Previous Celebration

Interested in knowing more about our previous Sunday services. Read on for brief description of previous topics at Starr King UU.

2010

August 1
The Fullness of Lughnasadh ~
Ruth and Bill DeSmidt The ancient festival of Lughnasadh celebrates the early harvest season and all its abundance. Today’s service will focus on the gratitude for the bounty of food and the richness of all that surrounds us. Come join in the fullness of this church community and finish with some easy-to-learn dancing. All ages service

August 8
Why Are We Here? ~
Jim Craig This broad question is approached from several angles by our guest. Jim is here as a the worship coordinator from the Napa UU Church. He is a former Presbyterian Minister and served as teacher of religion in a Massachusetts boarding school.

August 15
Eight Courageous Women ~
Betsy Dye Enjoy a Reader’s Theatre service about women in the 19 th century. Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Olympia Brown and more: Some were Unitarian, others Universalist, but all left an indelible mark on the world.

August 22
The Spirituality of Golf ~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris It’s been said that all sports provide metaphors—baseball about things American, basketball of jazz, and football of war. For golf, the case can be made that it is a metaphor for life. How might we learn something from golf?

August 29
A Teaching and Learning Congregation ~
Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Intern Sharon Wylie This congregation prides itself on being a teaching congregation and yet when we teach, we find we learn at the same time. What can we teach this year? What will we learn? Come, meet our new ministerial intern for the year 2010-2011, Sharon Wylie.

July 4
The Power of Belief
~Hans York, musician
Come, on this Independence Day morning, for the return of musician Hans York. He’ll fill the service with beautiful sounds of his voice and guitar.
Worship to be held in Fellowship Hall due to updating work in the sanctuary.

July 11
Summer Book Communion
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
Bring a book to give to another congregant today for our communion service. This service will allow room for your spontaneous sharing of joys, insights and difficulties of reading. For children, bring a book to give to another child. We’ll make a gift to a local library with any leftovers.
Worship to be held in Fellowship Hall due to updating work in the sanctuary.

July 18
A Reader’s Theatre
~Al Murdach, member
Members of the congregation will share a play, read with scripts in hand. This will be an intergenerational service, with child care provided for our youngest folks.

July 25
Building Their Own Theology
~Chris Selig, member
How do people outside of our faith tradition create their own belief systems? What ways do we have as Unitarian Universalists to construct a faith filled with meaning and depth?

June 6 A Flight From Time ~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris It used to be that stores were closed on Sunday mornings, that activities were scheduled on Monday-Saturday, that time was given to people for church or respite on Sundays. How can we remember the Sabbath in this world of constant movement? What benefit might it provide us to do so?

June 13 Happiness is A Butterfly ~Revs. Leah Hart-Landsberg & Katie Kandarian-Morris Today we’ll celebrate the gifts of learning, growing and transforming. We’ll thank our teachers, listen to our choir and say good-bye to our Director of Religious Exploration. This is an intergenerational service. Listen to this service

June 20 Bring Many Names: Reflections on Father’s Day and Summer Solstice ~Sharon Wylie We live in a culture that glorifies stereotypes: a walk through a shopping center would convince anyone that Father’s Day is a celebration of sports, cars, and barbecue. But we are more complex than this, and living a spiritual life calls us to honor our authentic selves, in all our contradictory complexities. As we celebrate Father’s Day and Summer Solstice, let us name and own the contradictions and complexities in our own lives.

June 27 Fill in the Blank as a Spiritual Practice ~ Glen Jacob and members of Worship Committee A spiritual practice can be as unique as you want to make it. Come discover practices that others have deemed in some way "spiritual" and add yours to the mix. Lay Lead Service

May 2 Listen to this sermon
Let This Be A House of Peace
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris Next fall we’ll officially dedicate our new entire building, but in the meantime let us consider the history of this congregation’s building. How are our church structures a reflection of our value and what we believe?

May 9
Rachel Sabbath
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris On this Mother’s Day, let us consider how we may honor and nurture Mothers worldwide, including the half-million women who die as a result of complications from pregnancy. We’ll take part in the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal for reducing maternal mortality.

