September 7: "Water is Life Sunday"

Speaker: Rev. Judy Tomlinson

Welcome, friends—Newcomers, old-timers, seekers, and skeptics.

We come together this Sunday to celebrate a new church season. We are a community where love is not merely spoken but lived. At the beginning of this new season, we celebrate our Water Ceremony merging together the various streams of our lives. Bring some water from your summer experiences and join it together with ours. (riff on Rev. Dr. David Breeden’s Building Belonging).

September 14: “Lay Leadership in Shared Ministry”

Speaker: Woullard Lett

What’s the value of volunteering? What’s the meaning of shared ministry? What’s in it for me? The UUA Leadership Ministry Network is a peer-support network of current, former and potential lay leaders (that means YOU!). Hear how it can help you identify, define and develop your notions, knacks and natural gifts into lay leadership gold”. Video presentation by Woullard Lett, UUA Leadership Ministry Associate.

September 21: “Cherished Belonging”

Speaker: Rev. Judy Tomlinson

This service is inspired by Fr. Greg Boyles' most recent book. Fr. Greg is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang rehabilitation program in the country. He has found that kinship, kindness, and tenderness go a long way toward healing the wounds of our lives. Let's explore together how that works.

September 28: “Face the Music and Dance”

Speaker: Chaplain Michael Eselun

Popular guest speaker, and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun will explore the dance we do between acceptance and self-compassion.  If we reach for acceptance of our circumstances as a pathway to inner peace, what part does self-compassion play?