"Big Music Sunday" (December 5, 2021) Worship Service

Walt Whitman was a man who lived a very rich life, finding beauty and divinity in all corners of the earth. We enjoy his words as set to some of the most beautiful music imaginable, but we also speak his words, we hear his words, we hear about the man. As a special element we also shall frame the service with that which gave him inspiration to conceive of those words. The aim on the morning of December 5 is to know Walter Junior better and to perhaps reincarnate a bit of him in this time and place.

Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director; Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Lucy Smith, Worship Associate; Asher Davison, Reading; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; UUSF and University of California Alumni Choirs; Richard Fey, Baritone; Nancy Munn, Soprano; Leandra Ramm, Contralto; Wm. García Ganz, Pianist; Elliott Etzkorn, Pianist

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Donald Shearer, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Sound; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Athena Papadakos, Flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

"A String of Gratefuls" (November 28, 2021) Worship Service

A service of readings and songs on what gives us joy and for what we are grateful.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Mari-Ester Magaloni Ramos, Worship Associate; Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate; Rev. Millie Phillips, Small Group Ministry Co-Chair; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; Leandra Ramm, Mezzo Soprano; Ben Rudiak-Gould, Songleader; Mark Sumner, Pianist

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Don Shearer, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Athena Papadakos, Flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on YouTube, 9:30 am

There is so much anxiety, fear, and worry living inside and around us in these chaotic times. Creating intentional joy through resistance is a way to help increase our resiliency and secure sustainability – so we can ... read more.

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on YouTube, 9:30 am

We gather again as we have in years past for our annual Bread and Cider ceremony. Please bring a bread from your heritage, or that is significant to you in some way, to share.

“What the Pecans have to Teach?” (November 21, 2021) Worship Service

I know -- What does Vanessa mean by this?! Drawing on a chapter in Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass" a little more about the pecans in your pie, and their life story and wisdom, to lead us soulfully into the week ahead.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Linda Harris, UUSC Chair; Bell Choir led by Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; Choir led by Mark Sumner, Music Director; Maddy Gerlach, Soprano; Sylvie Jensen, Alto; Nancy Munn, Soprano; Morgen Warner, Soprano; Jon Silk, Drummer; Wm. García Ganz, Pianist

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Carrie Steere-Salazar, Flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

“The Pursuit of Radiance” (November 14, 2021) Worship Service

As the darkest days of the year arrive, lights appear everywhere: ropes of lights outline tall buildings, colorful Christmas lights brighten windows and trees, candles are lit reverently in Hanukkah menorahs, Kwansa kinaras and winter solstice rituals. We humans instinctively crave and seek out light when days are dark. This is true, metaphorically, in our personal lives as well. When our days are dark and despair fills our lives, we crave the light of hope, insight and love. The sermon will explore light as a symbol of the human spirit, and how we can bring more light into our lives.

Rev. Joy Atkinson, Guest Minister; Dennis Adams, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; Choir led by Mark Sumner, Music Director; Wm. García Ganz, pianist

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Donald Shearer, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Amy Kelly, Flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on YouTube, 9:30 am

Across the United States, people are showing up at school board meetings to protest various recent controversies. But there is an underlying battle that has been waged since 1848 when Unitarian Horace Mann said “Education ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111043052/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-24-21-audio.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111043031/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-24_Healing_Power_of_Truth.mp3

“The Land of Memory” (October 24, 2021) Worship Service

The artist Etel Adnan, wrote that her memories were like a forest with unstable boundaries. Adnan was born in Lebanon, lived in France, then moved to California, living at the base of Mount Tamalpais, where she wrote and painted for many years. Her paintings were a way to explore memories and make meaning of them. Navigating the land of memory can be complex and challenging. But it can lead us into a deeper understanding of who we are, and how to live more fully into our lives as we make our way forward.

Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; UUSF Choir; Mark Sumner, Music Director; Wm. García Ganz, Pianist

Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Athena Papadakos, Flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042948/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211024AJSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042813/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-17_Cultivating_Relationship.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042747/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-17-21-audio.mp3

"Right Thinking, Right Feeling and Right Relations" (October 17, 2021) Worship Service

Twins and co-authors of a recent book "Burnout", Emily and Amelia Nagoski talk about patterns of thinking and dealing with stress that lead to burnout. However, they also go deeper, to patterns of thinking, feeling and being in relationships that undermine our own and one another's health, joy and, I'd say, derail us on the journey to Beloved Community. In our work to hold ourselves accountable for the proposed 8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism, they offer some very tangible ways we can untangle from problematic habits of heart and mind! 

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Mari Ramos Magaloni, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; UUSF Choir; Mark Sumner, Music Director; Laurel Sprigg, soprano; Wm. García Ganz, Pianist; Jon Silk, Drummer

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Athena Papadakos, Flowers

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042708/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211017VRSSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042537/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/211017.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042451/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-10_Celebration_Sunday.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042357/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-10-21-audio.mp3

"Who is Earth to Me?" (October 10, 2021) Worship Service

Robin Wall Kimmerer in her book "Braiding Sweetgrass" opens with a simple description of this act of weaving, braiding the supple green stalks of a plant, but what unfolds is layers of relationship and story and a paradigm that has saving grace.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate; Sam King, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; Mark Sumner, Music Director; Jon Silk, Drummer; Asher Davison, Soloist

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Director of Communications; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Dan Barnard, Facilities Manager; Judy Payne, flowers

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042312/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211010VRSSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042217/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/211010.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042155/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-10-03_The_Third_Principle.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042134/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-26_Wasted_Effort.mp3

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

This month, we’re talking about how to design a life worth living. Unitarian Universalism is a faith that knows we do not live for ourselves alone. Our theology is one of collective liberation and collective salvation. What ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042114/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzqR_XTUBhE&feature=youtu.be

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111042005/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-03-21-audio.mp3

"Higher Love: Installation Service" (October 3, 2021) Worship Service

"The Installation Service of Senior Minister Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern"

This is a sermon (Higher Love) about where this ministry together takes us and some of what we learn along the way. Our preacher, the Rev. Elizabeth Lerner Maclay, is the Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Church of Providence, RI. Rev. Maclay has been in Providence since 2017 in a congregation that first gathered in 1720! Rev. Maclay played a central role while serving in Maryland for the successful passage of that state's Marriage Equality legislation, as well as their DREAM Act and their repeal of the death penalty. In Providence she has led the organizing of faith communities for gun control and worked during this pandemic with other faith leaders, particularly Black religious leaders, to found and co-lead Faith in Science, promoting equity of vaccine access and uptake for people of color in Rhode Island.

Shirley Gibson and Kathleen Quenneville, Members of the Search Committee that called Rev. Southern; Rohit and Leila Menezes, Rev. Southern’s husband and daughter, respectively
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate, UUSF; Rev. Elizabeth Lerner Maclay, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church of Providence, RI; Rev. Mr. Barb Greve, Hospice Chaplain with Vitas Healthcare and former Co-Moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association; Rochelle Fortier Nwadibia, Board of Trustees Moderator of UUSF; Harry Arthur and Max Benbow, Representatives of the Family Ministry Program; Rev. Dr. John A. Buehrens, Former President of the Unitarian Universalist Association; Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister of UUSF; Jonah Berquist, Board of Trustees Vice Moderator of UUSF; Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake, Presiding Minister, Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples; Charles Du Mond, Co-Moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association; Michael Pappas, M.Div., Executive Director, San Francisco Interfaith Council; Rev. Rosemary Bray-McNatt, President, The Starr King School for the Ministry; Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita, UUSF; Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister, UUSF.