May 16 Listen to this sermon
I Was A Stranger And You Welcomed Me
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
Today we’ll take part in the East Bay Housing Organization’s Housing Sabbath. How can we create healthy families with the current realities of low wage jobs, immigration, and housing insecurity of our area. We’ll welcome a speaker from EBHO, and hear stories.

May 23 Listen to this sermon
The Church is People
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris TODAY’S SERVICE BEGINS THE SUMMER 10AM SCHEDULE!
Not only is the church people, it’s primarily run by volunteers. This is the day we celebrate those volunteers and all that they do around the church, around the year. We invite everyone to stay for our annual meeting following worship.

May 30 (podcast no available)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
~Members of Worship Committee INTERGENERATIONAL Celebrate Memorial Day with members of the Worship Committee, remembering those who have died in war and praying for peace.

April 4 Spirit of Life (not available)
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Leah Hart-Landsberg INTERGENERATIONAL, Easter Sunday,
Flower Communion Bring a flower to share in our annual flower communion as we celebrate new life, beauty and diversity of thought and belief. Come early today, we’re bound to fill up all the seats!

April 11 Purpose Driven Life? Listen to this sermon
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris Famous pastor of Saddleback Church in San Diego, California wrote the best-selling book Purpose Driven Life. Does it make sense to discover your purpose in life, or is there another way to create order and meaning to the privilege of being alive?

April 18 The Great Big Thing Listen to this sermon
~Rev. Katie Kandarian- Morris
It might not be the same as The Really Big Thing, which is the new ad campaign for selling a certain brand of cars, but it’s one way to name God. How is The Great Big Thing relevant for UUs ? What might be gain from having a relationship with something larger than ourselves? What do we call it?

April 25 The Fate of Prophets Full Service - note service cuts off before the end of the sermon.
~Rev. Robert Balint Prophethood is not something that you choose. It is something that arouses with elemental power and compels you to walk a path. The sermon invites you to get closer to the memory of Balázs Ferenc (1901-1937), minister of Mészkő (Alabaster Village) in Transylvania. Also, today we’ll honor Earth Day, and after the service, we’ll enjoy our Earth Fair.

March 7 Are You Smarter than a Bullfrog? Listen to this sermon
~Bob Meyerson It's said that if you put a frog into cold water, and gradually heat it, the frog will be unaware that it's being boiled to death. Are our people being gradually deprived of our constitutional freedoms? What is the responsibility of Unitarian Universalists to speak out to preserve our liberties?

March 14 Hymns of Humanity Listen to this sermon
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris Many of the wonderful hymns in our hymnal are inspired by the humanist tradition. Today we'll enjoy the influence and inspiration of Religious Humanism by being reminded of its influence and through singing its songs.

March 21 Celebration Sunday: Listen to this sermon
Literally Building the Beloved Community
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris Especially at a time when the world is struggling, we need a community of hope to inspire us, to hold us and remind us that we are the ones we have been waiting for. Today is the day we honor those efforts together. Please make every effort to join your friends in church, and be prepared to bring the commitment for your pledge for the next fiscal year. We'll celebrate with food following worship.

March 28 Calling My Children Home
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Leah Hart-Landsberg INTERGENERATIONAL
On this Palm Sunday, we will dedicate our youngest children and recognize the gifts of intergenerational religious community. Come, sit in this circle of love and care. (We'll have childcare available for those children who have a hard time remaining in the service.)

February 7 : Good Theology Listen to this sermon
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
What do we mean by good theology? Maybe some of those trite or cliché comments heard from other people have been a turn-off and a barrier to your own religious or spiritual openness. Might there be good theological answers to life’s common problems?

February 14: Be Mine!
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Leah Hart-Landsberg INTERGENERATIONAL SERVICE
On Valentine’s Day, we celebrate love and romance, but also an appreciation of the loving relationships of relationships between the generations. One of the special parts about a faith community is the creation of connections with those whom we would not have an opportunity to know otherwise. Let’s enjoy each other.

February 21: Traces of the Trade Listen to this sermon
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
As February is African-American History month, we’ll take time to look a little deeper into Unitarian and Universalist history. What is our history with regard to slavery? Might we learn from our history?

