Yes, coffee hour has been a bit haphazard this Summer. That is because no one is in charge. So we are forming a Kitchen Committee to be more intentional about it. Please join us for an organizational meeting following the Service on some Sunday real soon. Email Betsy Gilpin at [email protected] to express your interest. … Continue reading Kitchen Committee Being Formed
Sharon Katz will be in our pulpit Sunday, July 28. She is a South African singer/songwriter activist who created inter-racial children’s choirs in her homeland after Nelson Mandela was freed, and who continues to use music to promote racial healing and social justice around the world, including at the San Diego-Tijuana border. Come hear an … Continue reading Sharon Katz, South African Singer/Songwriter/Activist – July 28
The San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention, our Social Justice partner organization, is presenting a theater piece – a one man show called Guac. Manny Oliver is an artist and a father of 17 year old Joaquin Oliver, killed in Parkland 6 years ago. He has created a play that has toured nationally. He has … Continue reading GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION – THEATER PRESENTATION – August 3, 4
Urban Sketchers San Diego joins forces with UUFSD Art Club on the patio on Sunday August 4th, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. “Urban Sketchers is a global community of sketchers dedicated to the practice of on-location drawing. We share our love for the places where we live and travel—one drawing at a time.” Art … Continue reading All Ages Art Club with Urban Sketchers – August 4
UUFSD-the-Vote will host a “Get Out The Vote” postcard writing event to encourage others across the country to vote. Join us on Sunday, Aug. 11 at 11:30 AM in the Core Area. Postcards, stamps, colored pens and markers will be supplied (with snacks). Questions: [email protected] or see Ted Foster. Posted by Ted Foster
Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD teaches retreats at the Insight Retreat Center, Spirit Rock and other Buddhist centers. For more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction … Continue reading Matthew Brensilver, Dharma Talk – July 21
On Sunday, July 7th, we will be gathering in Founder’s Hall at our normal 10am service time to view the Sunday Service recorded at the UUA’s General Assembly on June 23rd, 2024. (You may also join via Zoom/YouTube as normal.) This is the first time in many years we have watched a Unitarian Universalist Association … Continue reading More Information on Sunday’s Service – July 7
Rev. Lissa Gundlach, the settled minister from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, will be in our pulpit on July 14, 2024, to preach about Summer Sabbath Keeping at our Sunday service. The spiritual practice of Sabbath can ground us in rest and renewal. She will explore with us how Sabbath practices from both … Continue reading Summer Sabbath Keeping – July 14
Please collect school supplies (notebooks, paper, pens, pencils, spiral notebooks, dividers, etc.) and backpacks to put them in, OR leave a monetary donation with Norma Showalter or Betsy Gilpin on 7/7, 7/14, 7/27 or 7/28. The supplies will be placed in the backpacks and the backpacks delivered to schools with underserved kids. Thank you for … Continue reading School Supplies/Backpack Project
The UUFSD quarterly magazine, July 2024 edition, will feature the religious diversity at UUFSD. This is the first of our series on the topic. In our July edition we feature “Unitarian Universalist The Religion,” by Rev. Ellie, “I Am A Buddhist Unitarian Universalist” by Christie Turner, “I Am An Atheist Unitarian Universalist” by Mark Tuller … Continue reading JULY 2024 EDITION OF THE “DIALOGUE” MAGAZINE — RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY and MUSIC AT UUFSD