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Shulee Ong, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Director of Communications; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Dan Barnard, Facilities Manager; Judy Payne, flowers

Reiko Oda Lane, Organist & Bell Choir Director; Mark Sumner, Pianist & Music Director; Wm.; Garcia Ganz, Pianist; Andrés Vera, Cellist; Jon Silk, Drummer; UUSF Choir; UUSF Bell Choir

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041914/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20211003ELMSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041846/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/211003.mp3

Carrie Krause, Dir. of Lifespan Faith Development

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

Somewhere along life’s journey, most of us in the United States are taught that staying in the lines is valued, even when those lines are strangling us as individuals and a ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ngl_mVFEc&feature=youtu.be

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041652/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09-26-21-audio.mp3

"Enough is Enough: The Inflation of Satisfied and the Risks" (September 26, 2021) Worship Service

In the stories of people I know, their children's stories, in what I see in the world, with dire consequences to the planet and to our mental health, I see the inflation of "enough" and I don't just mean in material terms. I mean in all kinds of ways. Let me give examples and let's look at what that might be doing to us and what can be done about it.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Wonder Dave, Worship Associate; Sam Hamner, Small Group Ministry; Allen Biggs, percussionist; Ben Rudiak-Gould, songleader; Mark Sumner, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Amy Kelly, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041626/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210926VRSSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041527/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210926.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041401/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-19_Resilience.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041340/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09-19-21-audio.mp3

"Ganesh Chaturthi and the Need to Remove Obstacles" (September 19, 2021) Worship Service

Each year in India there is a ten or eleven-day festival to celebrate Ganesh, the Elephant-headed god who is playful but who also is famous for a particular kind of power, one we all always seem in need of summoning into our lives. Join me for some stories, images, and reflections on the power of ritual.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Sam King, Worship Associate; Puran and K.G. Singh; Unitarian Church Jowai; UUSF Church Choir, conducted by Mark Sumner

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Amy Kelly, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041254/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210919VRSSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041216/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210919.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041110/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-12_Down_to_the_river_to_pray.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041049/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09-12-21-audio.mp3

"New Eyes and Not Afraid" (September 12, 2021) Worship Service

This Sunday is this confluence of holidays and holidays and anniversaries raising the question not just of how we begin in the midst of ongoing challenges, but how people have always done so; even we ourselves did 20 years ago. We frame that exploration with music, special music, for the occasion. Come join us.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Sarah Brindell, Guest soloist/songwriter; Bill Klingelhoffer, shofar; UUSF Church Choir, conducted by Mark Sumner

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Carrie Steere-Salazar, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041028/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210912VRSSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040941/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210912.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040855/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-09-05_Right_Livelihood.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040833/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-05-21-audio.mp3

"In Our Hands Is Placed a Power" (September 5, 2021) Worship Service

Welcome to our annual Labor Day service, where we celebrate the contributions to social justice by the labor movement both currently and historically. As has been true for several years now, we will be joined by members of San Francisco's labor union choir Rockin' Solidarity. Hard times have always been here for the vast majority of the world's population, but now all of us are at critical crossroads, and which roads we take over the next decade or two may determine the very survival of humanity. As we make these life-or-death choices, what can we learn from both the victories and defeats of organized labor?

Rev. Millie Phillips, Guest Minister; Wonder Dave, Worship Associate; The Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus, Pat Wynne, Director; Mark Sumner, songleader; Bill Ganz, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Carrie Steere-Salazar, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040811/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210905MPSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040728/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210905.mp3

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

We had expectations for what Fall 2021 was going to be like … and those plans have changed. As we move into another year where covid shapes much of what we do (and don’t do), perhaps we ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040707/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuH6NrcyGes&feature=youtu.be

Multiplatform – Outdoors and Livestreamed on Youtube, 9:30 am

Join us either in person, outdoors at Live Oak, or on our Youtube channel for our annual Homecoming/Water Communion service.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040623/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa6jyUDy4A&feature=youtu.be

How is your anger showing up? Are you more irritable, or carrying a slow-simmering rage? There are many justifiable reasons to be mad right now. How do we best channel that anger in a way that is productive and doesn’t harm us or the people ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040541/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj4YukhliOc&feature=youtu.be

The last 5 years, and especially the last 8 months have given us ample reason to question some things we took for granted. We may be feeling disillusioned with humanity and with life itself. What do we do with those feelings?

