At CVUUF we are people of many beliefs and backgrounds: people with a religious background, people with none, people who believe in a God, people who don’t, and people who let the mystery be.
What does it take to be a Unitarian Universalist? How has our history taught us about courage? Today we explore the courage required to be UU and what it takes to be willing to keep growing, changing, reinventing, and pushing society’s edges.
Courage? I take heart from the cowardly lion, in the Wizard of Oz. What if we all have the courage needed for life but we find reason to disempower our super power. Join us as we explore what courage is versus our internal conversation.
Does the future feel uncertain and perhaps even scary to you? With growing climate issues, social division, wars and violence all increasing, how do we find courage and hope for the future? Join us to help nurture courage and resilience for the challenging times ahead.
Why do you attend Chalice? Is it for the community, the spiritual growth, or the commitment to justice work and love in action? Is it because of the friendly people of all ages, our wonderful children and elders, reminding you, you are not alone in this world? Is it for the music, or the many … Continued
Unitarian Universalism is a covenantal faith , as opposed to a creedal one. This means we covenant how to be together in community, how we treat one another, how we care for each other and the wider world. Our covenants emerge from our values. Values such as love, justice, inclusion, growth, and compassion. Join us … Continued
Ingathering is our annual service celebrating our community. We will share a special water ceremony, enjoy amazing music, and celebrate Chalice folk coming together after years of pandemic and separation.
This week Rev. Nica has returned from dropping her son off at college, and her summer break. Families are returning from summer vacations and sending kids back to school. It’s a time of big transitions for all. We will bless the backpacks we use in returning to our work and school lives and hold a … Continued
DeBenneville Pines is a beautiful UU camp in the San Bernardino mountains. This summer saw the first youth camps held since the pandemic began. Ayanna Gaines had the opportunity to serve as a staff member for both elementary and high school camps, and learned many valuable lessons, which she would like to share.
We will explore the obstacles affecting our sacred rights to vote, and are invited to Get Into Good Trouble by UUing the Vote. Our member and good trouble activist, Pamela Lopez, will be leading the service. Our Special Collection will benefit UU the Vote and we also invite you to participate in our ongoing school … Continued
Today we explore how to find and create more kindness and compassion in a world that is often cruel and filled with suffering. Join us to explore ‘nurturance culture' and the possibility of more loving lives.
Last month several Chalice members attended our annual Unitarian Universalist General Assembly. Today Rev. Nica and members share inspiration, updates, and lessons about our wider faith tradition with our Chalice community.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye. We’ll explore how freedom and independence of thought creates, as a UU, a life designed with interdependence on independence.
As we navigate these challenging times, we are so grateful to have community with whom we can share our ups and downs and grow together. Today we celebrate the many blessings of our community, and share the strength, gifts, and blessings we might derive from being in it together.
Today we honor those who have gifted us their commitment, curiosity, and fellowship. Our Bridging Seniors encourage us to adapt with the times and remind us to welcome the seeker. Our RE volunteers are love in action, reminding us that “church is a place children go to learn that people other than there parents love … Continued
The natural world is a beautiful teacher of the possibility of relationship surrounding us — and the harmony possible in community. What truth and connection might we find just outside our back doors? How might we learn some powerful lessons from the buzzing bees and the sprouting leaves? This Sunday, we'll consider how we are … Continued
“In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment,” writes Maxine Hong Kingston. During difficult times, how do we find what is beautiful and allow that to nourish our spirits? Join us to explore how we can be nurtured and healed … Continued
This Easter Sunday we explore the nature of love and its power to outlast even death. Join us for a Unitarian Universalist interpretation of the Easter story, as well as our traditional, annual Flower Celebration. Please bring a flower to share with your fellow Chalice folk, or if you are joining us by zoom, have … Continued
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As children, we are taught a very simplistic version of the origin of Thanksgiving. We make Pilgrim hats out of construction paper, and pretend that the Indian headdresses we construct are representative of all Indians. Yet the truth of the holiday is much more complicated than we are led to believe. How can we reconcile … Continued
Moving together through these challenging times, we find ourselves confronted by loss in so many dimensions. What might be there for us? Do we hold on or let go? UCLA Oncology Chaplain and popular guest speaker, Michael Eselun will share reflections on these questions.
