From Our Minister: The Mosaics of Our Lives
While diversity is the coexistence of difference, pluralism is engagement with all of the diversity.
MORE...May 2024 Adult Programs
Come, come, whoever you are! Welcome to an exciting journey of questioning, challenging, and celebrating life’s mysteries and wonders.
MORE...Leverage Authenticity: UU the Vote Handwrites Postcards to GOTV
Join UU the Vote 2024! Volunteers are welcome to jump in and write postcards to get out the vote. We’ll provide the messaging and all the materials, targeting potential voters.
MORE...Reduce your taxes and support UUSM with an IRA QCD (huh?)
If you are older than 70.5 years, have an IRA, and make charitable contributions, you can reduce your taxable income using Qualified Charitable Distributions (“QCD”) to UUSM and other charities.
MORE...April/May Art Wall: Paintings by Jane Lilienthal (1914-1983)
The art wall in Forbes Hall will feature works by the painter Jane Lilienthal in April and May.
MORE...An Update on Santa Monica Hotel Workers’ Struggle
Lend your support to the fight for living wages and fair working conditions for Santa Monica’s hotel workers.
MORE...Apply to Join UUSM’s Intersectional Anti-Racist Anti-Oppression Commission (IARAO)
The IARAO is UUSM’s board-appointed commission that is helping to guide our transformative work for equity, justice, and multiculturalism in our own community. Are you interested in being part of this journey?
MORE...Michael Eselun: Spiritual Guide Along Cancer Journey at UCLA
Longtime UUSM member and popular guest speaker, Chaplain Michael Eselun was recently profiled on the Simms Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology news webpage.
MORE...UUs Condemn Violence Against Gaza
The UUA shared resources and issued statements on the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and Israel, calling on Unitarian Universalists to open our hearts and act collectively.
MORE...A New Banner on Arizona Ave.
In 2018, UUSM put up a banner along the ivy on Arizona Ave. that expressed our congregation’s support for Black Lives Matter. It was vandalized twice. We are now re-asserting our values with another banner in that same location.
MORE...Preparations Begin for D4$ 2024 Auction
Dining for Dollars is UU Santa Monica’s most communitarian fundraiser: it brings like-minded people into community and raises money for the church. A win-win, for sure.
MORE...New Chalice-Shaped Planter Replaces Old Fountain in Anderson Courtyard
On a recent Sunday, Karl Lisovsky and a few willing congregants set up the new ceramic chalice-planter in Anderson Courtyard. It has already been planted to welcome us to UUSM.
MORE...Renewing UUSM’s Mission and Vision
Renewing mission and vision helps the whole community to be engaged with an intentional discernment process around its essential identity and future, re-inspiring a shared sense of the congregation’s purpose.
MORE...On Being a Worship Associate
Each Sunday, our Worship Associates help to make the service run like clockwork. Did you ever wonder how that happens? You are invited to find out.
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