Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 11AM led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

We all know that anxiety and fear sharpen our minds and brains down to a narrow tunnel of needs and priorities and put our thoughts on infinite repeats of certain “What If’s” — or a long, tired, bleak list of them. The antidote to that is, in part, perspective, what one author called, “Getting up on the balcony.” So, let’s try and get up there, this morning. What can we see from the balcony of these days? What’s the long view? What do we ourselves, even, look like from up here?

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister 
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
David Heilbron, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ 
My-Hoa Steger, piano
Brielle Neilson, mezzo soprano 
Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor
Eric Shackelford, camera
Joe Chapot, YouTube Social Media Chat Support
Alex Darr, Zoom Remote Host
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Drums, Video Edits

Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 11AM led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

A sermon about the age-old religious question and the honest-to-God answer (at least by this preacher)! 

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Joe Chapot, Office Assistant & Young Adult Coordinator 
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
My Hoa Steger, piano
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Asher Davison, bass
Eric Shackelford, camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 11AM led by Rev. Dr. John Buehrens

This is Pi(e) weekend. The ratio of the radius of our circle of caring and sharing to its circumference, geometrically, is forever roughly 3.14. So just what does this mean for our relatively small, church community in relation to the great surrounding spiritual and social needs of the city and world in which we live?

What part of the whole pie of services that UUSF attempts to provide goes to whom? What proportion of those efforts should each of us try to support with our gifts of time and treasure?

Rev. Dr. John Buehrens, Guest Preacher
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ and bell choir director
Joe Dellert, Canvass Co-Chair
Lori Lai, Board Treasurer
Shulee Ong, Camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 11AM led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

This week we will look at what are called micro-agressions, how they unfold even in our community, how we intervene and imagine a world without them. Members Mari Maglione and Michael Bossier from Fake Comedy Radio, Don Shearer, Rochelle Fortier-Nwadibia and our ministers will lead a journey of skits and reflection as we explore this way to be better and more whole together.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Wm. García Ganz, piano
Mari Maglione, TWZ Player
Michael Bossier, TWZ Player
Don Shearer, TWZ Player
Rochelle Fortier-Nwadibia, TWZ Player
Leandra Ramm, soloist
Brielle Nielson, soloist
Asher Davison, soloist
Ben Rudiak-Gould, soloist
Eric Shackelford, Trustee
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits, drums

Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 11AM led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

So many stories, good stories — aren’t we in need of some good stories — to tell of another possible law of the universe. Or maybe just another addition to the Golden Rules worth risking on.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Nancy Buffum, Annual Operating Fund Drive Campaign Co-Chair
Joe Dellert, Annual Operating Fund Drive Campaign Co-Chair
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Wm. García Ganz, piano
Scott Benbow, Trustee
Eric Shackelford, camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 11AM led by Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern

As you imagine a better future, what changes would you make for yourself, for the church, for the neighborhood? We will envision personal and collective change that inspires us all, and we will spotlight the justice work already achieved by this congregation.

Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Jan Oringer, Worship Associate
Sam King, Worship Associate
Emma's Revolution, Guest Music
Dr. Mark Sumner, piano
Kerry Parker, song leader
Judy Payne, Trustee
Shulee Ong, camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits, Drums

Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 11AM led by Jim Barnett, Worship Leader

Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection set into motion a way of thinking that has profoundly affected not only the understanding of biology but also influenced a much wider range of human concerns, including religion. This is most evident in Unitarian Universalism. We will trace how this came about and reflect on how this way of thinking can lead to greater fulfillment of life’s potentials.

Jim Barnett has been a UU for 45 years. He is retired from his career in biomedical research, a graduate of the Humanist Institute and currently the chair of the Humanists and Non-Theists committee at UUSF.

Jim Barnett, Worship Leader
Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate
Dolores Perez Heilbron, Worship Associate 
Dr. Mark Sumner, music director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ and bell choir director
Eric Shackleford, Trustee
Sharon Weld, camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 11AM led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

After all these years of doing weddings, and watching marriages (and living in one), and being in relationship, what can we say definitively about love and what makes us stick together.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate 
Mark Sumner, music director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Bill Ganz, piano
Asher Davison, soloist
Amy Kelly, trustee 
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits, drums

Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 11AM led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Our congregations draw from the wisdom and experience and the traditions of their families and communities-of-origin, the practices they carry forward, and how they weave these into lives that feel grounded and guided.

