Topic: Spiritual Development

Why Religion Never Appealed to Me

From cave time to this day, humans have organized themselves into small or large clusters of communities, came up with therapies to help with their survival, devised and ran social and legal systems to manage their communities, told stories and danced to educate and to … read more.

Pastor, prophet, teacher, scholar…and you

A congregation has many ministries, and we each play a part in them. We minister to our friends, to our congregation, and to the world. We’ll look at the different ministerial roles we each might take on at times, and how these roles have been perceived throughout … read more.

Humanism and Spirituality

In 1832 Ralph Waldo Emerson left his position as a Unitarian minister and went on to become an influential writer and speaker whose ideas had a deep impact on the Unitarian Universalist movement and American spirituality in general. By blending his interest in Hindu spirituality, … read more.

All Hands on Deck

Our annual lay-led service will introduce the Board of Directors for 2021-2022, and acknowledge and celebrate their work and contributions. It will also be a service to introduce us to assorted Committee chairs and allow them to illuminate our Fellowship on their roles and responsibilities… … read more.

Surviving the New Normal

We will consider the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of this stage of the pandemic. and look at the opportunities for spiritual growth.

Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube has been a parish minister for 35 years.  He has served congregations in Washington State, North Carolina and, most … read more.

Service is Our Prayer

 A recognition and brief introduction of members of the board, and an explanation of what the board does. Also including an overview of the different main committees, what they do, and how to explore how members can be of service as well. 

There is no recording … read more.

Released from Love by Isolating Wrong

Since retiring in 2010, Rev. Grant has been active as an affiliate minister at First Church in San Diego.

One of the gifts, maybe the most important gift of Christmas, is the gift of community. 

Act Naturally

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 … read more.