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Rick Hoyt-McDaniels

Author, Artist, Composer

Category: Minister’s Messages

Columns I write for my church newsletter. Posts since August, 2022 were written for the Unitarian Universalists Church of Studio City. Earlier posts were written for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kern County, Bakersfield (August 2021 to August 2022) under the title, “In Fellowship”, or for the Long Beach Unitarian Universalist Church (January 2018 to June 2020) under the title, “Go Through”.

Epiphany

Posted on January 20, 2024January 19, 2024 by Rick

I mentioned in my sermon last week that in the Christian liturgical calendar we are in the season of Epiphany, which… Read more Epiphany

Bring a Friend to Church Sunday

Posted on January 6, 2024January 5, 2024 by Rick

For our Sunday worship on January 21, we will be hosting a “Bring a Friend to Church” Sunday.  Have you… Read more Bring a Friend to Church Sunday

News to Know and Christmas Eve

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Rick

As usual there’s a lot going on at our church.  What an abundance of programming to help us celebrate, and… Read more News to Know and Christmas Eve

Holiday Season

Posted on December 9, 2023December 8, 2023 by Rick

We are well into the holiday season now.  I mentioned Bodhi Day in my sermon last week.  The actual day… Read more Holiday Season

UUCSC Common Read, Search

Posted on November 11, 2023November 10, 2023 by Rick

Are you reading Search?  Have you read it?  Maybe you read it before and want to read it again.  Search is a… Read more UUCSC Common Read, Search

Our GALA Weekend

Posted on October 28, 2023October 27, 2023 by Rick

What a wonderful month we’ve had!  I have so enjoyed celebrating our church’s 80th anniversary with you.  And I’m very… Read more Our GALA Weekend

80th Anniversary Celebration

Posted on October 7, 2023October 6, 2023 by Rick

We our way into our 80th Anniversary month celebrations.  Sunday mornings we will continue to celebrate with history-themed worship and… Read more 80th Anniversary Celebration

Add Your Flower to our ‘Dazzling Bouquet’

Posted on September 30, 2023September 29, 2023 by Rick

I had fun making a “flower” to decorate the border of the big church calendar in the Narthex.  See the… Read more Add Your Flower to our ‘Dazzling Bouquet’

Adult Religious Education

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Rick

With this Sunday’s Ingathering worship service and water communion, our 2023-2024 church year begins:  the 80th year of our church! … Read more Adult Religious Education

New Website

Posted on September 2, 2023September 9, 2023 by Rick

For the past few months, a team of us have been working on creating a new website for the church. … Read more New Website

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