Holding History: Rooted in the Rich Soil of our Theological HeritageUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsNovember 14, 2021Rev. Dr. Sheri Prud’homme with Beth Karow and Cheryl Morris, Worship Associates From where do we draw our religious authority? Part of the answer is from the theological heritage of Unitarian Universalism. Ours is an open and evolving […]
Holding History: Body, Mind, and SpiritUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsNovember 7, 2021Rev. Kevin Tarsa, with Cheryl Morris, Worship Associate What does it mean to “hold our history” when history tells us so much more about how we see ourselves now than about what happened in the past? Or are those two things closer than […]
What Is Remembered, LivesUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsOctober 31, 2021Beth Karow, with Rev. Kevin Tarsa All Hallows Eve, Día de Muertos, All Souls, and All Saints days invite us each autumn to remember our ancestors and our beloveds who have died. These tender days on the way to winter even open a window to […]
Getting to Know One AnotherUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsOctober 24, 2021Chuck Champlin, Rev. Kevin Tarsa, and You! Our fourth in a series focused on cultivating relationship, this interactive, café style service offered people a chance to connect several times in small groups for conversation. Envisioned and planned by Wendy Wernigg and Chuck Champlin, Rev. […]
Me, Myself, and I: Cultivating a Relationship with OurselvesUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsOctober 17, 202 Dawn Bateman, Janet Bullock, Stu Matthews and Jordan Thomas-Rose, Rev. Kevin Tarsa,Jeff Stone, Worship Associate How does living through a pandemic influence our relationship with ourselves. And how does that work in the context of living in relationship or […]
In Respectful and Right Relationship: Beyond the WordsUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsOctober 10, 2021Shelly Covert, Spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe, with Frank Lawrence, Rev. Kevin Tarsa, and Jeff Stone, Worship Associate UUCM members have chosen to include in UUCM’s budget a contribution to the Ancestral Homelands Reciprocity Program, a community generated […]
We Get There Side by SideUnitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains October 3, 2021Rev. Kevin Tarsa, with Worship Associate, Jeff Stone We introduce and enter our October theme of “cultivating relationship,” with story, song, reflection and invitation. How in the world do we cultivate relationship now? Greeting Rev. Kevin Tarsa Song for Gathering Enter, Rejoice and […]
Imagine My SurpriseUnitarian Universalist Community of the MountainsSeptember 26, 2021Gail Johnson Vaughan and Cheryl Morris, Worship Associates Nineteen months into the restrictions of the pandemic has been like climbing to the top of a high mountain – a climb most of us would have thought impossible. Now here, we can see unexpected possibilities in every […]
There is often a significant gap between what we expect or wish for, and what actually exists. And, wow, the past two years have given us abundant opportunity to experience that! Wisdom traditions guide us away from using all our energy to lament and rail against the gap, and toward finding greater peacefulness by learning […]
Return Again: Water, Community, Spirit, YouUnitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains, Grass Valley, CASeptember 12, 2021with Rev. Kevin TarsaCheryl Morris and Gail Johnson Vaughan, Worship Associates This Sunday we launch into the September theme of “embracing possibility.” While the need to alter our face-to-face plans might seem counter to such a theme, Rev. Kevin had […]
