April 4 – 6, 2025 Registration Deadline March 21, 2025 Activities for all: Adults, Teens, Youth • Enjoy the magic of the mountains with family and friends. • Explore hiking, crafts, dancing, yoga, games, workshops and more. • Gather around the fire at Homet Lodge for a sing along. • Nourishment for the mind and … Continue reading Camp de Benneville Pines Weekend – April 4-6
The SJA Immigration Support Group encourages members and friends to participate in a demonstration to express your First Amendment Rights against current immigration policies. The demonstration is sponsored by Showing Up For Racial Justice, North County San Diego. Wear your Standing on the Side of Love T-Shirt. Make signs to express your position on immigration. … Continue reading Immigration Protest – Feb. 15
Dear Ones, I want to let you know that the Unitarian Universalist Association has joined more than two dozen religious organizations in suing the Trump administration’s new “Sensitive Location’s Policy,” in which ICE has been authorized to raid houses of worship. All people should be safe in the sacred space of worship. I am so … Continue reading UUA Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Administration
IMPORTANT REMINDER!!!!!! WHAT??? The Fellowship Self-Evaluation WHEN??? Now until February 14, 2025 WHO??? YOU! All members and friends OF UUFSD HOW??? Find your survey in an email addressed to you from Richard Macdonald on Sunday February 2, titled “UUFSD Self-Evaluation 2025.” It has a link to the survey. Complete it to share your impressions of … Continue reading Fellowship Self-Evaluation Survey
Ah, Valentine’s Day! Love is in the air, as is the aroma of CHOCOLATE! Yes, we Americans express our love on Cupid’s holiday by purchasing 58 million pounds of chocolate. How romantic! Well, not so much. Turns out that chocolate production “generates large greenhouse gas emissions compared to other foods and frequently relies on exploitative … Continue reading Climate Conversations
For the many among us who are weary, and find our spirits drained as we do the work for justice, Rev. Ellie would like to offer a weekly space this just for tending to our spirits as we navigate increasing injustice in the world. Join Rev. Ellie for this drop in space on zoom, every … Continue reading Just Spirits
The SJA will meet on Sunday, February 23, from 11:30am to 1pm, in Founders Hall. A light lunch will be served. We acknowledge that these are, and will continue to be, times requiring innovative responses to potentially harmful social challenges. This meeting is open to all members and friends interested in our Social Justice agenda … Continue reading Social Justice Action Committee (SJA) – February 23
Apply until April 15, using the simple form found on the Endowment web page HERE. Send your application to [email protected]. Grants may be for anything consistent with UU values —- social justice, outreach, UU camps, social service agencies, spiritual or economic need, campus maintenance, and so on, whether internal or external. Past grants have included … Continue reading Time to Apply for an Endowment Grant—Any Member, Any Use
Neighborhood UU congregation has many members from the Altadena area that have been impacted by the recent fire. The congregation wants to move forward with their annual Winter Family Retreat at de Benneville Pines planned for Feb 28th – March 2nd. How can we help? They are opening up Winter Retreat to all congregations as … Continue reading Neighborhood UU Church – Pasadena – join winter retreat Feb. 28 – Mar. 2
At 6:30pm on February 10th here at UUFSD in Founders Hall, the 2nd Monday Book Club will be discussing the non-fiction What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (2023). Modern technology now allows researchers to learn how owls communicate, hunt, court, mate, raise their young, and … Continue reading What an Owl Knows:Book Club on Feb. 10th