February 28: "Would You Harbor Me ?" Listen to this sermon
~Rev. Erika Hewitt Would you harbor me? Would I harbor you?
These questions (from a Sweet Honey in the Rock song) are the springboard for Erika’s reflection that our Unitarian Universalist inclusivity -- our eagerness to welcome all who find us -- is a gift that ought to be extended thoughtfully, not reflexively. Rev. Erika Hewitt is a former member of Starr King UU Church, and was ordained by the congregation in December 2004.

January 3
Spontaneous Spirituality
~Glen Jacob and Starr King Improv
Stressed out about plans for the New Year? Join us today as we explore spontaneity through words, song and skit, for a fun lay led service.

January 10 Listen to this sermon
Be Kind to One Another
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
As we let go of the negative influences of the past year, let us pay attention to the positive ways to greet the world. In our ritual ceremony, we’ll burn off what we want to leave behind.

January 17
Beyond Afghanistan
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
How do we consider war in this post-modern era? Shall we name them ―just ‖ if the cause is righteous? How do we know when it is? Come consider war and peace on this Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday.

January 24
Addiction Ministry for UU 
~Rev. Alex Holt & Rev. Katie Kandarian
Visiting from the Pacific Northwest, Alex Holt will share the ubiquitousness of additions, even where we might least expect them, in people close to us. Come consider where and how addictions has touched many of our lives. 

January 31
Reproductive Justice Listen to this sermon
~Darcy Baxter
On this 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, where are we with regard to reproductive health? In thirty-seven years, are we taking steps forward or backward? What might we do to be advocates for our faith?

2009

December 6 The Wreath Goes ‘Round and ‘Round ~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris Welcome to the season of advent, with it’s familiar wreath. What does this circle represent for us in this season of waiting? Our choir will sing today.

December 13 Every Hour of the Light and Dark Sermon
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Leah Hart-Landsberg The eight days of Hanukah begin on the night of December 11 th this year. The Hanukah story of the Macabees tells of a tiny jug of oil that miraculously lasted for eight days. Is this the only miracle of Hanukah? Our choir will sing today.

December 15 Tuesday 7:15PM Meditation on Silence ~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Marla Bacina As a retreat from the hectic days that lead up to Christmas, come sit in peace in our sanctuary. Readings, prayers and interludes of music will be offered to enhance awareness of meditation and periods of extended silence.

December 20 Our Hearts Grow Tender
INTERGENERATIONAL ~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Leah Hart-Landsberg Come and create-a-pageant together, and enjoy the gifts of holiday readings and songs as we celebrate Christmas in our community.

December 24 Thursday 7PM Silent Night, Holy Night ~Rev. Katie Kandarian & Leah Hart-Landsberg Sing carols, hear the choir, consider the silent night. All are welcome to join in the night before Christmas. Bring your holiday guests as you enjoy your evening.

December 27 Dance as Spiritual Practice ~Rev. Vicky Combs Come hear about a form of conscious dance called Biodanza, or "the poetry of human encounter." Following the service all are invited to experience this spiritual practice that has become such a source of joy and personal healing for Vicky. Dress in comfortable clothing for the 2 and a half hour session.

November 1: (no podcast available)
The Art of Remembrance
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris INTERGENERATIONAL Today is our Dia de los Muertos celebration. All are invited to bring pictures of loved ones who have passed. We’ll light candles to remember them, and consider what it means to remember. Wear your costume!

November 8:
Building the World We Dream About
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris Today we’ll celebrate Association Sunday (for the UUA) and the focus for this year, which is “Growing our Diversity.” What are we doing already? What might we do next?

November 15: Listen to this sermon
In Words and Music
~Hans York Welcome back guest musician Hans York for a special service filled with his lovely voice and the gifts of his guitar talents.

November 22: Listen to this sermon
To Catch an Attitude
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris INTERGENERATIONAL In tough times, is it wise to keep thinking positively, or maybe be a little more honest with our feelings? Today we’ll welcome the Guest at Your Table program, and take a special collection for the South Hayward Parish food program.

November 29: Listen to this sermon
The Practice of Gratitude
~Members of the Worship Committee ~Worship Associate: Ruth DeSmidt Come and join us in a Lay Led Celebration of Gratitude and Thanksgiving led by various members of Starr King's Worship Committee.