Contemporary western culture doesn't honor or respect aging. In our appearance and health obsessed society, older people are often written off as declining, deficient, or disposable. Yet, as we age, most of us become wiser, happier and emerge into a new sense of wholeness. Today, we explore how we might reframe aging and society's messages, to become something we celebrate and value.
To celebrate All Souls, All Saints, Dia de Los Muertos and Samhain, today we deepen our relationship with our ancestors. Join us for our annual tradition in which we share photos of our deceased loved ones and other ancestors we wish to honor. Anahi Quiroz will share wisdom from her culture and join Rev Nica … Continued
Guest speaker Allison Hess, of the UU@UN connects the dots between food equity, sustainability and climate justice.
We all eat to survive. Yet, what we eat might actually be killing us. How we eat can be influenced by our culture, our religious beliefs, our health needs, our upbringing or our preferences. But how many of us consciously choose what we eat to maximize our health and well-being, as well as our planet’s … Continued
In honor of Indigenous People's Day, Alan Salazar, a Fernandino tribal elder will speak to us of the struggles of the Fernandeno Tataviam tribe to achieve Federal recognition. Alan will also share a recent children's book he has written called “Tata, The Tataviam Towhee, A Tribal Story”. Our Central Coast Cluster of UU congregations is … Continued
Humans are relational creatures, yet relationships can often be complicated. They challenge us to evolve and understand our triggers. How do we best nurture our relationships with partners, family, friends and community? Today we explore one of our most important needs as humans and how we might cultivate and tend our individual and collective relationships.
We seek purpose and meaning throughout our lives. It's a dynamic process as we grow and evolve our values and goals. And it's dramatically altered by external factors such as health concerns, growth of family, career, and retirement. Deryck True, Chalice member, will share how his goals have changed in various stages of his journey … Continued
Life can feel incredibly tough at times, especially these days. How do we continue to find the good in life, when there is so much suffering? Today we explore the coping mechanisms an extraordinary man, Viktor Frankl, found. Despite staring death in the face in a Nazi concentration camp and dealing with many other hardships, … Continued
This Independence Day, a week after our annual UU General Assembly, Rev Nica and Chalice members share stories about what's going on in our wider faith tradition. Join us to start your July 4th holiday in a spiritually grounded way.
As things start opening up and we return to life in a more normal way, we explore the importance of grieving what we've lost and assessing what we've learned. In this way we can make room for our new reality. In this service we get to reflect on our lessons of the last year and how we might build a new future informed by our learning.
In the Pixar animation, Soul, middle school teacher and jazz pianist Joe Gardner has a sudden near death experience that sends him to the Great Before where he is assigned to mentor the little ball of potentiality known as Soul 22. Cynical and ornery, Soul 22 has for eons thus far resisted entering life on earth with all its bittersweet possibilities. Soul 22 is a kind of alter ego for Joe Garner as he weighs the meaning of his own life hanging in the balance. Soul. What does it mean?Is it what you feel when you hear Aretha Franklin or Luciano Pavarotti? Do you have a soul? Are you a soul? Is soul the breath of life, and what does it mean for your journey here and now?
French author Marcel Proust said “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” Since our memories hold the stories of our lives, mysteries surround what we do and do not remember. Join us as we look at the precious gift of memory, our fears about losing it, and our hopes for holding onto it as long as possible.
We all have a mother - but there our similarities end. Our experience of motherhood is dynamic and can run the gamut from warm to reactive. Join us for a reflective service on this observation of Mother's Day with readings, music, and the sharing of Chalice Mothers' stories of motherhood.
The stories we tell ourselves shape our lives. Whether we repeatedly relive the stories from our past in our minds or actions, or we allow them to determine our future, these stories shape who we are in the present. They determine what we think of ourselves, how we show up, and who we can become. Join us to explore the cultural, personal and ancestral stories we tell ourselves, so we might become more aware of their impact in our lives.
UU Musician Lea Morris says: "Not only is there no time like the present. There is no time but the present." Today we will share in a collaborative service with LEA and other Channel Cluster UU congregations.
