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

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.

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

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

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

November 4, 2025 To the Congregation of San Gabriel UU Fellowship, This past Sunday our congregation celebrated the conclusion of our Legacy Fund Capital Campaign with a party.  As I reported at this celebration, our congregation has generously pledged $243,000  over the next three years.  This amazing support from our membership surpasses by 35%  the $180,000 goal the Board set for this capital campaign to replace our aging roofs, to pay off the remaining mortgage, and make

What if AI isn't our impending digital overlord, what if it is the catalyst we've been waiting for? A helper as we work to collect, integrate, and practice human wisdom? My journey down this path started at the Peace Summit at Southwestern University a few weeks back, I look forward to sharing some of the early fruit. Listen to the Sermon Here: Or listen here: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/FOf7O0PNbYb Watch the Full Video of Service Here:

On (or around) the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For the month of November, that's Nurturing Gratitude. Full Video of Service Available on Youtube : Podcast of the Sermon Available on Youtube  and Spotify : Youtube:

Of the Completion of the Legacy Fund Campaign Sunday, November 2nd A Catered Luncheon Will Be Provided Immediately After the Service with Special Live Entertainment The Capital Campaign Committee and the Board of SGUUF are hosting a congregational party to celebrate the overwhelming generosity of our congregation in surpassing the $180,000 Legacy Fund campaign goal. All members and friends of our congregation are invited to attend this luncheon to hear the results of our cap

This Sunday we'll ask how our Soul Matters theme, of Cultivating Compassion, intersects with our call to Generosity, Generosity of spirit. Generosity with our time, energy, talent and treasure. Podcast of the Sermon Available on Youtube  and Spotify : Youtube: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rPFerU2tkkVohiVPZ3ygj?si=fhmDuQ2-Rj6EmGJ20HTEUQ

How will we answer that question?   Those of us who have found a spiritual home in this UU Fellowship certainly hope so.  The pioneers who took the bold step to purchase our SGUUF facilities in 2013 planned for it to be here into perpetuity.  A host of committed and generous members and friends of our Fellowship over the past dozen years have invested in the continued presence of our UU church in Georgetown as we preserved through a pandemic and difficult leadership changes. 

On Sunday, October 5 th , our congregation will be invited to join the Board of SGUUF and two dozen advanced donors in supporting a capital campaign aimed at keeping our UU presence in Georgetown for years to come.  This campaign is designed to build upon the legacy of the 53 members who raised $175,000 in 2013 to purchase our current church facilities.  The goal of this Legacy Fund Campaign is to secure financial commitments of $180,000 from our members and friends over the

If you’ve been visiting San Gabriel and want to learn more about membership — what it means, what we expect of one another, and to have your questions answered — join us for conversation and fellowship after worship on  Sunday, October 5, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Fellowship House . Please sign up at the Welcome Table; childcare is available upon request. If you decide you’d like to make San Gabriel your spiritual home, our next  Joining Ceremony  will be during worship

Help Support Our Growing Children’s RE Program I’m excited to share that our Children’s Religious Exploration program is growing! We’ve got more families showing up, more kids getting involved, and more chances to create meaningful experiences together. It also means we could really use some extra help. I’m reaching out to see if you’d consider volunteering with us. Whether you’ve got an hour every now and then or you’re up for something more regular, we could use your help.

We talk a lot about being 'Unitarians'. But do we spend enough time reflecting on what that word means? Where it comes from? Who it...