October 4 Listen to this sermon
Is Suffering Optional?
~Jamie McReynolds
How do we distinguish pain from suffering? How does our Unitarian Universalist faith help us cope with suffering? Our guest today serves as a hospice chaplain.

October 11: Listen to this sermon
Coming Out on the Side of Love
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
Today is National Coming Out Day. How can we come out to affect real change toward equality for all people, regardless of sexual orientation? Let this be the day we dedicate ourselves to Stand on the Side of Love.

October 18: Listen to this sermon
The Practice of Compassion
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris
The Dalai Lama suggests that the key to happiness, both others and our own, is compassion. Where is ours? Does it exist from time to time, or on a daily basis?

October 25: Listen to this sermon
Exploration of the Spirit
~Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris & Leah Hart-Landsberg
Religious education strengthens and enriches our entire congregation. Come be reminded of exactly how.

September 6: (no recording made)
The Big Strike
Bob Britton Don’t miss this special Labor Day service and joyous music of solidarity! This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the seminal 1934 San Francisco General Strike. What inspired the largest mass walkout in California history at the height of the Great Depression?

September 13: (no recording made)
The Journey Itself Is Home
Rev. Katie Kandarian
INTERGENERATIONAL Whether you traveled afar or simply took a stay-cation, you are invited to bring a bit of water symbolizing your journey home to our spiritual community.

Katie's Decentenial

September 20: Listen to this sermon
Exploration
Rev. Katie Kandarian & Leah Hart-Landsberg Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit according to the astronaut Frank Borman. It might be by visiting the moon, or discovery a little closer to home through making meaning of the world—what we call religious exploration.

September 27: Listen to this sermon
Begin Again
Rev. Katie Kandarian It’s Yom Kippur, the holiest of days on the Jewish calendar. How is it for us? Might we be inspired by the inward reflection, by the prompting and the reminder to begin again in love?

August 2: Listen to this sermon
Poetry in Motion
~Ruth DeSmidt and SKUUC member poets
Come hear and participate in the joy of words. Today we will partake in the ritual of words: poetry, stream of consciousness
style essays/fiction, etc. This is a lay led service led by Crystal Carroll and Doug Sprague.

August 9:
Our Bodies, Our Communities: UU Voices for Health Care
~Laura Bogle
How do we measure health—in our selves and our communities? What does a truly healthy community look like? Today we will consider how our congregation connects with the broader movement for health care reform.

August 16: Listen to this sermon
Let Books Be Your Dining Table ~Rev. Katie Kandarian Today we’ll try something new with a book communion. Bring a book with you that you’d be willing to share with another—to lend to a member or to give away. Somewhat like the water ceremony, we’ll leave them on the altar and take another home to read. There is a saying, “Let books be your dining table and you shall be full of delights. Let them be your mattress_ and you shall sleep restful nights.”

August 23: Listen to this sermon
What Happened to Religious Humanism
~Rev. Roger Jones
The Humanist Manifesto appeared 75 years ago with Unitarian clergy among the signers. It was a religious challenge to outworn religious doctrines, a cause of controversy in and beyond our UU movement. Come hear what all the fuss was about! Roger Jones is the Family Minister at the UU Society of Sacramento and a board member of the UU Pacific Central District Board and its Growth Committee. He and dear friend Rev. Katie are exchanging pulpits today.

August 30: Listen to this sermon
Bring a Friend Sunday: The Masterpiece of Nature
~Rev. Katie Kandarian
Emerson said, “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” Let’s celebrate friendship by bringing our friends to church today—the ones you’ve been meaning to tell about your wonderful community.

5 July:
Spirituality and Gender in America Listen to this sermon
~Sunshine Wolfe
In the United States, we have worked to create equality for women, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. This effort towards liberation has supported transgender and genderqueer people in liberation, but there is a long way to go. What is the history and current experiences of gender variety in religious communities? What can we learn about spiritual growth for all people in a world where gender variety is respected and fostered? Come, let us explore together.

12 July:
Confessions of a Spiritual Dilettante
~Rev. Jeff Lambkin
Sampling, tasting, dabbling, partaking, even savoring the riches of the world's religious traditions can bring a breadth of knowledge. But what about depth of wisdom? How do we gain spiritual wisdom?