This Sunday as we are in the season of Lunar New Year, we'll take a moment -- in no way is this service a celebration of Lunar New Year as any one who grew up with it would recognize -- and we'll take a moment to honor some of the threads that weave through this season of celebration and beginning.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate
Lori Lai, Board Treasure
Kat Liu, Worship Associate
Andrés Vera, cello
My Hoa Steger, piano
Mark Sumner, piano
Ben Rudiak-Gould, song leader
Reece Hart, Trustee
Shulee Ong, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 6PM led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

On January 26th, at 6PM in our Sanctuary we ordained into UU Ministry Millie Phillips. Millie is a long time member and lay leader in the congregation who completed her studies at the Starr King School of the Ministry and was cleared for ordination this past spring by the denomination.

As is the custom of Unitarian Universalism it is a congregation that ordains people into ministry and ours voted this fall at a special meeting to ordain Millie. 

Rev. Millie Phillips
Rev. Christopher Bell, Senior Minister
Rev. Dr. Dorsey O. Blake, Presiding Minister
Rev. Cat Cox, Spiritual Director
Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Carrie Steere-Salazar, Moderator, Board of Trustees
Stephen Schwichow, Ordination Committee Chair
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Dr. Amy Kelly, Ordination Committee
Eric Langhirt, Ordination Committee
Jan and Howard Oringer, Ordination Committee
Stephen Schwichow, chair, Ordination Committee
Melvin Starks, Ordination Committee
Judith Stoddard, Ordination Committee
Eric Hamilton, guitarist
Randy Moore, drummer
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Richard Saunders, bass
Keith Saunders, pianist
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Shulee Ong, Camera
Jonathan Silk, sound, OOS

Sunday, January 26, 2020 led by Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister

These days everyone's a critic. We all make judgments, good and bad, some with lasting and profound effects. Judgement assumes thoughtful deliberation, but we've all had occasion to make a snap judgement now and then.

What forms and informs our ability to judge? When we strive to be non-judgmental, what role does judgement play?

Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Christopher Rodriguez, Trustee
Shulee Ong, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, January 19, 2020 led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Once we hit on the idea that our legacy as a person, a family or a nation is tied inextricably to our history, we have to own the responsibility to dig into that history, especially the parts that got papered over or conveniently forgotten.

We looked at that in November (or started to) around the United State’s history with Native and Indigenous peoples. Let’s look this morning at two families and their journeys and just some of what they unearthed and had/have to reckon with.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Don Wiepert, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Wm. García Ganz, guest conductor
Eric Shackelford, soloist
Judy Payne, Board Secretary
Don Shearer, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, January 12, 2020 led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Fourteenth Century poet and scholar, Frencesco Petrarca, more commonly known as Petrarch was part of the early Italian Renaissance. He was also Catholic and is widely considered one of the first humanists. At 32, he and his brother and two servants ascended Mount Ventoux.

The journey up (and down) would be a turning point in his life. And the story raises the question, what is “religious experience”? Moreover is it important and if so, how, and so what?

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Sam King, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Roy Zimmerman, guitar/vocalist
Ben Rudiak-Gould, song leader
Linda Harris, UUSC
Scott Benbow, Trustee
Gino Fortunato, Auction
Vanessa Vanderlaan, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, January 5, 2020 led by Rev. Dr. David Usher, Guest Minister

Is there a difference between believing that God exists and believing in God?

Rev. Dr. David Usher, Guest Minister
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Lisanicole Sarkisian, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Eric Hamilton, guitar
Shanon Warto, song leader
Reece Hart, Trustee
Joe Chapot, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, December 29, 2019 led by Rev. Seanan Fong, Guest Minister

In the last weekend of 2019, we’ve reached “the end” of a chapter: the end of this year and the end of this decade. We spend much of our lives reading and watching stories that draw neatly to a close, but in our messy real-world lives, “the end” so often brings more ambiguity than clarity. So how do we bring this chapter to a close, and open the next?

Rev. Seanan Fong, Guest Minister
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate
Nanette McGuinness, soprano
My-Hoa Steger, piano/accompanist
VanNessa Hulme, song leader
Lori Lai, Board Treasurer
Eric Shackelford, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, December 22, 2019 led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

As we honor the time of Hanukkah along with so many other holidays that speak of light, of miracles, of hope, we gather to do the same.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director and Harpsicord
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Ellen McEntire Cowan, soloist
Asher Davison, song leader
Don Shearer, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, December 15, 2019 led by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Hanging of the Greens: A Multigenerational Extravaganza! 

This is a service that was created by the Princeton UU Church and made its way through many congregations and this year makes its debut with us. Honoring the longest days of the year, the ancient traditions of bringing in greens to remind us of what is alive in the depths of winter, we will gather, sing, create, move around the building, drink cider and revel as people of all ages, together, celebrating the all of it. Come join. Risk the experiment of this Sunday! 

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Sam King, Worship Associate
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Bill Ganz, piano
Don Shearer, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, December 8, 2019 led by Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita

For many people this time of year is one of waiting…for the sun to return, the people to come together, the lamp to burn long enough, for the Savior to be born.

