Online Auction: Oct 14 – 19 Online Party & Live Auction: Oct 19, 7pm PT Bidding is Open! The Starr King UU Church Autumn Abundance Auction is now underway! Check out all the wonderful, creative services and items church members and friends have donated. Bidding will continue all week, culminating in our fun Zoom … Continue reading Autumn Abundance Auction
If you were around last spring, you might recall I mentioned that we would be engaging in a 12-session course this fall and to leave room in your calendars. So here we go! The Rev. Ruth Rinehart actually purchased the curriculum from Meadville Lombard Theological school, but we were too busy with the tasks of … Continue reading Adult Faith Formation Opportunity: Creating Theology Together
Big news from the recent annual General Assembly: the vote to change Article II passed! Remind me what Article II is? If you’re new to Unitarian Universalism, here’s a quick recap: UUs periodically check in to make sure our shared language reflects ways that our beliefs have evolved. Most recently, there has been a major … Continue reading New UU Statement of Values Passes
On May 19 we held a congregational forum to get feedback from church members as our delegates head to General Assembly. As we shared recently, our delegates will be voting on the proposed amendment of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s bylaws. These bylaws reflect what it means to be UU. So it’s a big deal! Our … Continue reading Congregational Poll: Results & Questions
If you’ve been hanging out with Unitarian Universalists lately, you may have heard some chat about “Article II.” It might sound abstract or dry, but Article II of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s bylaws is about what it means to be UU: our sources, principles, values, and commitments. So no wonder it’s been on our minds! … Continue reading Revision of UU Values
Happy News! We are pleased to announce that we have hired our new Director of Religious Education, Tanya Webster. She will be leading the religious education program for our children and their families. Tanya comes with a wealth of experience, deep roots in Unitarian Universalism and is well connected in the LREDA (Liberal Religious Educators … Continue reading New Director of Religious Education
We are glad to announce that Reverend Elizabeth Sollie will serve as our interim minister from 2023-2025! Part of her role with us is good ministry: preaching, pastoral care, and officiating the rites of passage and life transitions that arise in every community. She will also be helping us explore who we are as a … Continue reading Welcome, Rev. Elizabeth Sollie!
Stewardship – the protection of something considered worth caring for and preserving. Something precious. Have you noticed a new energy in our church? I have. You can see it in budding flowers and budding bushes, cottage meetings, congregational conversation sessions, laughing out of doors, singing without masks, and laughing at jokes from the pulpit, to … Continue reading Stewardship Season Begins
The Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the COVID Working Group (Mary Swain, Corina Vasaure, Rev. Ruth Rinehart, and Mileva Saulo Lewis), voted on 7 February, to lift the restrictions initiated at the height of the COVID Pandemic. As of 19 February 2023: Masks are OPTIONAL Eating & Drinking are permitted in the Fellowship … Continue reading Covid-19 Restrictions Changing
Starr King will join over 50 other local groups in protesting the proposed gravel mining operation on Amah Mutsun sacred land. Amah Mutsun Rally for Juristac Saturday, September 10, 1-4pm McEntee Plaza, 70 W Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110 Join us in front of the Santa Clara County building to show the strength of … Continue reading Amah Mutsun Rally for Juristac
