When Rev. Nica broke both her feet last spring, she had the opportunity to experience the world from a wheelchair with severely restricted mobility. Today we explore what it’s like to deal with accessibility issues and experience life with mobility challenges. Join us to live in another’s shoes for a moment and open our hearts to the challenges many of us face at different times during our lives.
Why is it important to have a connection to our ancestry, especially when there are parts of our ancestry we feel ashamed or uncomfortable about? Today we explore how gaining a deeper understanding of our roots helps us understand ourselves and the world better, and how connection to our past may help us heal in the present. Join us for this special service on Ancestral Healing.
Sunday Service at 10 AM
in person (3331 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park. View the streamed service in community)
via Zoom
Ultra-Universalism is one of our historical beliefs as UUs, but not without complication. Today, we look at what it means, and how we might apply it to modern Unitarian Universalism. Join one of our fellow congregations online with Rev. KC Marie Pandell at Summit UU Fellowship in Santee, CA for this special service or join us to watch the service together online in Chalice’s Fellowship Hall.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 964 0939 2934
Today we ask you to come to Chalice with a friend. Invite someone who might appreciate being part of a conscious, loving spiritual community, who might benefit from the gifts of our Fellowship. Help others know they are not alone in this often challenging life, and that there is a compassionate, justice seeking community that cares, right here in the Conejo Valley. After service we invite your friends to be our guests at our Pancake breakfast, prepared by our families. Let’s show how welcoming we can be and what we offer the world.
Chalice, like many times in its past, is at the threshold of a new future. We are considering moving to a new location with more space to grow, outside space and better visibility. A potential move can be exciting for some while bringing up anxiety and fears around change for others. Join us today to learn more about how Chalice has managed transitions in the past, and is envisioning an engaging, relevant religious community for the future.
Whoever you are, wherever you come from, whomever you love, whatever the color of your skin, the shape of your body, your age or the coins in your wallet, you are welcome here. Today, we gather for our annual Ingathering reminding us we are all welcome here. Join us for our special water ceremony in worship followed by our community fair. All are welcome!
This Labor Day we celebrate the workers of our country. That used to be me. I was a teacher here in The Conejo Valley School District. I retired just before COVID. I enjoyed being a teacher. I had great people to work with, including my administrators. I was also very involved with my union. Unions have done a lot for the workers of the world. Today we will look how unions have helped workers be listened to and not abused and how Chalice has taken the place of my union now that I am retired.
Rev. Nica intended her Sabbatical to be a “Pilgrimage to Wholeness”. But being whole inevitably requires a journey through brokenness and disintegration to understand more fully what wholeness means. Experiencing cancelled plans, broken feet and her marriage completing, she explores whether wholeness is even a destination we can aspire to. Join Rev. Nica as she shares insights into what becoming a whole human being involves. Please bring your backpacks or work bags, for a special blessing of the backpacks during our Time for All Ages.
What’s better than curling up with your animals on a Sunday morning in your pajamas? Today we celebrate and bless the animals in our lives, while wearing pajamas to Chalice if you wish. You may bring your pets to Chalice if they’re able to be in public spaces safely, or show them to us on screen. Please send us a photo of any beloved animals who have passed, whom you wish to memorialize. Send pictures to admin@chaliceuu.org. We look forward to celebrating the difference animals make in our lives, while we cosy up with one another.
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