This morning will be a time for each of us to reflect, what are we really waiting for?

The Offering this morning will go to Kopanang, the women’s empowerment group in South Africa, founded by Sister Sheila in 2001.

This congregation has been contributing to Kopanang for the past nineteen years, and our support has been crucial to this community living in the area of shacks, riven by poverty, violence, and AIDS.

Sadly, this year Sister Sheila will not be with us, she is in Australia recovering from a bad fall.

Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita
Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
VanNessa Hulme, soloist
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ & bell choir director
VanNessa Hulme, soloist
Eric Shackleford, Trustee
Don Shearer, Camera Operator
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, December 1, 2019 led by Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern

This service is about the value in finding the "work of one’s life”…  despite the challenges / obstacles … finding that thing that lights up one’s eyes and life. … mostly an optimistic intention that also acknowledges what is hard. 

Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Don Wiepert, Worship Associate
Mark Sumner, piano 
Andrés Vera, cello
My-Hoa Steger, piano
Shannon Warto, song leader
Amy Kelly, Trustee
Eric Shackelford, camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, November 24, 2019 by Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director

This Sunday was BIG MUSIC Sunday. If you've never been to one, hold on to your hat and be sure to fasten your seat belts. Actually, DO grab a seat and belt yourself in. We sold out last Sunday at Hertz Hall in Berkeley and those who sat in the aisles may come again THIS SUNDAY to experience it again---to say nothing of those planning to spend $20 at the door who were turned away.

It fills up the service in several ways this Sunday, complete with an actual programme and a freewill donation towards our "Alex Post" Fund which support special sharing of this kind in the future.

With a chorus of 180, soloists and 45-piece orchestra (If you extrapolate the Hamilton orchestra with this, the comparable ticket price would be over $4,000) we would not want to perform for a congregation smaller than the performing forces! The balcony will be open for overflow congregants.

You will NOT want to miss "The Ultimate Mass-Up....a mash-up of movements from the greatest masses ever written". I poured a lot into the arrangement of the music and hope even the most non-Catholic attendee will find great pleasure, beauty and surprise in this incredible playlist. It will also feature our two newest church soloists, VanNessa Hulme and Brielle Nelson.

VIEW PROGRAM HERE

Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Bill Ganz, keyboard
Brielle Nelson, mezzo soprano
Holly Lewis, soprano
Gilead Wurman, baritone
René Minneboo, baritone
VanNessa Hulme, soprano
Asher Davison, soloist
Tim Salaver, soloist
Jim Hillendahl, soloist 
Anthony White, soloist 
Kealie Pretzlav, soloist
Allen Biggs, percussion
Don Shearer, video camera

Lindsay Mugglestone, OOS
Jonathan Silk, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, November 17, 2019 by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Ancient philosophers have talked about happiness. Religions have weighed in on what it means for us and how to find it. And ever since the launching of the field of positive psychology, the study (rigorous, measurable, double-blind and controlled studies) of what makes us happy has confirmed some of what we always knew, but also dismantled some of what we thought we knew would make us happy. Where does knowing all this leave us? 

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate 
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Judy Payne, Board Secretary
Shulee Ong, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, November 10, 2019 by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Later this month on November 20th it will be Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to remember all those whose lives were lost in anti-transgender violence.

It raises the larger question of why? And the struggles of transgender folks, a high number of whom take their own lives too. At heart, though, the struggle is so familiar, isn't it? 

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Lisanicole Sarkisian, Worship Associate 
Rev. Claire Bohman, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Eli Wise, guitar & vocals
Bill Ganz, piano
Asher Davison, vocals
Carrie Steere-Salazar, Moderator
Don Shearer, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits, drums

Sunday, November 3, 2019 by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

This weekend is the confluence of the celebrations of the Day of the Dead in Mexican and Mexican-American communities and in Catholicism the All Saints and All Souls Days.

All of them are about honoring those who have gone before, loved, gone. And so we spend a little time honoring and thinking about what it means to honor our ancestors.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Anjalisa Aitken, vocals (The Harmony People)
Gary Garrett, guitar & vocals (The Harmony People)
My-Hoa Steger, piano
Asher Davison, song leader
Reece Hart, Board Trustee
Max Benbow, Young Adults
Don Shearer, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, October 27, 2019 by Rev. Elod Szabó, Balázs Scholar

The fiddler on the roof is a well-known symbol for the desire to find joy and happiness in very uncertain times such as we are now experiencing. Likewise, a preacher on the housetop is a person who always remembers who sent them and remembers the message to their people. How do Transylvanian Unitarians try to take the challenge and speak out?