19 July: Listen to this sermon
To Live Deliberately:On Transcendence and Transcendentalism
~Rev. Joy Atkinson
The sermon will explore the American religious, literary and philosophical movement of the 1830s and 40s known as Transcendentalism, and what it contributed to the American character and to Unitarian Universalism.

26 July
Is It All About YOU?
~Bob Meyerson
The human ego can take us any number of directions. What is the difference between a HEALTHY ego and an UNREALISTIC ego? YOU are invited to come and consider.

June 7th
You Do Not Have To Be Good Listen to this sermon
~Rev. Katie Kandarian
A few weeks ago the country was inspired by a beautiful singing voice from an unlikely place. Susan Boyle, middleaged
British "spinster" became a household name after the video of her singing on a popular British TV show, similar to
American Idol. Why was the sound of her voice so surprising? Should all great singers have beautifully shaped brows
and look like Carrie Underwood (an American Idol winner)? What does this mean for us, the ones who were surprised. In
the words of poet Mary Oliver, "you do not have to be good" might we add, "or beautiful".

June 14th
“To Know the Place for the First Time”
~Rev. Katie Kandarian and Carol Bodeau Today we celebrate our graduating high school seniors-- after last year's large crop, this year simply one, Sophiana Carroll. Carol Bodeau will share the homily and say goodbye to this congregation. What have we received?

June 21st
Nature's Banker
~Rev. Katie Kandarian and members Men from the congregation will share reflections on fatherhood. As the French proverb says, "A Father is a banker provided by nature."

June 28th Listen to this sermon
To Hear A Hand (lay-led)
Stuart Fink and members What's it like to "hear" a hand? asks the first line of a poem by William Madsen, retired professor of Galludet University. Laura Fink will sign and members will share reflections on the deaf community.

May 3:
Living through Life's Contortions
~Alexandra McGee
When you find your spirit is twisted like a pretzel, how do you reconnect to your roots and wings? Our guest today, a graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry, will share her wisdom from the Yoga Tradition.

May 10:
Mothers and Daughters Our Whole Lives
~Rev. Katie Kandarian and OWL graduates If you aren’t a middle-schooler or the parent of one you may hear folks talking about OWL and think it’s the bird-watching group. Come find out why this values based sexuality curriculum is so important in our current culture. Our most recent OWL students will share in the service today. SERVICES BEGIN TODAY AT EARLIER SUMMER TIME: 10AM!

May 17:
Ministry is All That We Do-Together
~Rev. Katie Kandarian Join us for our annual service honoring all of the volunteers, all of the ministries in this congregation. Here we only have one professional minister, all the rest are volunteers. Here we believe in shared ministry—come and participate!

May 24:
Some Myths of War ~Rev. Ben Kocs-Meyers Why is it that no generation, no matter how badly wounded by the ugly realities of war, is ever able to communicate its disillusioned suffering to its children? How come it is that human beings so readily, almost eagerly, construct Enemies? Is war inevitable or, if we really wanted to bring this historical curse to an end, what might be the best ways of going about it?

May 31:
Point of View, Part III
~Rev. Katie Kandarian Here is the third in a ten-year trilogy of a reflection on ministry. This week the focus will be on the various areas and types of ministry—community focused, pastoral, teaching, and prophet. What do we see, and what areas are largely invisible?

April 5:
Point of View, Pt 2
~Rev. Katie Kandarian
After ten years of ministry, a deepening relationship takes place with the people in the ministry—in the church, the community, the colleagues, and the wider world. This community has provided much of the inspiration for that
depth—come share.

April 12:
Flower Communion:
Earth Laughs in
~Rev. Katie Kandarian
INTERGENERATIONAL Join us for our annual flower communion and a celebration othe joys that Easter brings. Wear your most festive Sunday
best and come looking for the ection of earth and spirit.

April 19:
Dances With Dogs
~Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
Some people nurture their souls through prayer or mediation or tai chi. Some people find their spiritual way in the worways that are just unconventional!