This service will be streamed ... read more.

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1eObhy2msE&feature=youtu.be

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040352/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-29_The_inherent_worth.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040321/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-29-21-audio.mp3

"The Power of Focus" (August 29, 2021) Worship Service

Steve Jobs is famous for his message on focus, the power of focus. In a different way, the same message has power for our spiritual and moral lives. After all, have you noticed how what we look for in the world in part determines what we find? Or how consciously deciding what we want to make happen also requires us to surrender to not making other things happen if we are to have any chance at meeting our goal? Or how choosing the qualities we put forward in the world also necessitates spiritual practices and focused time for reflection to be able to cultivate those qualities in our character and habits of the heart. As we begin to step into a new year of school, of work after summer, of church and community life, this Sunday is one chance to reflect on where each of us might choose to focus our energies.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Dennis Adams, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Brielle Marina Nielson, mezzo soprano; Mark Sumner, pianist; Jon Silk, drummer; Asher Davison, song leader & clarinetist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Judy Payne, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040252/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210829VRSSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040229/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210829.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040146/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-22_Possibilities_ever_emergent.mp3

"I Know Nothing" (August 22, 2021) Worship Service

In the millions of acres of trees, in the dark and light, the shadows, the dappled light along canyon walls and rivers, there is real knowing. What is it, to surrender, to let go of having to know, to do, and to let it be enough that the elements sing?

Rev. J.D. Benson, Guest Minister; Mari Magaloni Ramos, Worship Associate; Asher Davison, bass-baritone; Wm. Garcia Ganz, accompanist; Nancy Cooke Munn, songleader; Mark Sumner, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Judy Payne, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:
https://bit.ly/20210822OSWeb2

LIVESTREAM:
https://youtu.be/dl5AOdg58-g

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040119/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210822JDBSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111040058/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-22-21-audio.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035957/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210822.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035935/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3

"Deep Time: Stories We Tell the Children, and the Work of Repair" (August 15, 2021) Worship Service

A personal story about the journey to be a good ancestor.

Rev. Mary McKinnon Ganz, Guest Minister; Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate; Alex Taite, tenor; My-Hoa Steger, accompanist; Brielle Marina Nielson, songleader

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Athena Papadakos, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://bit.ly/20210815OS1

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/Gr_uecb1Kqw

Attached media: https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210815MGSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035830/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-15-21-audio.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035810/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210815.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035705/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-08-08_Nature_v_Nurture.mp3

"Sinking In To Ordinary Time" (August 8, 2021) Worship Service

In both the Christian and Jewish traditions, there is the idea of “ordinary time” - the time between holy days - an extended period of time that invites contemplation, a chance to sink in to the deeper rhythms that surround us like the flow of a river or the turning of the tides. Living in ordinary time means sinking in and slowing down. This is how we save ourselves and hopefully save our planet.

Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Grandview Driveby Aloha Band: Bill Klingelhoffer, Horns; Ka’ala Carmack, singer, ukulele, piano; Rosalie Alfonso, drum; Asher Davison, songleader

Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Jonathan Silk, OOS Design & sound; Joe Chapot, live chat moderator; Athena Papadakos, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://bit.ly/20210808OSWeb1

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/wnfvbLJ9Cng

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035644/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210808AJSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035617/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-08-21-audio.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035517/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210808.mp3

"Dare to Love Again" (August 1, 2021) Worship Service

Do I dare to love again? Many of us have asked that question at one time or another. I know I have. Whether after death, disappointment or betrayal, life is always asking us to give love another chance. But do we dare? And how?

