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UU Values: History & Future

Are you into history and structure? And (vegan) soup? Join Keith Johnson and Rev. Kevin for either or both of two sessions.      Session 1 on May 12 will explore the history of the current UUA Principles, including changes made over the decades, as well as proposed changes that were rejected.      In Session 2 on May 26, we’ll look at how the […]

UU Values Retreat

With the help of Rev. Dr. Sheri Prud’homme’s rich written Theological Reflection on Article II, dive into the Unitarian and Universalist theologies that run underneath and through this proposed expression of our UU values. With the caring facilitation of Rev. Diana Gibson and Rev. Kevin, and through a variety of spiritual practices, engage UU values informed by your own sense […]

UU Values Hike with Rev. Kevin

Join in a Walk/Reflect/Talk Hike with Rev. Kevin at Cascade Canal Trail (@Gracie and Banner Mountain) – with optional BYO tailgate lunch afterward. We’ll read the various values aloud a couple at a time, and then reflect on those particular values as we walk in woodland-graced silence or walk and talk with partners (your choice). […]

Jam Café is back in April!

Come and join us for informal singing, playing, and general merriment this Thursday, April 25. Doors open at 6:00pm, jamming starts at 6:30. Bring a friend, an instrument, and snacks. Stay to the end for your chance to win door prizes! […]

Share the Plate!

UUCM’s February Share the Plate recipient, Child Advocates of Nevada County,  will receive $908.75, thanks to generous UUCM members, friends, and visitors.  These weekly donations add up.  Thank you all. […]

Interdependence and Wooden Easter Eggs

A few months ago, I read the book Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake. It is a paean to the interdependence at work in natural ecosystems such as forests and fields. What impressed me about Sheldrake’s message is how at first glance, these ecosystems seem to be made-up of individual and identifiable forms, such as trees […]

New Art Show – Eileen Adele Hale: Dream Surreal Paintings

This show includes a new set of paintings in what I call my Dream Surreal series. These paintings emerge from a desire to mix realistic, detailed figurative elements like animals, people, trees, and flowers, with abstract elements including geometric shapes and lines, and to indulge my enthusiasm for the look of painting itself: brushstrokes and marks and scribbles and such. Some parts are hard-edged, some impressionistic or naively drawn, some are smooth gradations. […]