Sep 272018
 
 September 27, 2018
Spirit Play in the Kitchen, 10/7!

Each year the Spirit Play kids have been in the Garden at the end of the summer season to celebrate harvest.  This year, the RE Spirit Play kids are making Vegetarian Chili for the congregation’s lunch. The kids will get a lesson identifying various vegetables, make a pot of chili, and eat fresh baked cookies.

Sep 262018
 
 September 26, 2018

Registration is at 8:30 (with breakfast!).  Keynote starts with worship at 8:55.  Workshops after lunch! Teaching 101 — Rev. Dan Harper – Let’s go over the basics of teaching Sunday school — how to have a great opening, how to keep the children or teens engaged & excited by the content, how to do an

Sep 252018
 
 September 25, 2018
Registration now open for SURJ Sacramento's Fall Study & Action Group

Registration is now open for SURJ Sacramento’s Fall Study and Action Group! Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Sacramento is launching their fall Study and Action group—a community of learners committed to examining the histories of white supremacy and resistance movements, and building our abilities to effectively take action in support of Black and people of color-led organizations fighting for racial justice. Now is the time

Sep 242018
 
 September 24, 2018

A hearty congratulations go out to Theater One Elly Award winners Lonon Smith for best original script for Treasure Island and to Shaleen Schmutzer-Smith for her performance as the Wicked Witch in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Both plays were performed at Theater One this past spring. The awards were presented at the recent Sacramento Area Regional Theatre

Sep 242018
 
 September 24, 2018
Ideas, vision & courage for Re-imagining Sunday School on Saturday

Last chance to register!  The Pot of Gold conference won’t ever be this close or the food as delicious and wholesome as it will be here this Saturday, Sept. 30.  But we need to know if you are coming! Looking forward to hosting many parents, volunteers and UU professionals next Saturday to consider trends and

Sep 242018
 
 September 24, 2018
Anniversary Gifts donations can reach the goal!

  This Sunday morning our special guest in the pulpit will be the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association.  On this day of celebration, gratitude and enthusiasm, we hope to raise the remaining funds to complete the Anniversary Gifts project.   Contributions in all sizes have been arriving in the office at UUSS:  $50—$500—$1,500—$10,000—$15,000, and

Sep 232018
 
 September 23, 2018
Join us next Tuesday, 9/25, at 7pm in the church library....

….to discuss Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Things Are Better Than You Think. This is a best-selling book in which the author explains how media bias, ideological preconceptions and statistical illiteracy makes most people (in rich countries) believe in a gloomy and spectacularly wrong worldview. Former President Obama says: “Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an

Sep 232018
 
 September 23, 2018

Thursday, October 11, 2018 Mary and Rich Howard will tell about their adventure to Tanzania  and the Serengeti Migration.  They will show their lovely slides and explain what is happening.  We meet in the Library at 10:45 am until noon.  Light refreshments are served.  A $3 donation is appreciated.

Sep 192018
 
 September 19, 2018
Games Night 9/21

In the Fahs Room* at 7:00pm * if I have any trouble hooking up the TV in the Fahs room we may switch to the library Earlier in the night we will all play a game on the TV called Jackbox Party Pack. There are a few simple fun games that use your smartphone (bring