July 21: "Good Without God" Speaker: Blake Goss This program is about dispelling the myths that one requires god for life purpose, happiness or morality. A UUCA member, Blake will be sharing his own personal deconversion story as well. Worship Associate: Stephen Lopez Board Member in Charge: Mark Erickson
July 28: "Leaning Into Our Faith" Speaker: John Bloom-Ramirez Tons of articles online give advice about living your faith from a Christian perspective, but how do we do that as UU’s? Faith and the idea of it can make a lot of us uncomfortable, so why not just lean into it?
Worship Associate: Katie Bodnar Board Member in Charge: Mary Oster
August 4: Love Encounters a World on Fire Speaker: Rev. James Ford Several years ago Rev. James preached a sermon at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim. At the time neither he nor the congregation knew he would end up as our minister. It was a summation of his UU Buddhism, and why he thinks it's really important. He has tweaked it a bit, and will share it today. Worship Associate: Gary Sjogren
Special Congregational Meeting – August 4 Time: after the service and lunch – about 12:40. The agenda includes these items to be voted on by the congregation: - Increasing the salary paid to our Music Director - Amending the current expense budget for 2019
Monday – 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Wednesday – 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Closed on Banking Holidays
If you have questions about rentals please email Mary Chittenden at shelbing@me.com.
Any other inquiries, please call the church office or email at uuanaheim@gmail.com. Calls and emails will be answered within 24-48 hours time, the next operating day. Thank you!
BINGO NIGHTS First Friday of Every Month Time: 6:30 - 10:00 p.m. The buy-in amount is $15 for the first book of game cards and $10 for each addition set. There will be at least 12 cash prizes distributed every Bingo evening.
Zen Meditation
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Time: 9:00 a.m. Zen meditation and traditional Soto Zen liturgy, starting promptly at 9 a.m. 20 July at 9:00am: Zazenkai - an all-day Zen meditation retreat, running between 9am and 5pm. This is a strenuous practice, involving approximately eight hours of sitting or walking meditation (half hour periods of seated meditation and ten minutes of kinin, walking meditation. There will also be Zen liturgy in the Soto style, dokusan, spiritual practice interviews, and a Dharma talk. There will be a formal oryoki lunch. This requires making a set of bowls. To provide instructions for creating this oryoki set and as food is served we must ask anyone who wishes to attend to register in advance. There is no charge, but a dana donation of five to ten dollars to help defray costs would be appreciated. Please write emptymoonzen@gmail.com
27 July at 10:30am: Dharma talk, Zen & Recovery, Dr. Chris Hoff Dharma teacher Chris Hoff will explore aspects of Zen and recovery. Dr. Hoff is Assistant Professor of Counseling & Guidance at California State University, San Bernardino, Executive Director of the California Family Institute in Costa Mesa, and candidate for ordination as a Soto Zen Buddhist priest.
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. The Social Justice Book club recently selected a new book to read: "People, Power, and Profits" by Joseph E. Stiglitz. The book club meets after our potluck lunch. All are welcome to attend.
Discussions on Religious Topics
THIRD SUNDAY THIS MONTH
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Our discussion group for July will be on the third Sunday, July 21th. We will be discussing Michael Pollan's book, "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence." You can listen to Michael Pollan talk about his book on YOUTUBE or GOOGLE Talk. Diana Morita leads this discussion, ask her about details on Sundays.
UUCA Board Meeting - July 28
Time: 12:30 p.m.
The board meeting will be held on the FOURTH Sunday this month.
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