I preach three Sundays a month at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City. We worship every Sunday at 10am.
Spring Theme: Interim Tasks: Making Connections for Support Beyond the Congregation:
May 12, 2024, “You’re Perfect, Now Change”
Mothering, whether performed by a mother or someone else, requires accepting a child as they are, while also encouraging and supporting growth. The necessity of loving what is and working for change is the core and the challenge of spiritual work.
Call to Worship: 442
Opening Hymn: 361
Prayer: 515
Closing Hymn: 298
Benediction: 458
May 19, 2024 OFF
May 26, 2024, “Near and Far”
How far away feels the goal of our UU sixth principle, “world community.” How distant feel the troubles elsewhere and how near our country’s own problems. On this weekend when we honor the dead who gave their lives in war, we ask what we, who are not world leaders or influential much beyond our own family or neighborhood, can do, to help create a world of “peace, liberty, and justice for all.”
Call to Worship: 602
Opening Hymn: 134
Closing Hymn: 133
Benediction: 457
June 2, 2024, “U Fabulous U”
Flower Communion
The events of Pride month honor the inherent worth and dignity of every person. So too, does the UU ritual of flower communion, which we will celebrate today. Bring a flower to church that represents the colorful, wonderful, unique blossom you are, and, as we parade our individuality down the center aisle to our shared altar be prepared to lose yourself in a bouquet of beautiful community.
Blessing of the Flowers: 724
Call to Worship: 614
Opening Hymn: 305
Closing Prayer: 723
Closing Hymn: 323
Benediction: 529
June 9, 2024 Music and Technology Sunday
Our annual celebration of our UUCSC music program
June 16, 2024 RE Sunday
Our annual celebration of our UUCSC religious education program.
Summer Theme: Letting Go and Beginning Again
June 23, 2024 OFF
June 30, 2024, “Up and Out”
Volunteer Recognition. The service will be followed by our Congregational Meeting.
The sun has reached the highest point in the sky, and though the heat of summer still awaits, every day, now, will be a little shorter, the nights a little longer. So too, our church year continues through the end of August, but the end of June signals the end of our program year. We close the active part of our church year and turn now to needed rest. We recognize, we bless, and we release.
Call to Worship: 481
Opening Hymn: 204
Closing Hymn: 15
Benediction: 697
July 7, 2024, OFF
July 14, 2024, OFF
July 21 2024, OFF
July 28, 2024, “Space Available”
Before the invention of perspective in art, an artist was limited in their composition to the surface plane of the wall or the canvas. With perspective, though, an artist could seem to place images deep inside the picture as well as on the foreground. The spiritual need of vacation is to open up the flat surface of our regular lives to make space within ourselves in which new creation can occur.
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August 4, 2024
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August 11, 2024, OFF
August 18, 2024,
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August 25, 2024,
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September 1, 2024 OFF
Final Thoughts: After thirty years in the ministry, some conclusions about spiritual basics.
September 8, 2024, Ingathering
Water Communion
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September 15, 2024,
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September 22, 2024,
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September 29, 2024 OFF
October 6, 2024, “Sin and Forgiveness”
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October 13, 2024, “Past and Future”
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October 20, 2024 OFF
October 27, 2024, “Death and What Follows”
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November 3, 2024, “For Better or Worse”
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November 10, 2024, “Some Gave All”
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November 24, 2024, Thanksgiving
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December 1, 2024, Thanksgiving
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December 8, 2024 OFF
December 15, 2024,
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December 22, 2024, “The Christmas Story”
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December 24, 2024 Christmas Eve Service, 5pm
December 29, 2024, Hanukkah
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January 5, 2024, “Who Am I, Really”
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January 12, 2025 OFF
January 19, 2025, “The Ability to Achieve Purpose”
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January 26, 2025,
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February 2, 2025, Candlemas
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February 9, 2025, OFF
February 16, 2025, President’s Day
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February 23, 2025,
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March 9, 2025, Lent
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March 16, 2025,
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April 13, 2025 Passover
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April 20, 2025 Easter
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April 27, 2025 OFF
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May 11, 2025, Mother’s Day
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May 25, 2025, Memorial Day
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June 1, 2025 OFF
June 8, 2025, Music and Tech Sunday
June 15, 2025 RE Sunday
June 22, 2025, Volunteer Recognition
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June 29, 2025, “The Last Word”
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