Podcast: Chalice Sermons

Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Recognizing the Struggles of Our Local Indigenous People

In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, Alan Salazar, a Fernandino tribal elder will speak to us of the struggles of the Fernandeno Tataviam tribe to achieve Federal recognition. Alan will also share a recent children’s book he has written called “Tata, The Tataviam Towhee, A Tribal Story”. Our Central Coast Cluster of UU congregations is … Continue reading Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Recognizing the Struggles of Our Local Indigenous People

Cultivating Relationship

Humans are relational creatures, yet relationships can often be complicated. They challenge us to evolve and understand our triggers. How do we best nurture our relationships with partners, family, friends and community? Today we explore one of our most important needs as humans and how we might cultivate and tend our individual and collective relationships.

Embracing Possibility ~ Ingathering

Today we celebrate our annual Ingathering. Join us for a zoom/online service at 10, followed by an in-person Ingathering ritual on Chalice’s grounds at 11:30. We will plant seeds for our future, burn our old mortgage, say farewell to Jason Hall and family, and collect quarters and laundry pods for fieldworkers. Please also bring a piece of wood, no larger than your hand for a congregational art work. Rev Nica will preside over our traditional water ceremony blessing and we will be returning the items you offered our Sanctuary last year, that made our space sacred in our absence.

The Hardest Job You’ll Ever Love

Parenthood is equal parts amazing and hands down the hardest job of our lives. It embodies a myriad of possibilities–some more easier than others. Hear day-to-day reflections from two parents on how having kids has shaped their lives and how they handle the overwhelming possibilities that shape their children.

Soul Music

In 1969, there was a huge music festival that took place in the state of New York. Thousands of people attended. It wasn’t Woodstock. Come hear how the Harlem Cultural Festival touched the souls of the people present, and how music continues to move those who hear it.

Welcome Back …And Don’t Forget to Share Your Gifts

Step by step, we are making our way out of this time of constriction and anxiety. It has been hard in countless ways – and there are so many unknowns and unresolved issues all around. But this time has also yielded insights and gifts. Come hear reflections from a few Chalice members about what they have learned and find ways of bringing strength and joy into our shared future.

Riding the Waves of Change

Most humans are notoriously resistant to change. But as we prepare to reopen and move towards our ‘new normal’ we will encounter change both within and beyond our congregation. In this service, Reverend Nica’s last before her summer break, we explore ways to ride, rather than resist, the waves of change. How might we embrace change as we envision and co-create our new normal.