Upcoming Services and Sermons
We gather together on Sunday morning to find meaning and live more deeply. Worship creates connections within, among, and beyond us, calling us to our better selves, calling us to live with wisdom and compassion. Most of our Sunday services are led by our Minister, Rev. Heather Rion Starr. We also offer lay led services featuring members and friends who share their thoughts and life experiences.
Hybrid Sunday Service:
- UUSD is requiring that only vaccinated individuals (who are eligible to be vaccinated against COVID) attend in-person services.
- Please stay home and enjoy our livestream if you have a fever, any other symptoms of illness, or if it’s simply a better option for you.
- Mask wearing is encouraged but not required.
Enjoy our livestream service at uussd.org/livestream, starting at 9:55 a.m.
A Social Hour is held in the Gathering Area after the Sunday service.
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March 2025
Sunday, March 16, 10 a.m., “Ground and Gather,” Rev. Cathy Rion Starr (c.rionstarr@uussd.org): These are two things we know how to do: Ground in our faith and gather in community. And yet, when tension rises and chaos reigns, it is easy to forget the things we know. So once again we gather together as a collective reminder that another world is possible, even when it feels very far away.
Sunday, March 23, 10 a.m., “Building Beloved Community No Matter What,” Rev. Sandhya Rani Jha (they/them): As many of us wrestle with what to do in this time of crisis, our movement and theological ancestors have some wisdom about creating community in hard times.
Raised in an interracial and multi-faith family and witness to the sometimes subtle (and sometimes obvious) ways that racism and xenophobia show up in our society, it is not surprising that Sandhya’s career has been marked by work to affect public policy change, religious liberty and an alternative voice to the religious right and around the issues of housing for all, as well as their work to build what Dr. Martin Luther King called a Beloved Community.
Sandhya provides anti-oppression, cultural humility, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion consulting and coaching for companies, higher education institutions, non-profits, and faith organizations. A passionate reader and writer, Sandhya is the author of “Room at the Table,” and “Pre-Post-Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines” (listed as one of the top five books on race and religion in 2015 by Publishers Weekly). Sandhya’s book, “Rebels, Despots, and Saints,” about ancestors (and activism), came out January 2023.
Sunday, March 30, 10 a.m., “The Blessings of Trust,” Rev. Heather Rion Starr: We cannot function as if everything could fall apart tomorrow (though sometimes it sure feels like it could). Therefore, we choose to take some action, and then another, and then another. At every point along the way, we are putting our trust in…what? Who? Let’s ponder this together.
To view past services, go to Past Services.