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Flourishing Together & Flower Communion by Eric Hepburn
On the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Flourishing Together. We are also celebrating our annual Flower Communion so all are encouraged to bring a flower and leave service with a different one! After service we're having a congregational information meeting and potluck.
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Simplicity, Complexity, Simplicity Again by Eric Hepburn
"For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have." - Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.. What is the simplicity on the far shore of complexity? Why brave the treacherous seas of complexity to get there?
May 261 min read


From Covenant To Courage by Eric Hepburn
Our covenants are promises that are the foundation of our congregational polity - they make us, practitioners without creed or canon, a bound community. But why? What do these promises make possible? Combining the work of Parker Palmer and James Luther Adams, we'll put forward a claim about our community's purpose and process.
May 191 min read


Cultivating Wisdom Workshop Sessions by Eric Hepburn
This workshop will explore a sequence of skills to develop and deepen your living wisdom practices. Session 1: Responding to Change. You can also download the Session 1 Worksheet. Session 2: Identity. You can also download the Session 2 Worksheet. Session 3: Head, Hand, Heart. You can also download the Session 3 Worksheet. Session 4: Spirit, Presence, and Practices. You can also download the Session 4 Worksheet.
May 121 min read


Love Is... a service led by the RE Children
This Sunday our children have a lot to say about love. Join us! There will be participatory music, a picture book, and words of wisdom from our members with a low vantage point and a big, big view.
May 51 min read


Learn, Love, Grow by Eric Hepburn
This year's stewardship theme is Learn, Love, Grow — three words that describe what SGUUF does every week and three words that describe what we're asking of ourselves as a community this year.
Apr 281 min read


Social Change Now by the SGUUF SJ Team
Join us for an all ages interactive service centered on deepening our understanding of the Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection, framework. Identify your Target, Safety and Stretch roles within and outside our organization, as we examine the ecosystem of our congregation together.
Apr 211 min read


Set Them Free by Eric Hepburn
"If you love someone, set them free." - Sting How can this way of putting Love at the Center, inform how we approach Religion as modern UU's? Not just in how we serve the adults in our community, but in how and what we teach our youth?
Apr 141 min read


The Power Of Music by Mel Maas & Eric Hepburn
We will come together in song to feel the power of music and how it influences us. This Sunday Service is All Ages.
Apr 71 min read


The Wall & The Tunnel by Eric Hepburn
There is a wall, a veil, between our world and the spirit world... the sages and prophets found ways through the wall, they brought back teachings from the spirit world. They left behind signs so that we could find our way through. Some folks who came after, got really into sign making. Some thought that the tunnels through the wall should be enlarged, decorated, celebrated... Some spent their lives making their religion's entrance look more beautiful and inviting than others
Mar 311 min read


Still Relevant by Simone Barnes
“The cross can heal and hurt; it can be empowering and liberating but also enslaving and oppressive. There is no one way in which the cross can be interpreted. I offer my reflections because I believe that the cross placed alongside the lynching tree can help us to see Jesus in America in a new light, and thereby empower people who claim to follow him to take a stand against white supremacy and every kind of injustice.” ― James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
Mar 241 min read


Simone Weil's Decreation by Eric Hepburn
In our third and final service in the Simone Weil Series, we'll explore the culminating movement of her thought: DECREATION. I'll get you pointed in the right direction with this teaser: "We do not become just by adding virtue. We become just by subtracting the self that blocks reality." Mic. Drop.
Mar 171 min read


The Art of Complaining by Jami Moore & Zach Hunter
Join us for an all-ages Social Justice Sunday where art and social justice come together to explore how artists, activists, and everyday people use humor, images, and handmade creations to call out injustice and inspire change. Inspired by the Guerrilla Girls, zine-making, and other creative practices, this interactive service invites us to complain about what we care about in a creative and unique way.
Mar 101 min read


Soul's Attention - Simone Weil by Eric Hepburn
On the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Paying Attention. Our teacher in attention is philosopher-mystic Simone Weil.
Feb 241 min read


Greensleeves by Eric Hepburn
Greensleeves is one of the oldest and most familiar songs in our tradition—tender, plaintive, and enduring. It has been sung as a love song, a lament, and a prayer, carried across centuries and cultures. This Sunday, we’ll listen to it together, reflect on what it has meant, and consider what it might still be teaching us. We’ll sing it, sit with it, and listen again—trusting that sometimes an old song can open new space when we give it our full attention.
Feb 171 min read


US Detention of Immigrants by Eric Hepburn
I got on a bus headed south, past San Antonio to a community called Dilley, Texas. There is a modern day American internment / concentration / prison camp there, we call it a detention center. Let's talk about what I saw, what I learned, and what we might all need to learn if we want things to change.
Feb 31 min read


This Joy I Have by Simone Barnes
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.
Jan 271 min read


❄️CHURCH CLOSED - Warming Center Activation Friday Evening-Tuesday Morning❄️
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
Jan 232 min read


We are following the upcoming Frigid Weather Forecast and plans for a Warming Center are underway...
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
Jan 221 min read


HIRING: Religious Exploration (RE) Guide – Part-Time
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
Jan 211 min read
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