Rev. Everett Howe, Minister The holiday season is upon us, and it’s a time of year that brings up questions about family. Our family relationships may be a source of strength, or a source of pain — or both. And while some families are defined by birth and genetics, others are instead determined by choice, … Continue reading Complicated Families
No matter what the results of election day, our world will look different today than it did last week. We will gather together to be with one another, to reflect on where we are, and to plan for what is next.
Our Fellowship has been in our Cottonwood Ave home for seventeen years. This Sunday’s service will be the culmination and celebration of our campaign to pay down the mortgage on our home, so that we can devote our annual budget to the ministries that will give meaning to our next seventeen years. Come for a … Continue reading Where the Heart Is
This service is a joint effort among all the Unitarian Universalist congregations in San Diego County. Come hear about how we can live our values during — and after — election season. Together, we are stronger, and together, we can change the world. There is no recording from this service.
We may not be physically gathering together, but we are nevertheless starting a new season of the church year. Through ritual, music, and words, we will mark the gathering of our spirits at the end of summer.
Janus was the Roman god associated with doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings… As Summit begins a time of planning and self-reflection in preparation for searching for a called minister, we’ll look at some of the ways we might prepare for transitions. …read more
The idea of the natural plays a large role in religion and society. For Unitarian Universalists, we have Emerson and Thoreau, earth-based spiritual traditions, the interconnected web of all existence… We’ll look at good and bad ways that an appeal to nature might inform our spiritual development.
The pandemic will be affecting us for a long time. Likewise, movements for social justice have long stretches where law and public opinion seem to be motionless, punctuated by moments where all the preparation pays off. In these and other fallow periods, how do we maintain hope and take care of ourselves in order to … Continue reading In It for the Long Haul
Idols can take many forms, from literal pop stars to ideas that are so fixed into our minds that we can’t imagine other ways of doing things. But the images we’ve seen in recent weeks of protesters tearing down idols of stone and metal suggest that maybe we can change some fixed ideas. Speaker: Rev. … Continue reading Idols
Summit’s incoming Minister, Everett Howe, will challenge us to reflect on questions like: Who is our family? Who is our neighbor? To whom are we responsible? These questions, long of importance to religious communities, acquire new relevance in this time of pandemic. On Mothers’ Day, we’ll look again at the meaning of family and community. … Continue reading To Whom Do We Belong?
