Wisdom Exploration at Chalice!

A place for wonder. A place for fun.

Welcome, welcome everyone!

Chalice Family Update

March 12, 2026

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The Thread

Sunday morning at 10am

with Rev. Michael Eselun

Popular guest speaker and UCLA oncology chaplain, Michael Eselun will reflect and explore the idea of a single thread that may run through our entire lives – what it takes to find it, what is our relationship to it, and how it just might help us make sense of the whole journey thus far.

Join StreamYard Meeting
You can also view our Livestream on FB

This is a welcoming space for people of all ages.
Children and youth have the option of staying for the entirety of the service or joining the Sunday WE program upstairs partway through.

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March 15–

Kindness Creators

Courage to be Kind – Both WE Grow and WE Wonder will dive into the courage it takes to be kind, even when its hard. We’ll use our creativity to inspire others around Chalice to spread kindness around and beyond our community.

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After the service….

 

One of the best parts of Chalice is the time we spend together after the service—lingering, laughing, and connecting. On March 15, we’re making that time a little sweeter with Diggin’ Donuts & Coffee.

Please help make this time together sweet by bringing donuts to share. 

Sign up here if you can bring donuts: 

👉 Yes, I’ll Bring Donuts –  Sign-Up Here

A quick sign-up helps us plan so there’s enough for everyone.

Thank you for helping create the warmth and hospitality that make this community feel like home.

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We are blessed to have so many members, friends, and visitors join us every Sunday! Many people in busy rooms can lead to great joy… and smalls messes. It would be greatly appreciated if everyone would extend a hand to help keep our communal spaces clean. We ask that you also remind your children that they put away any toys and games they are using in the Lounge and Room 4 before leaving. Many thanks to you and your family!

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Save the date!

Registration for Summer Camps at de Benneville Pines coming soon!

CIT (for those training to be a counselor)      July 5 – July 11

UU Elementary Summer Camp      July 6 – July 11

Sam will be one of the deans again!
Camp begins one day later due to 4th of July holiday

UU Junior High Camp      July 12 – July 18

UU High School Summer Camp      July 19 – July 25

UU Family Summer Camp      July 26 – August 1

Camp for Grownups! (Summer Break Camp for Adults)      August 6 – August 10

LARPing Games Camp      August 14 – August 16
LARP (Live Action Role Play) is for families and independent campers.

UU Young Adults (YA) Camp      August 14 – August 17

How will you enjoy the mountain top this summer?

Visit uucamp.org to learn more about Camp de Benneville Pines.

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This Day in Unitarian Universalist History…

Sallie Ellis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 13, 1835, in a Unitarian family. Her father was one of the founders of the First Congregational Church (Unitarian) there. Sallie was an active Unitarian all her life. When she became [disabled] she devoted more time to the church, serving as chair of the book and tract table. She founded a circulating library at church and distributed more than 20,000 tracts, sold books, and took subscriptions to the Christian Register. The work became known as “Miss Ellis’s Mission” and ministers contributed to her sermon distribution. Ellis’s work became known through the country and the Western Unitarian Conference honored her. Other churches copied her work and the UU Church of the Larger Fellowship, which serves it’s members through the internet and mailings, was structured partly on her ideas. Sallie Ellis died on December 27, 1885. ~ This Day in Unitarian Universalist History

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