We will gather to express our gratitude for the many gifts of life, to hear Thanksgiving reading, stories and a homily, to sing and to celebrate our thankfulness. Susan Merril from South Hayward Parish will update us on current needs. The choir will offer songs of the season, and children will participate. Guest At Your … Continue reading Thanksgiving Sunday Intergenerational Service – Only Gratitude Helps

There is much in today’s world that is heartbreaking and worrisome. But there are glimmers of hope in many places, one of which is in the ongoing work and special projects of the United Nations. The sermon will explore how United Nations programs help to carry out some of the values that we Unitarian Universalists … Continue reading United Nations Sunday – Loving the World

Near the 504th anniversary of his birth around 1511, we will take a fresh look at the contributions of an important forebear of our free faith: the Spanish nobleman Michael Servetus, whose questioning of accepted church practices and beliefs got him into serious trouble but inspired many who came after him. Listen to the sermon … Continue reading The Legacy of Heresy: The Story of Michael Servetus

High Holy Days Service – We Unitarian Universalists boast a “guilt-free” religion, without the threat of eternal punishment for our wrongdoings. Freedom from religious guilt is liberating for many of us. The emotional experience of guilt can certainly be debilitating. But can guilt also be useful and motivating? Does guilt have a positive side? Listen … Continue reading Whatever Became of Guilt?

The Stream of Life Join us for our homecoming service featuring the distinctly UU ritual – the Gathering of the Waters. Please bring a small amount of water, collected from, representing or symbolic of your summer activities, to add to the communal bowl.

What is spirituality? What are the components of a spiritual journey? Joy will explore five steps on the spiritual path: longing, intention, mindfulness, surrender and connection. Listen to the sermon by Rev. Joy Atkinson on August 30

We will pause in the midst of the holiday rush, and gather for a meditative service. Join us as we welcome returning light in the midst of the darkness.

We will explore what giving and getting means in our lives, and celebrate the special gifts of the season, besides those that are wrapped in bright paper and ribbon. Click here to listen to the sermon by Rev. Joy Atkinson on December 20th (right click and save)

The service will celebrate Hanukkah, a holiday whose theme is religious freedom, and the sermon will tell the story of a historical Unitarian struggle for religious freedom—the story of Faustus Socinus and the Polish Bretheren. Listen to the sermon by Rev. Joy Atkinson on December 6, 2015

Whatever happened to simple thoughtfulness and kindness? How might we cultivate an attitude of graciousness and civility in ourselves and others, and turn away from the cynicism, rudeness and meanness that characterizes so much of our modern life? Listen to the sermon by Rev. Joy Atkinson on November 15th