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Think Social Change by Eric Hepburn
The third movement in our series developmentally exploring Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem rises to the head — to those who help us see. The Visionaries, Storytellers, and Builders give the movement its direction, its meaning, and its architecture.
2 days ago1 min read


Feel Social Change: Caregivers, Healers, and the Enneagram's Feeling Triad by Eric Hepburn
July 12, 2026 - The second sermon in a four-part series reading Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem — from her book Social Change Now, the 2025–26 Unitarian Universalist Association common read — through a developmental lens drawn from the Enneagram's centers: gut, heart, and head; plus spirit. This episode turns from gut to heart: the feeling triad, whose underlying struggle is shame, and the two ecosystem roles where heart energy finds its work — Caregivers and Healers. Al
Jul 818 min read


Join The Resistance by Lou Snead & Chuck Collins
In our Social Justice Sunday service on June 28, Chuck Collins and Lou Snead will invite our congregation to consider the many ways we can resist feeling powerless to stand up against the forces of political authoritarianism, religious self-righteousness, and racial superiority that seem to be dominating our nation’s political landscape today. In the spirit of the resistance expressed in the hippie and black power movements of the 1960s and 1970s our congregation is encoura
Jun 231 min read


UUA General Assembly at 9:30am
Join us at 9:30 am to participate in a streaming of the Music and Worship Service from the Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly for this year. Begin Sunday by lifting your voice in song with fellow Unitarian Universalists. This joyful gathering invites all participants to join in beloved hymns and spirited music that connect us across distance and difference. No experience is needed, just bring your voice and your heart. Sunday morning worship is the heart of
Jun 151 min read


Lovely Day — Reclaiming Faith as a Present-Tense Practice, with Bill Withers and Ross Gay by Eric Hepburn
As Bill Withers sings, "Then I look at you, and the world's alright with me. Just one look at you, and I know it's gonna be: A lovely day!" Think of this as a love letter to the congregation and to all those who gather in joy and in sorrow to work toward the beloved community that signals a lovely day for all. We will have our Annual Congregational Meeting after service.
Jun 918 min read


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


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


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 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


The Collins Family's American History by Chuck Collins
Congregant and community leader Chuck Collins shares a version of American History as seen through the eyes of his family's history.
Feb 101 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


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


When The Light Of Truth Burns All Else Away by Eric Hepburn and Kelly McGinty
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
Dec 30, 20251 min read


Looking For Light in a World Filled With Darkness by Lou Snead
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.
Dec 24, 20251 min read


Service of Light - All Ages Service by Candice White and Mel Maas
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.
Dec 16, 20251 min read


The Path to Wise Elderhood by Eric Hepburn
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
Dec 9, 20251 min read


Choosing Hope (Soul Matters) by Eric Hepburn
On the first Sunday of each month, we explore our Soul Matters theme. For this month, that's Choosing Hope.
Dec 2, 20251 min read


When Religion Forgets Spirit by Eric Hepburn
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
Nov 24, 20251 min read


Thanksgiving Potluck - Sunday Nov 23
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
Nov 19, 20251 min read
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