Biannual Music Sunday
Our biannual Music Sunday service was on March 29th. We had been planning an almost-all music service featuring our choir, small groups, and soloists, but now that we’re all Safer At Home, the choir and small group numbers will have to wait until another day. We still want to acknowledge major milestones in U.S. women’s history: the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment – giving women the right to vote – plus the women’s rights movement in the 60s and…
Connection
What does it mean to be both distanced and connected in the age of COVID-19? Rev. Sian with Rica Kaufel as Worship Associate and Steve Morihiro as Virtual Usher launched our first Sunday Service through Zoom.
Crisis through Different Eyes
This is the first week that we had to suspend in-person Worship at OCUUC for the month of March. As we shift to an online format, please enjoy the sermon and special music from the comfort of your own home.
The Presence of Justice
Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.” What, then, is Justice? Rev. Sian is joined with Rev. Ranwa Hammamy of the Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California.
Words to Live By
We are inundated with advice these days – from advertisers (“Just do it!”), to memes, to famous quotes we tack on the bottom of our email signatures. Which advice do we follow? What words do you live by?
Bravery and Justice
In this year of dissent and discourse, how do we find those qualities within ourselves to help better the world we live in? Are our Seven Principles enough to make the deep changes in ourselves and the world that needs to so desperately happen? This Sunday let us explore how we can become brave, how we can bring justice, and how we can add much more kindness to this world we live in.
With Us Still
Lawrence Ingalls, former member and friend of OCUUC, talks about communicating with the dead!
Spiritual Blackout
Becoming an all-season love warrior.
Groundhog Day
The annual tradition of Groundhog Day is a time when we look at the future as either one of hope or despair. When times are tough, how do we choose hope, despite the signs otherwise?
The Power of No
When do we, as individuals and as a community, need to say “No?” Or “Yes?”
Where Do We Grow from Here?
We continue to be tasked with building the Beloved Community the great Dr. King envisioned: a society based on justice and love. A major part of this is dismantling white supremacy culture. But what do we actually mean when we say this? And, what can this look like on a daily basis?
This Land is Your Land?
Let’s explore the rights, dreams and worldviews of indigenous peoples in Orange County: the Acjachemen and Tongva. Jacque Nunez, an educator/storyteller from the Acjachamen Nation, will be with us. “The Acjachemen (A-ha-che-men) Nation,” the Education Department of Mission San Juan Capistrano tells us, “lived prosperously for more than 10,000 years on the coastlands of Orange County. They were among the 275,000 people that inhabited California. Their nation’s territory, which consisted of many villages, spanned from Long Beach to Oceanside, as…