All Nations Rise
Each week we acknowledge that our church property rests on Acjachemen and Tongva land. What more can we do to support indigenous rights in OC?
The S-I-Z-E of Your Soul
Easter is all about transformation. On this Easter Sunday, let’s talk about how we can grow the size of our souls – what transformation is all about.
Playing with Reality
The Free Press has played a vital and important role in our democracy since the beginning of this country. How do we combat lies, conspiracy theories, and exaggerations that threaten our democracy?
We Are Not Broken, Simply Unfinished!
Dear Siblings, we Americans are truly inspired by the words of the Inaugural poet, Amanda Gorman, as we aspire to grow more hopeful lives and world in 2021.
Many Different Beliefs, One Loving Community
As we launch our annual pledge drive, let’s take a look at where our congregation is now and where it is going.
Reckoning and Reparations
How does someone, or even a nation, make reparations for the wrongs of the past? Can we ever? It may not be as hard as you think!
The Truth Hurts, Falsehood Destroys
As we observed over the last year, a post-truth society is a pre-tyranny society. Without truth all liberal systems suffer: science, economics, democracy, and religion. Truth is strong but new technologies and siloed communities threaten to overwhelm truth with conspiracy theories and confirmation bias. Our world is facing an epistemological crisis. How do we know the truth?
Beloved Community
What does it take to create a Beloved Community as envisioned by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Side with Love
In support of Black History Month, let us look at the state of our culture and how we are doing to dismantle our white supremacy culture.
Revolutionary Love: All Church Worship!
Join 6 other UU churches as we come together in worship! Experience musical contributions from six different congregations, including a combined virtual choir piece. The Music Directors have all collaborated to create a very special service. Camp de Benneville Pines is the recipient of the offertory. Please click here to contribute: https://www.uucamp.org/contribute
OCUUC 3.0
We have a chance, when we all get back together again, to re-imagine church. What might our church look like in 2021 and beyond? We will also be inviting new members into the life of the congregation on this Sunday. Town Hall Meeting after the service to update everyone on the new sanctuary.
Finding Your True North
How well does your inner GPS guide you to make decisions, large and small? Do you believe in a divinely ordained path for your life, or do you believe we each figure it all out on our own? Let’s look at discernment, and how we come to figure out what our true path is — and not just personally, but as a people, a community, a nation.