering outward until we feel how everything is directly or indirectly connected with everything else. When we hurt someone, we hurt ourselves. When we’re kind to others, we are kind to ourselves. We connect with the infinite oneness of life. You are me and I am you.
This morning we’ll explore the implications this has in meditation and in our daily lives.
Doug Kraft was ordained 50 years ago. He served UUSS from 2000-13 and is our Minister Emeritus. He attends regularly with his wife, Erika. They have two sons and two grandchildren.
- Sermon reflection with Lue & Peter at 9:30 a.m. (Fahs Room)
- Newcomers Orientation and tour of campus at 11:50 a.m. (Welcome Table)
February 16
Your One Wild and Precious Life
A Circle Service for all Ages, led by Rev. Dr. Roger Jones with Rev. Lucy Bunch, Worship Associate Karen Sparrow, the UUSS Choir, Music Director Anthony Tavianini, Pianist Irina Tchantceva, and UUSS folks from age 5 to 95, give or take. Altar design by Molly Stuart.
Join us for this favorite annual service. Congregants from every decade of age will present their two-minute answers to this question from a poem by the late Mary Oliver: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Contact Rev. Roger soon if you want to participate.
- Tai Chi/Qi Gong at 9:30. After the service: our final Soup Sunday!
February 23
Salmon, Rivers, and the Sludge of Transformation
Rev. Lucy Bunch preaching with Rev. Dr. Roger Jones, Worship Associate Celia Buckley, UUSS Choir with Music Director Anthony Tavianini, Pianist Irina Tchantceva
After years of discussion, lawsuits, trials and tribulations, the world’s largest damn removal was completed on the Klamath River last year. What can we learn from native people who inhabit this area and from this great river’s return to its natural state?
- Exploring Unitarian Universalism before the service at 9:30
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