As part of the interfaith climate action week and to celebrate Earth Day, we focus on our sacred ground, the soil that nourishes us, the earth that holds us and the food that comes from our earth. Join us as we learn what we can do as individuals and as a congregation to support the flourishing of our beautiful planet, and protect our future.
In spring of 1961, Unitarianism and Universalism merged to become one religion. Today we celebrate Unitarian Universalism's 60th anniversary by honoring our history and seeing how we've evolved as one faith over the last 60 years.
As we begin our month exploring the theme of 'Becoming', we celebrate a Unitarian Universalist interpretation of the Easter story. Jesus taught us to become who we are born to be, by fearlessly living his values and his message of love. How can we become all we are born to be? Today's service will be broadcast from our Sanctuary.
As we explore the idea of Commitment this month, we see it is a powerful dynamic that can enable us to achieve meaningful and important things. Maybe that's why it's not easy. It may demand courage, discipline, a willingness to sacrifice- effort in any number of ways. And, in the deepest sense, it is a spiritual undertaking. Today we consider what it takes to survey the landscape, tap into one's internal resources and rise to the Challenge of Commitment.
Today's service is inspired by the writing on the walls of our sanctuary. It's been a whole year since we've seen those words in person, but the words are still there, holding our space. What does it mean that we've put those words in writing? Does writing down our intentions, values and mission deepen our commitment to them? Join us in exploring the power of the written word.
The last year brought multiple, ongoing crises to the forefront of our minds. Health inequities in the face of a global pandemic. Police violence against Black people. The spread of massive conspiracy theories leading to a white supremacist, anti-democratic insurrection. Calls to stand in solidarity for racial justice have been loud and clear. How do … Continued
Reverend Mark Morrisson-Reed writes: “The religious community is essential, for alone our vision is too narrow to see all that must be seen, and our strength too limited to do all that must be done. Together, our vision widens and our strength is renewed.” The 2021-22 church year will mark Chalice’s 60th Anniversary. Join us … Continued
Sunday Service at 10 AM Parenting is a great privilege but also hard during the best of times. Most parents strive to be the best possible parents. But when they face the challenges of a pandemic, working from home, while schooling and caring for their children, it creates a whole new layer of stress and demands. Today we look at what it means to be a good enough parent and celebrate our dedicated parents. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 209 555 249 Phone: 16699009128 Password: 2020
Beloved Conversations newly recreated as BC Virtual just completed its first session. Hear from our Beloveds as they share the joys, challenges, and surprises encountered in deepening connections, opening eyes and hearts, while embodying racial justice as a part of their own spiritual practice.
Although the term 'Beloved Community' was originally coined by philosopher/theologian Josiah Royce, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King used it to paint a picture of the world he dreamed of.... a society based on justice, equal opportunity and love. Today we explore how we might become Beloved Community, both as a congregation and world. What will it take for us to live into this dream?
Extreme heat. Extreme cold. Hurricanes, fires, droughts, storms. The devastations of climate change are terrifying and very real. As we venture into 2021 we look at the possibilities and opportunities that have been presented out of the extreme challenges we’ve faced. Today we imagine our Climate Future.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Congressman John Lewis were staunch advocates of a non-violent revolution. Today, on this Sunday celebrating Martin Luther King Day, we explore what non-violent action means, and the many ways we might engage it to make our world more racially equitable and just.
As we dive into our theme of imagination this month, we explore what can happen when we allow our imagination to guide our lives. Can we free ourselves from our day-to-day habits and beliefs to thinking outside the box and creating a life beyond our wildest imagination? Join us for a service setting your imagination … Continued
In many ways 2020 has been the most fraught and challenging year any of us have ever experienced. As it comes to a close we’ll review how we have come to this place in American history and offer some reasons for hope going forward. Today’s worship is led by longtime UU and Chalice member, Deryck … Continued
Winter Solstice is a celebration of the longest night, a time where embracing our darkness is a springboard to personal growth and change. Come celebrate the beauty of winter solstice through music, words and visuals. Experience the serenity of solstice, a time to reflect and rejuvenate. Together we will walk through a simple exercise of letting go and looking into the future. Please have a piece of paper and pencil with you.
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