Rev Roger

Jan 192023
 
 January 19, 2023

Who we are, what we do, how we can help! By Jon Peterson, PC Member This is the first in a series of articles from the Program Council to inform the congregation of Council activities. The Program Council sustains vital UUSS  activities.  Its elected members have planned and carried out such congregational events as the

Jan 082023
 
 January 8, 2023

…with a service at 10:30, a Newcomers Orientation and Tour after the service, and a discussion about the new UUSS Land Acknowledgment with the Racial Justice Team. And it’s a Soup Sunday!

Jan 042023
 
 January 4, 2023
Announcing our new RE Coordinator

We are happy to introduce you to our new Religious Education Coordinator, Crystal Fountain! She will join our staff on Jan. 8 but is familiar to many in the congregation. Crystal and her husband and children began attending UUSS in 2019. Crystal and Sean Fountain have one child in the nursery and two in our

Dec 272022
 
 December 27, 2022

This is the calendar for the recipients of our Shared Offering on Sunday mornings at UUSS.  We give away 50% of all contributions in the offering. Voting members of the congregation selected 12 area organizations out of those which had been nominated.  We appreciate the dedication of every not-for-profit organization listed here and all the

Dec 212022
 
 December 21, 2022
Avoiding Email, Text, and Phone Scams!

Don’t Reply to Urgent Requests for Gift Cards or Provide Your Personal Info Bad news–Members have received personal text messages and emails appearing to be from one of the ministers and asking “for your help.” This is one of many costly and criminal scams which happen in the holidays, among other times. Rev. Roger and

Dec 162022
 
 December 16, 2022

For our Yule Sunday Service! On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: A partridge in a pear tree On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree…. Third: Three French hens Fourth: Four calling birds Fifth: Five

Dec 072022
 
 December 7, 2022

A lively, generous, and mission-driven congregation, the UU Society of Sacramento seeks a reliable, creative, and organized person to serve as Religious Education Coordinator. This half-time, year-round position includes organizing the weekly RE program, with the service of dedicated volunteers  We have two ministers, a new music director, and a growing congregation on a large

Nov 282022
 
 November 28, 2022
Unitarian Communion ritual

2:00 pm  Dec. 11 A Communion Open to All in the Spirit of Jesus Led by Rev. Dr. Roger Jones with Bobbie Keill and pianist Kenneth Ma Jesus of Nazareth was a prophet, healer, teacher and friend.  Famous for his boundary-breaking table fellowship, he is commemorated by the communion ritual, a simple sharing of bread

Nov 262022
 
 November 26, 2022
Holiday Tree-trimming & Dinner at UUSS

Join us at 5:00 pm Saturday, Dec. 10, for a light dinner and craft-making for trimming the Christmas Tree in the Welcome Hall, a Family Ministry event open to all ages. We’ll provide chili (vegan and meat options); please bring your favorite chili topping or a side dish or treats (such as cookies) to share.

Nov 222022
 
 November 22, 2022

a UU favorite for Thanksgiving. Offered at the Interfaith Hour of Thanks, 7:00 tonight at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Carmichael. Join me and our interfaith neighbors! These words come from a prayer written long ago by the Reverend Max Coots, a Unitarian Universalist minister who was born in 1929 and who served in historically