May 2024 Worship Services
May’s theme: Pluralism. Sunday Worship at 10:30 am: May 5: Coming of Age Service. May 12: Our Better Angels. May 19: Is It Non-Binary, Or Not? May 26: Flower Communion. Join us!
MORE...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...May 2024 UUSM Generous Congregation Supports #UUtheVote Nationwide
This month, half of our Sunday offerings will go to #UUtheVote. Your support will help congregations and UUs organize nationwide. Let’s mobilize voters to get out the vote!
MORE...VICTORY in Santa Monica: An Update on SM Hotel Workers’ Struggle
On April 26, 2024, CLUE announced that ALL of the union hotels in Santa Monica have agreed to provide life-changing wages, benefits, and other historic protections to their workers.
MORE...April Board Highlights
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Monica Board of Directors met on April 9, 2024.
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...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...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...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...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...Managing Editor: Pam Teplitz
Editors: Barbara Andres, Sheila Cummins, Elizabeth Fuller, Joyce Holmen, Lois Hutchinson, Pam Teplitz
Photography: Carol Ring, Roy Patience
Staff Liaison: Esther Chase
Website Administrators: Elizabeth Fuller, Pam Teplitz
Please contact the News Team to submit articles. Members can contact the UUSM office to submit material for the Thursday Announcements.