August 11, 2024: “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey (1859-1952)
Here at UUCM, children, youth, and grownups co-create educational and transformational life experiences, both upstairs in our Kids’ Connection spaces and downstairs in the spaces where we all work, play, and socialize together. […]
August 4, 2024: Our guest speaker is Sidney Morrison whose new novel on Frederick Douglass has just been published to national acclaim. The book is described as a mesmerizing historical novel richly detailing Douglass’s life and the Civil War Era. Mr. Morrison will speak on Douglass’s life and dedication to social justice, including his early and radical support of Chinese migrant workers who labored in the gold fields of our region. […]
July 28, 2024: Join in charging and blessing the incoming Board of Trustees as we reflect on how we, together, make up this place called UUCM – we imagine it, we create it each day, we hold it to pass on to those who come after us. It is a whole greater than the sum of its parts; as adrienne maree brown says, “trust the people to do everything better than you could have imagined.” […]
July 21, 2024: In Unitarian Universalism, “God” can be a tricky word. Not all of us believe in God, and those of us that do have many different visions of the concept. In a pluralistic religion, we sometimes try to “address” this difference by avoiding the topic altogether. Alternatively, this Sunday is an invitation for us to talk about God(s) and our various relationships to Her/Him/Them/etc, while still leaving room for all of our various (dis)beliefs.[…]
July 14, 2024: The seeming ubiquity of ChatGPT and other “smart” computer programs in our daily lives has got Worship Associate Randy McKean wondering are we really at the Dawn of a Computer Apocalypse? Will Artificial Intelligence soon be in charge, or are we humans still running the show? Randy has recruited UUCM’s Humanism Discussion Group—they who ask “What’s worth talking about? How do we decide What? What makes it worth talking about?”—to bring their human- and nature-centered perspectives to this morning’s service and help us look at What’s behind the curtain.
July 7, 2024: Our Unitarian Universalist tradition draws from many sources, and Buddhism is an important one. We are honored to have Adam Stonebraker, the new guiding teacher at Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, here to help us discover commonalities and differences between the two traditions and experience some practices that embody the heart of Buddhist teachings.
June 30, 2024: Unitarian Universalism was on the forefront of the gay rights movement among American religious traditions, our early involvement bolstered in part by our emphasis on uplifting the inherent value of individual truths within the context of loving community. This pride month, join us for a tapestry of faith service where we celebrate the LGBT+ community and hear from UUCM members about the ways their faith and identity interweave and inform each other. […]
June 23, 2024: Deep, thoughtful conversations are a hallmark of the UU experience, and we have many opportunities at UUCM to engage in them. It is so fundamental to our denomination that Deep Listening has been selected as a Soul Matters theme for next year. But we don’t need to wait! Today’s speaker, Jeff Kane, is a deep communicator. He has honed this skill during his life as a physician, writer, yoga teacher, musician and husband/father/grandfather. And that’s not all! Jeff was the very first speaker for the fledgling UUCM and is returning now to help us celebrate our 30 years as a congregation. We welcome him and will listen deeply to what he has to say. […]
June 16, 2024: Renewal happens as we mindfully ’step-in’ into each moment with each breath or we ‘step-away’ for new perspectives and experiences. Renewal is integral to the life of our beings, community, planet. We’ll explore the diverse range of opportunity to renew ourselves, our beliefs, and UU faith. […]
June 9, 2024: Dive deeper into this month’s “renewal’ theme, and maybe, just maybe, go home not with the “right” answer, but with a question that makes the difference. […]
