Past Services

March 8, 2026: Once again, we approach our theme by starting close in, by paying attention first to the worlds inside of us, […]

March 1, 2026: This Sunday, beginning our month-long invitation to “pay attention,” we celebrate the nature and power of community […]

February 15, 2026: Kristin Neff advocates Fierce Compassion: balancing tender self-kindness (yin) with assertive strength (yang). We’ll draw on Neff’s […]

February 8, 2026: As UUCM prepares to move to a new home, our annual Nisenan-focused service invites this community to approach […]

February 1, 2026: We welcome back guest Daryl Grigsby, local author, community activist, and board member of Color Me Human and Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, […]

January 25, 2026: “Sitting here in limbo, But I know it won’t be long…”  These words of Jimmy Cliff’s may be resonating with many of us as we navigate the liminal spaces […]

January 18, 2026: Resistance in social-political spheres is often rooted in trying to keep things as they are or getting things back to where they were, a kind of “restorative resistance” that ultimately bolsters the status quo. […]

January 11, 2026: (Also available as a podcast!) The whole idea of “resistance” pushes people’s buttons. Sometimes our response comes from a discomfort with or rejection of the idea of resistance, and sometimes the button that’s pushed […]

January 4, 2026: (Also available as a podcast!) For the past several years Rev. Kevin has invited people to choose a word for the year. Some of us travel with the word all year, […]

December 21, 2025: Just hours after the solstice, on this first morning of winter, we pause in our busy-ness to notice and know that there is always a light. […]