Rev. Elod Szabó, Balázs Scholar
Sam King, Worship Associate
Fulton Manogin, Sexton
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane, Organ
Amy Kelly, Board Trustee
Jonathan Silk, Podcasting

Sunday, October 20, 2019 by Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister

I think of church as an Imaginarium, a place devoted to the exploration of the imagination. In the Imaginarium we learn to see and experience things from different angles and discover new perspectives.

We open ourselves to new (and sometimes old!) ideas, widen our vision, and gain deeper understanding. Growing our imaginations takes practice, courage, and faith, which, after all, is what church is all about. Just imagine, won’t you?

Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
VanNessa Hulme, soprano
Brielle Nelson, mezzo soprano
Eric, Hamilton, classical guitar
Aaron Kierbel, percussion
Carrie Steere-Salazar, Moderator
Vanessa Vanderlaan, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, October 13, 2019 by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Monday, October 14 will be Columbus Day or, as we better know it now, Indigenous People's Day. That change is a call, part of a movement to tell a whole history, a full and honest history of our nation. It is a call to talk about, not just the ideals, or the retold stories of lore, but of the moments that are not heroic but that are also stamped indelibly on our history and legacy.

It is a question many of us face in our own families-of-origin, to tell truths, not just cleaned-up ones. Why do that? And what happens (or can) when we do? 

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Liz Patterson, solo
Judy Payne, Board Secretary
Don Shearer, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, October 6, 2019 by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Yom Kippur and the Days of Awe that precede it ask us turn back to God, or whatever we know and name as holy or as the desired to ground of our being. What does it take to make that turning in our lives? What does it cost us? And what does it make room for?

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Lisanicole Sarkisian, Worship Associate
Sharon Weld, Ministerial Intern
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
William Klingelhoffer, shofar
Jill Brindel, cello
Matthew Arnerich, piano
Diane Frank, poem
Ben Rudiak Gould, song leader
Scott Benbow, Trustee
Shullee Ong, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, September 29, 2019 by Rev. Pamela Gehrke, Assistant Minister

Each week we remind ourselves of our covenant to “dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in freedom, and to help one another.” This Sunday we explore the various pastoral ministries of the community, designed to facilitate mutual helping and care. What are some of the ways each of us might be involved in these ministries? How do they contribute to congregational life?

Rev. Pamela Gehrke, Assistant Minister
Daniel Jackoway, Worship Associate
Mark Sumner, piano
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Eric Hamilton, guitar
Asher Davison, song leader
Lori Lai, Board Treasurer
Shullee Ong, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, September 22, 2019 by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

We talk about the "larger library of human wisdom" from which we draw as Unitarian Universalists. That includes, of course, poetry, history, psychology, biography -- all the places learning and insights about life and the living of it surfaces for us. 

What about books, then, fiction, non-fiction, have most changed us. What is our own personal scripture; what verse, so to speak, changed the course of our life in some significant way. On Sunday we will reflect a little together on books that changed our lives -- mine and a few other folks too. (Order of Service Here)

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Gayle Reynolds, Partner Church
Carrie Steere-Salazar, Partner Church
Sam King, Worship Associate
Kat Liu, Worship Associate
Mark Sumner, music director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Amy Kelly, Trustee
Don Shearer, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, September 15, 2019 by Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita

On this day when special music honors a beloved member, Vera Lee, we begin a year of small group ministry and remember that what holds us, grounds us, that where the deepest wisdom and insights so often come is from one another.

In family (the one we are born into or choose and make), at work (when it is healthy and good) and in the circles of friends or fellow travels that we simply show up for, we find and make the connections that hold and deepen us.

Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Judith Stoddard, Small Group Ministry
Ralph Fenn, Small Group Ministry
Bobbi Kovac, Small Group Ministry
Laurel Sprigg, soprano
Bill Ganz, piano
Mark Sumner, music director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Asher Davison, song leader
Judy Payne, Board Secretary
Don Shearer, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, September 8, 2019 by Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister

Come on our Opening Sunday. We will bless our students and teachers who are beginning their year of religious education together, and launch our own year of life. Drawing from Cherríe Moraga’s book on her mother, entitled “Native Country of the Heart” we will look at how the cuentista, the story teller, shapes us, and why that is relevant to our lives in community together.

Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Rev. Pam Gehrke, Assistant Minister
Dennis Adams, Worship Associate
UUSF Chorus
Rachel Spund, soprano
Bill Ganz, piano
Mark Sumner, music director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Lori Lai, board treasurer
Judy Payne, board secretary
Carrie Steere-Salazar, board moderator
Margaret Pearce, Anne Dillon Award Winner
Shulee Ong, video camera
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting, Video Edits

Sunday, September 1, 2019 by Millie Phillips, Guest Preacher