How do we keep going? How do we embody resilience? Simone Monique Barnes shares the importance of having spiritual practices and tools that build our resilience and cultivate joy that is sustainable, even in hard times; joy that is not reliant on circumstances or situations, and that cannot be taken away.

Friday 01/23/2026 6:00 pm - Tuesday 01/27/2026 9:00 am We will do our best to accommodate everyone in need- because everyone deserves warmth and safety. The Warming Center will be located at Getsemani Community Center at 412 E 19th Street 78626. Pets are welcome. Animals must remain in a closed crate while indoors, and owners are responsible for their care. Crates, food, and sanitary bags will be available if needed. If you’d like to help out, we have several needs to fill, i

PLEASE BE ON ALERT THAT SGUUF CHURCH MAY BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER! WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION VIA EMAIL, SANGABRIELUU.ORG , FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. The Warming Center (overnight freeze shelter) will be opening once again at the Getsemani Center at 412 E. 19th Street, starting Friday January 23.   To better coordinate our efforts in providing meals, which are so appreciated by our unhoused neighbors, and a gift from many in our community, Helping Hands of G

San Gabriel UU Fellowship is seeking a warm, grounded Religious Exploration (RE) Guide to work with our elementary-age children on Sunday mornings. This role is for someone who loves kids, understands neurodivergence, and believes that relationship, agency, and trust matter more than compliance or control . Our RE program focuses on teaching life-giving practices — emotional regulation, empathy, cooperation, and spiritual curiosity — while drawing from Unitarian Universalism

SGUUF Facilities Improvement Begins Thanks to our congregation's generous support of our Legacy Capital Campaign, the roofing contractor will begin replacing the roofs on the Fellowship House and Little House Saturday 1-17-26.  The Facilities Team received the best bid from 1st Choice Roofing and Construction Company in Georgetown to remove the old shingles and install the highest-grade architectural shingles on both of the two houses.    Beginning Monday 1-19-26 the roofing

Could it be that one of the most effective ways to subvert a prophet is to turn them into an idol? There is a case to be made that this is what "the church" has done to Jesus. There is a case to be made that this is what American Culture has done with Dr. King. If we toss the idol, maybe we can ask what the prophet was trying to teach.

Statement on the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE: We grieve the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37 year-old mother and legal observer, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis yesterday—an act of state violence that has stolen a life and reverberates through an already-wounded community. This is not an isolated incident, but the result of policies that criminalize immigration and enforce borders through fear, surveillance, and force rather than care. Side Wit

On (or around) the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Practicing Resistance.

Full Moon Drum Circle and Celebration 7pm @ SGUUF Family Friendly and Drums to share! Dates Saturday Jan 3rd Saturday Jan 31st Wednesday Mar 4th Wednesday April 1st

We say it every week: “When the light of truth burns all else away.” This Sunday, we pause to listen more closely to what that might mean. Among us are people who call themselves religious, spiritual, both, or neither; and many who aren’t sure where they belong. Together we’ll explore what these words reveal, what they obscure, and what might remain when the fire has done its work. This service makes room for insight, ritual, rhythm, and release; and invites each of us to lis

In this Post-Christmas service we will be asked to reflect together on where we find the light of joy, peace, and love celebrated by Christians in the Jesus story when we are living in a world continuously filled with violence, suffering, and inequities.

The SGUUF choir would like to invite you formally to our Christmas Eve service “Songs of Wonder and Whimsy” at 6pm on 12/24 . This will be a Christmas Carol driven service with special musical performances and a story to be told for all ages. Please join us for celebration, singing, and fun.

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Please join us for a special all ages service  on December 21 A time to look at the Winter Holidays and how we can celebrate together with our siblings in a time of joy and light. We invite all to join us, especially those with children.

I put together a newsletter with the weekly resources with Soulful Home, and we are planning to start a group for families and parents to stay connected with each other and our RE team. Choosing hope, Candice White Director of Religious Education she/her PDF version available here:

As I reach the midway point of my Doctor of Ministry in Social Justice program at Meadville Lombard — our UU seminary in Chicago — I want to share the heart of what has been unfolding. Stephen Jenkinson has said that we live in a time with more old folks and fewer wise elders than ever before. In this reflection, I’ll explore what it might mean to rescue wise elderhood from western history’s dustbin — to draw a clear, compassionate distinction between wise elders and old adol

On the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Choosing Hope.

When religion forgets its spirit, it becomes a shell — beautiful, perhaps, but hollow. Inspired by Christopher Wallis’s Near Enemies of the Truth, this service explores how both religion and spirituality can lose their way, mistaking form for life or freedom for meaning. Together we’ll remember what religion once promised: to bind us not in dogma, but in wonder — to help us remember the sacred light that first called us to belong. Livestream Available: https://www.youtube.co

THANKSGIVING POTLUCK GUIDELINES (PLEASE READ): Eating together  is a time-tested way to strengthen the bonds of community, so please bring a dish to share if you are willing and able. All are welcome at table, regardless. There are some parameters for the potluck below, please read them! We will have buffet style tables setup  in Mark's Place prior to service. You may bring your dishes in when you arrive at church. We will have a time after service to setup tables and put foo

You remember the children's rhyme, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Sometimes this landed as good and helpful advice, not to take on the harm that others wanted to inflict on us with their words. Other times, it just feels deeply untrue. For many of us some of the most painful hurts we've ever received have been delivered mostly through words. So, we'll spend some time with this worthy paradox - and hopefully leave with a deepened sense of