What if to “side with love” meant making bold, faith-full choices? What if it were even a little bit scary? This worship service brings together worship leaders and musicians from across the country to offer hopeful, moving, challenging reminders about what we, as Unitarian Universalists, are called to do, and BE, in the world.
Everette Thompson (he/him) serves as Campaign Manager for Side With Love.
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray (she/her) is President of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin (she/her) has been a member of the Black Lives of UU Organizing Collective Board since 2016.
Dr. Tuli Patel (she/her) is the Executive Director and the lead for the Lifespan Ministry team at Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit, NJ.
Rev. Michael Crumpler (he/him) serves as the LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Julica Hermann de la Fuente (she/her) serves as the Director of Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Ministries at the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, and is currently completing her path toward ordination.
Laura Conkle (they/them) is a lay leader who serves Unitarian Universalism at the local, regional, and national levels.
Rev. Erika Hewitt (she/her), the coordinator and liturgist for this service, serves as Minister of Worship Arts for the Unitarian Universalist Association.
David B. Smith (he/him) serves as Executive Director of Worship at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, OK.
Rick Fortner is Director of Music at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, OK.
Adam Podd is Music Director and choral conductor at First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, NY.
Feb 21 9:00 am - Forum - How Technology Is Changing Our Brains
Discussion Leader: Jai Cho
The Forum will meet via online video conference. The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
Events This Week
Children & Youth
Registration required to participate in children and youth programs. In-person programs also require a release form on file to comply with county and UUCPA Board COVID rules.
The UUCPA 2021-2022 pledge drive is off to a great start. As of Feb 17, 39 pledges have been received for a total of $175,170 (including matching funds). $11,900 remain as available funds for matching donations.
The small-group Zoom discussion planning is under way ... read more.
By Amy Zucker Morgenstern on Feb 19, 2021 12:46 pm
Dear UUCPA folks,
Today is an infamous anniversary, reminding us that the impulse to scapegoat the momentarily vulnerable is not new. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 imprisoning Americans of Japanese descent. There was no more logic in the idea ... read more.
In this session we will listen to a brief interview with Layla Saad, the author of a book called Me and White Supremacy. After the interview we will discuss our reactions to what we heard, then spend time talking about how we might bring some of ... read more.
Religious Questions in Art by Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern (A two class Series) Art I Wed, March 3, 2021 at 7:30 – 9 pmAmy will begin with a close look at two to three works of modern/contemporary art and we’ll dig into the religious and spiritual questions they ... read more.
The women’s winter shelter will be resident at UUCPA from Feb 21 to April 5 and is in need of volunteers to organize and serve dinner to shelter participants one day a week for those six weeks. Having a designated dinner coordinator is one way ... read more.
Women from UU congregations in the Bay Area and beyond are gathering March 13 from 8:30 am to 8 pm for a one-day virtual retreat on Zoom. The theme is: HANGING IN, HANGING ON. All self-identified women are more than welcome to join us. ... read more.
A thank you message from Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, UUCPA’s June 2020 justice partner:
Thank you for being part of a special group of congregations, our pillars of support. We appreciate and value you, our Congregational Sustainers, who make an annual gift as a ... read more.
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Unison Benediction
Go out into the world in peace,
Be of good courage,
Hold fast to what is good,
Return no one evil for evil,
Strengthen the faint-hearted,
Support the weak,
Help the suffering,
Rejoice in beauty,
Speak love with word and deed,
Honor all beings.