April 26.
Earth Festival: Green Sanctuary
~Rev. Katie Kandarian, Darryl & Renee Ray
Let’s celebrate the progress made so far along our quest to become a green sanctuary, to live more sustainably. What have we learned, and where can we improve?

March 1.
What Do You Say When Riding on the Elevator?
(Rev. Katie Kandarian)
Today we welcome our newest members, appreciate the many joys of membership in this community, and try to figure out how it is we tell others what we have here, who we are here, and why we come here.

March 8
Legacies & Promise: (Dara Kaufman-Ledonne)
For the occasion of Women’s History Month and International Women's Day, we unearth and lift up voices from UU women’s history—or “her-story”! How do UU women’s her-storical voices challenge and inspire our movement today? Where do voices from the past resonate with those in the present? How are present dreams informed by past visionaries? Join in celebrating, questioning and contemplating together the legacies and promises of our movement.

March 15.
Growing in Giving:
(Andy Hansen & Rev. Katie Kandarian)
This is Celebration Sunday, the day in the church year where we put into economic terms the meaning of this place in our lives. Board member Andy Hansen will share the pulpit today, addressing the transformative nature of giving and we will gather after the service to celebrate with food and fellowship the gifts and the gladness of our spiritual home.

March 22 A Transubstantiated POV
(Rev. Katie Kandarian)
It may not be as grand as the word sounds, but over a period of time being dedicated to the task of ministry moves one along a deepening path. As each of us has come to be here over a period of time, how might that enrichment change our point of view?

March 29.
Alternative Worship
(Worship Committee)
Come enjoy a fresh change of pace today, while many of the congregation’s members are away on a trip to Ashland. While they’re gone, we’ll change the seats, the order and have a little fun.

February 1
Where The Earth Is, We Are
(Rev. Katie Kandarian) We enrich the soil through understanding the ancient celebrations of the seasons. Groundhog’s Day might just be a silly practice, or the long ago practice of weather forecasting known as Imbolc in the Celtic world.

February 8:
Presente!
(Revs. John Wichman & Katie Kandarian)
Members of South Hayward Parish and this church’s Jim Forsyth made the trek to Ft. Benning, Georgia to protest the activities that train foreign soldiers who return to kill in Latin America. Come hear the moving story.

February 15:
Giving Thanks for Gratitude
(Cassandra Howe)
Rumi said, “Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself.” How do we increase our capacity to be grateful just by giving thanks? How do we, in practicing gratitude, nourish the bonds that connect us with life, with with ultimate, and with one another? Join us for a service of thanksgiving and of cherishing who we are as a faith-filled community.

February 22:
(Rev. Katie Kandarian, Carol Bodeau, INTERGENERATIONAL children & youth) Join together with the entire congregation today as we welcome a guest at your table. We’ve moved this event a bit later in the year so that we can fully appreciate and integrate the work of the Unitarian Universalist
Service Committee into our congregation’s theme of Enriching Our Soil. Come see how justice work helps bring on the Beloved Community.

January 4:
Composing a Life
(Rev. Katie Kandarian & Hans York)
Happy New Year! The calendar brings another chance to compose a life. Today we’ll welcome singer and songwriter Hans York and have an opportunity to burn those things that are preventing us from living the life we dream about. Immediately following each service today, the minister will hold a brief informational session. If you have questions about Unitarian Universalism or are interested in membership, please join her in the Library.

January 11:
Fasting for One Minute and Other Ways to Pray
(Rev. Katie Kandarian) Prayer isn’t essential in our lives, is it? What can prayer do, and how might it be done? Come practice today by opening up to some new methods. Chalice Deadline.

January 18:
Patriotism and MLK
(Bob Meyerson) This lay-led service explores the question “What is patriotic?” Was Martin Luther King patriotic? Was he considered so in his time? In today’s climate, can UUs be patriotic? Could it depend on who’s defining it?

January Monday 19
January • 9:30 A.M. •
Annual MLK March
Please join us at Hayward City Hall for the Annual Gathering and March in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will be inspired by Dr. King’s words and by musical tributes, and we will walk together in witness to his enduring legacy.

January 25:
The Result of Transformation
(Rev. Katie Kandarian) What are the reasons we commit to religious institution? Is there an end product larger than our short term desires? What makes liberal religion different than the evangelicals?