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Members and friends are invited to join our services via live stream (below) or watch our Youtube videos or subscribe to our YouTube Channel here. Listen to our Podcasts here.
We're happy you're here. Our live stream will start at 10:50 AM PST.
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Sunday Virtual Coffee Hour
Following the Worship Service (on zoom)
Anyone is welcome to join our community for our Virtual Coffee Hour, immediately following the Sunday Worship Service. Coffee not required.
No 8th Principle breakout room on Sunday, May 9th. Come to the special 8th Principle breakout room at Coffee Hour after this service on Sunday, May 16 to hear more about the 8th Principle and to have a chance to join the discussion and get your questions answered. Simply say, when you enter the coffee hour zoom, that you want to go to the 8th Principle breakout room! We’ll see you there!
Join the Sermon Discussion Group, led by Donald Mathussan, at Virtual Coffee Hour after church today. Let the host know if you want to join this group when you arrive at Coffee Hour.
Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/725737157
Meeting ID: 725 737 157
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Why Do We Sleep and Dream?
Humanists & Non-Theists
Sunday, May 9, 1pm to 2:30pm
Jim Barnett will review what science has discovered about sleeping and dreaming. We will review how sleep is needed to maintain health and process memories. While much less is known about dreaming, a number of hypotheses have been advanced to explain this phenomenon.
Jim is a member of the congregation and holds a Ph.D. in the biological sciences.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86040471884?pwd=UWcweXdEdnZ3NGQvK0xmN0ZwV2xvQT09
Meeting ID: 860 4047 1884
Passcode: 681000
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FY22 Budget News
Good news! Both UUSF's Finance Committee and Board approved the attached proposed FY22 Budget on April 20th (click here). Event rentals are still conservatively budgeted, but our Congregation stepped up with extraordinary measures to generously pledge to fill in the short-fall. Noteworthy: it is the first time the SCW and UUSF Budgets have been consolidated. Revenue equals expenses - it is a zero balance budget. The Congregation will be voting on the budget on Sunday, May 30th, after services on the same Zoom used for Coffee Hour.
In advance of the budget vote, there will be two Budget Q & A Zoom Meetings, held by Lori Lai, Laura Ludwig and Vanessa Rush Southern. We hope to see you there! Zoom links are below:
Wednesday, May 12 at 6pm:
ID: 81591233967
Passcode: 111087
+1 346-248-7799
Sunday, May 16 at 12:30 pm:
ID: 89725506028
Passcode: 425193
A few highlights and assumptions within the proposed FY22 Budget:
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$841k for FY22 Annual Operating Pledges
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Event Rental Revenue of $100k, which is 50% of FY20's $200k standard
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Normal School rent of $271k (which includes a monthly utility payment)
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Endowment Draw remains at 5.5% - $271k is approximately the same amount drawn as in the prior fiscal year budget ($272k)
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Payroll shows a slight increase (COLA 2% for most FT employees, Equity increase for Sextons, greater alignment with UUA Compensation Guidelines and extra Ministry Support for Growth)
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Based upon the April 2021 Employee Handbook revision, UUSF will sponsor Long-term Disability insurance for employees who work >30 hours per week
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Ministers Expenses increased: $14.5k: Ministers Discretionary grants (Hinckley)
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Professional Services: legal & accounting with more accurate projections
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Grants increased $115k - accurately projecting Plate Disbursals & SCW grants given
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Hospitality increased due to planned reopening party
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Increased HR & Recruiting in anticipation of transition in Associate Minister role
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General Expenses increased (Vanco CC bank fees are now in the budget, plus we expect to make Live Stream/ Worship upgrades)
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The overall budget shows an increase, but it is the first year in which SCW & UUSF spending is consolidated.
Learning About the 8th Principle
Some forty of the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association have adopted the 8th Principle, another forty (including our own) have scheduled a vote on the matter for early this summer, and a number of others have begun to study the matter.
You are invited to explore more deeply an issue that many have come to regard as of pressing importance.
If you click UUSF 8th Principle Resources, you will have easy access to a variety of sources of further information.
You might want to start with the Frequently Asked Questions document, which is specific to our congregation. You will also find background information on the process by which the 8th Principle came about, as well as the report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change called “Widening the Circle of Concern," along with several other relevant videos and documents.
Be sure to check the Order of Service every Sunday to see if there is an 8th Principle breakout room at the Coffee Hour meeting. You may also email 8thprinciple@uusf.org to request a personal conversation about your questions and concerns.
Journey Toward Wholeness
Racial Equity Task Force Meeting
Tuesday, May 25, 7pm to 8:30 pm
The Journey Toward Wholeness / Racial Equity Task Force meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday and is focused on furthering the work within UUSF to dismantle white supremacy culture and build Beloved Community.
If you’re interested in joining us on Tuesday, email for meeting information and the materials for the meeting.
BIPOC Gatherings at UUSF
1st Sunday of the Month from 9:30 am to 10:50 am
An invitation for those who would like to join our monthly BIPOC gatherings. The sacred space is open to our members and friends who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color, takes place by Zoom (for now) on the first Sunday of every month often from 9:30-11am. If you are interested in attending or finding out more, please email bipoc@uusf.org. Please come join this space for joy, renewal, care and inspiration.
Art Show: Arthur Koch and Lisa Magruder
CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE THIS AMAZING SHOW!
From the UUSF Art Committee: For the months of April and May, 2021 the Art Committee is pleased to virtually present Artists Arthur Koch and Lisa Magruder.