Rev. Dr. Robert M. Hardies, Guest Minister; Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Sam King, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist; Leandra Ramm, alto; Richard Fey, tenor; Bill Ganz, pianist

Joe Chapot, OOS Design & live chat moderator; Eric Shackelford, camera; Shulee Ong, camera; Lyle Barrere, sound; Amy Kelly, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k0CZ4hhx5PZDW-tsijtfaq_-WZFAWKMB/view?usp=sharing

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/wnfvbLJ9Cng

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035455/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210801RHSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035433/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-01-21-audio.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035351/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210801.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035329/https://whitebearunitarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07-25-21-audio.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035307/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2021-07-25_When_Trust_is_Hard.mp3

"Summer Musings" (July 25, 2021) Worship Service

If we are lucky summer affords us some of the spaciousness it did as children. Time to wander in body and spirit and let things bubble up, fall away, clarify. Let's make space for such musing this Sunday.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate; The Harmony People: Anjalisa Aitken, Gary Garrett; Asher Davison, song leader; Bill Ganz, pianist

Eric Shackelford, camera; Lyle Barrere, sound; Amy Kelly, flowers, Joe Chapot, OOS Design & live chat moderator; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5Qg48-bVgg5SEt9K0FgHiC46pSz3FV2/view?usp=sharing

LIVESTREAM:

https://youtu.be/hDUscggUaaU

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035246/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210725VRSSermon.mp3

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Sunday, July 18, 10:50 AM, Worship Service

"Crisscrossing Humanity"

Meg McGuire and Carmen Barsody, preaching

From Cathedral Hill to the Tenderloin, from one side of the city to the other, the many moments where our paths cross are invitations to discover and re-discover our common humanity. Bringing in lessons from the vision and work of the Faithful Fools Meg McGuire and Carmen Barsody reflect on the practice of encountering one another, and the healing, celebration and community that comes from it.

Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern; Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, organist & handbell choir director; Rita Fabrizio, flute; John Thomas, tubaist; Asher Davison, song leader

Eric Shackelford, camera; Steven Kroeger, sound; Carrie Steere-Salazar, flowers; Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111035024/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210718Sermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034930/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210718.mp3

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"Relinquishment" (July 11, 2021) Worship Service

As many of you know, John was Senior Minister at UUSF from 2014 until his retirement in 2017. He had earlier been President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1993-2001, among other posts in religious leadership. He first began pondering relinquishment as he gave up thousands of books before moving the West Coast. He was helped by his witty wife Gwen observing, “I’ve never yet seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul!” Yet some of our most difficult relinquishments are not about things – but about less material attachments. This continues to the very end. Still, we are spiritually wiser if we start the practice earlier.

Rev. John Buehrens, Guest Minister
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organist
Giacomo Fiore, guitarist
Maria Roodnitsky, alto
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design
Stephen Kroeger, sound
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Judy Payne, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Order of Service:
https://bit.ly/20210711OS

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034714/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210711JBSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034654/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/210711.mp3

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"Time to Slow Down" (July 4, 2021) Worship Service

These are urgent times. They long have been. And yet, there are powerful voices, many at the center of justice work, urging us to slow down. We’ll engage this paradox and the spiritual and practical lessons it might offer to us.

Meg McGuire, Ministerial Intern
Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate
Larry Chinn, jazz piano
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Mark Sumner, bass
Eric Shackelford, camera
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design, drums
Joe Chapot, social media chat
Thomas Brown, Sexton
Judy Payne, flowers
Alex Darr, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034444/https://content.uusf.org/podcast/20210704MMSermon.mp3

Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111034422/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMEzwtZKYtI&feature=youtu.be

Most family trees contain some outlaws or skeletons in the closet–people we might wish to forget or hide away. What do we lose when we cut off part of our heritage? We can find lessons about who we are today, and how we can be ... read more.

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