Rev Roger

May 072018
 
 May 7, 2018

Due to insufficient registration, this three-week series on process theology (part of a planned series on UU theologies) will be postponed until further notice.  Send Rev. Roger an email at roger@uuss.org to have your name added to the list, or sign up at the Connections Table after church.  Read more about it in the May

Apr 062018
 
 April 6, 2018
Recognition of Milestone in Sacramento--150 years

Very few religious congregations in Sacramento have been around for 150 years, but UUSS has. This is the Sacramento City Council’s recent proclamation to honor our sesquicentennial celebrations: We have also received greetings by video from the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.  Her video was shown at church on

Feb 112018
 
 February 11, 2018
Rock & Roll dance for all generations--"All You Need Is Love!" Saturday 7 PM

All ages join together to hear the five-woman band NO DIVAS and rock out! In addition to music, dancing, snacks, soft drinks and beer/wine, there will be costumes and conversations to delight us all. 7:00 PM Saturday, Feb. 17, at UUSS. All welcome–guests, members, friends, newcomers, parents, kids, youth, elders, middle-aged ministers, you name it.

Jan 282018
 
 January 28, 2018
Our 150th Anniversary Celebration Kickoff at UUSS

Sunday, March 4, 2018 we launch a year of celebration of the 150th anniversary of this congregation’s founding in 1868.  All Welcome! Rev. Susan Ritchie, Ph. D., Sesquicentennial Speaker Author, historian, seminary professor, parish minister Former Trustee, Unitarian Universalist Association 10:30 AM Service:      Reinventing Unitarian Universalism: Sacramento’s Sesquicentennial & Beyond  Establishing liberal religion in

Jan 042018
 
 January 4, 2018

In 1868 in Sacramento (with a population of 15,000), seventeen families came together to establish a Unitarian congregation. That was 150 years ago. Happy anniversary, everyone! The UUSS Anniversary Gifts appeal was announced in late December and it continues until late January. We aim to raise more than $200,000 for these purposes: We will replace

Dec 262017
 
 December 26, 2017

When I was new on staff at UUSS in 2008 we had a potluck dinner and holiday crafts party on a Friday in December–with carol-singing and an appearance by Santa Claus. It had been organized by the late Thelma White and by others, including me. In other years we did this on a Saturday and

Dec 232017
 
 December 23, 2017

All are welcome at both services on Christmas Eve Sunday. At 10:30 AM we celebrate Yule with a special ritual of decorating our three trees–bring an ornament or use one of ours.  This is a service for all ages, with a crafts table for all who would like to occupy their hands during the music

Dec 132017
 
 December 13, 2017

I’m thinking about this as our choir members head to UUSS for tonight’s rehearsal. This Sunday, in addition to our choir singing and Tom Voigt on percussion and Ina Jun and Linda Dawson on keyboards, we will have some lovely hymns, old and new.  One of them is “Prayer to Holy Wisdom,” the text of

Dec 102017
 
 December 10, 2017

At church on the Sundays in November, members & friends contributed $2,800 in the weekly Shared Offering to support the survival services of Sacramento Loaves & Fishes. In the past three weeks, folks came to the Refugee Support table and donated toys and household items, gift cards and cash to help three refugee families get

Nov 202017
 
 November 20, 2017
Your Religious Services Committee--

at our yearly planning retreat November 18.  A great bunch of deep-hearted and eloquent volunteers with two grateful ministers!