Arthur Koch
While working as a digital artist/animator he continued painting landscapes, people, and abstract art in his free time. He also taught college art classes for 4 years and continues to mentor other artists as well as study under them. His motto is, IT’S ALL ABOUT LIGHT. “Light is the common denominator in all of my work from drawing with little squares of light (pixels), to capturing light with my camera and painting. The quality of light, composition and interpretative style can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Seeing beauty in the simplest things and expressing my vision. -Art Koch
Lisa Magruder
In my work I intend to tell a story, to inspire the viewer, and to make an impassioned profession of my beliefs. Through the mediums of painting, printmaking, and collage, I aim to create something in-between mere symbol and ordinary reality, to depict transcendence from the natural to the spiritual and to reflect both levels of existence. I consider the act of art-making a spiritual experience and a form of adoration and response to the Creator. I am inspired by post-impressionist artists such as Van Gogh and Gauguin and contemporary artists such as Morris Graves and Rauschenberg.
Morning Metta Meditation
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-8:30 AM
The zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75735734442
(password metta)
UUSF has the great fortune to offer two meditation programs you can participate in at any time. They are lead by Elena Hanyo Perez, a member of UUSF, licensed acupuncturist, and lay minister with Bright Dawn Center for Oneness Buddhism. See our website for more information.
Equanimity Practice
Fridays, 8-8:30 AM
You are warmly welcomed to join our "Equanimity Practice" group, which meets on Fridays, 8-8:30 AM. Elena Hanyo leads a simple meditation practice on cultivating equanimity- that is accepting the reality of life's highs and lows, and developing an attitude of peaceful calm abiding throughout the inevitable changes.
This practice balances the heart centered approach of our other group, lovingkindness- as it is common to get attached to positive outcomes for those we spend time wishing well. Equanimity allows us to develop mental stability and even-minded loving awareness.
Appropriate for all religious backgrounds and levels of meditation experience. Attendees can choose to leave their microphone and camera off and just follow along.
The zoom Info link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75735734442#success (password metta)
Wednesday Morning Vigils
Wednesdays from 8AM to 9AM on the steps of UUSF
After 4 years where lies, racial hatred, patriarchy and xenophobia have been promoted from the highest political levels in the land, the people are rightly hungry for science, truth, morality and a broad embrace of humanity.
We give public and visual support especially to those progressive executive actions and proposed legislation by the Biden / Harris administration that address the injustices so stark in our society. This includes the proposal for immigration reform to grant rights, long overdue, to our immigrant brothers and sisters.
On the street at morning rush hour we see clearly the overwhelming contribution of immigrant workers to our economy. We greet construction workers, cooks, housekeepers, truck drivers, plumbers, carpet layers, elder care and childcare workers, roofers, gardeners, landscapers, janitors and many others on their way to work.
And, we celebrate with music that embodies our aspirations, and the resistance that is always part of the struggle for justice.
Join us in front of UUSF, Franklin & Geary. Each Wednesday morning from 8 to 9 AM. (Masks and social distancing required) Let us know what you think at neveragain@uusf.org.
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New UU is a 2 session class introducing participants to Unitarian Universalism, and to our UU congregation. The class explores UU history, theology, governance, and ways to get involved in our community.
Classes are currently being held on Zoom. If you want to be notified of when we schedule our next New UU class, complete this simple form and we'll let you know as soon as our next series is scheduled.
May Minister’s Book Group
Wed, May 26, 6:30-8 pm or
Thurs, May 27, noon-1:30
Leader: Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern
Imani Perry's Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
Join Rev. Vanessa Southern this month to discuss Imani Perry's Breathe. The book is the 2020-21 Unitarian Universalist Association's Common Read, which is to say the denomination it is asking all of us to read and discuss this one book this year in our communities -- a great effort each year to build a conversation among all of us. The New York Times describes Breathe as, "an elixir of history, ancestry and compassion, which, together, become instruction.. a parent's unflinching demand born of inherited trauma and love, for her children's right simply to be possible." is, "an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience." You can join either group. If you need help acquiring the book please email letting us know to info@uusf.org.
Hope to see you there.
Ecostewardship, Social Equity, and The Commons
We are pleased to present David Bollier at our UUSF Forum!
Sunday, May 16, 1pm
An internationally renowned activist-scholar for more than 20 years, Mr. Bollier will speak about the Commons as a new paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture, and will discuss his recent book, Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons [www.freefairandalive.org], co-authored with Silke Helfrich.
Mr. Bollier will address this important issue and explore such questions as: What is the modern concept of the Commons, and why is there such interest in it today, especially in Europe and the Global South? How would the Commons paradigm work in a post-capitalist alternative to the present, especially in the United States? We will hear his ideas as a political strategist, which he pursues as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics.
At this time in our country’s history, we welcome the chance to consider the possibility of improving the prevailing economic system, and making life more equitable for all.
https://zoom.us/j/2200241232?pwd=aCt1dWI0OGxUdUxjeUJ5K0xSY09uUT09
Meeting ID: 220 024 1232
Passcode: 328697
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Tom Gallagher - Trump’s gone: Where are we now?
A Democratic Socialist's take on the Biden Administration
Humanists & Non-Theists
Sunday, May 23, 1pm to 2:30pm
With "Do you believe what he said yesterday?" no longer a routine conversation starter, Americans now find themselves, at the least, in a far better position to pay attention to what this president does, rather than what he says.
After Biden’s first 100 days in office, what has the Biden Administration meant for race relations? Class relations? Health care? Wealth and income inequality? The environment? The forever wars?
Where can we hope to go from here?
Tom Gallagher was the first socialist elected to the Massachusetts legislator since the 1920's. His career as a politician, activist, author and educator has included traveling to numerous countries as an election monitor.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87281301611?pwd=NWF6NGd3bUhpSE14NWJLcmpra1ZSUT09
Meeting ID: 872 8130 1611
Passcode: 391496
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