Due to poor air quality predicted for Saturday, August 10, the monthly Building & Grounds Work Party will be canceled. Please join us next month on Saturday, September 21st to help maintain and beautify our shared space while connecting with friends and neighbors. You can direct any questions to B&G Team Lead Wally at B-G@uugrassvalley.org
Cultivating equanimity for this election season and beyond… In reflecting on how to calm anxiety and keep balance in the face of daily world and US news, including the upcoming election in November, member Elizabeth Rose is forming a group to offer support and mutual care. If you are struggling with your emotional or mental […]
We are looking for someone to Coordinate Sunday Hospitality!
Beth Rose has served in this role for the last 2 years since we reopened from the pandemic. She says Sunday Hospitality is a very rewarding service and she has enjoyed building new relationships with the many “conversations in the kitchen.” Read the description to see if this ministry is one for you (or you and a friend!) […]
UUCM Rocks!!! We’ve sent postcards to 9,500 voters experiencing voter suppression in just 4 months and I’m not surprised. So many have helped – writers, funders, organizers, moral supporters, cheer leaders. We are an amazing team. Florida is next. We are part of the Reclaim Our Vote team writing to 969,000 Black WOMEN in Florida! Every woman […]
Join others for a casual potluck at UUCM. Sign up below – you can sign up for one or both. Limit 10 people. Let us know you are coming and what you plan to bring – the focus is on conversation and company – no pressure to make something fancy (although you may be the life of the party if you go all out!). […]
I love the fact that our church year is like a school year—starting up fresh in September each year and slowing down in June. For me, it is a pattern that brings with it the comfort of familiarity. Even more important, though, is that the opportunity for renewal is built into this pattern. Even though […]
The Art and Aesthetics Team is excited to announce a new art exhibit featuring the work of Shauna Smith. Shauna and her husband, Ray, are new to our congregation, and Shauna has been gracious enough to share her varied and eclectic collection with the congregation. Shauna’s art will be on display in the library from now through the middle of August. Her formal reception will be on June 16, after the service, but you are welcome to check it out any time. […]
Learn about the generous folks running to fill open positions on the Board of Trustees and committees! […]
Thank you to all who participated in the Open Questions sessions held last Fall 2023.Our Board of Trustees summarized the findings to share with you here.
A few months ago, I read the book Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake. It is a paean to the interdependence at work in natural ecosystems such as forests and fields. What impressed me about Sheldrake’s message is how at first glance, these ecosystems seem to be made-up of individual and identifiable forms, such as trees […]
