Category: 1. This Month’s Events

From Our Director of Religious Education for Children and Youth

Sierra-Marie Gerfao

Family Ministry Summer Office Hours In July and August, Rev. Sierra-Marie will be doing a combination of professional development and 2024-2025 preparation time. During this time, she will generally be available to meet by appointment and answer phone calls and emails with the exception … read more.

August Sunday Services – One Service at 10am

August 4                                     
Empathic Distress / Joe Gillotti

Empathic Distress is responsible for stressful human dysfunction in ways that perhaps many people are not aware of. This subject comes from an article by neuroscientists, Dr. Olga Klimecki and Dr. Tania Singer. Revealed in this research … read more.

Ministry and Team News

Our Caring Circle is Available

Our ‘Care Coordinator’ receives requests and answers questions for the Caring Circle.

Joan Campbell is the contact person for August.
LouAnn Heller is the assistant.
If you have a need, please contact Joan

Please note that your call will be returned as quickly as possible but it … read more.

Music at the Ridge: Fred Small

Concert: Sunday, August 11, 4pm

Fred Small is a singer, songwriter, and songleader whose music inspires, heals, and empowers. Powerful, affecting, and inviting, Fred’s songs illuminate the goodness and courage of all kinds of people.
Fred’s inclusive lullaby of unconditional love, “Everything Possible,” has become a standard … read more.

July Sunday Services

July Services – One Service at 10am

July 7                     
Bringing Humanity to Our Institutions               Steve Kennedy

Far too often in recent years, we have outsourced the work of our communities to institutions without real ties to the community and the people in it. This service will consider how we can … read more.

July Events

UUCD Men Conversing over Coffee meets on the second Wednesday of each month.  Our next meeting is on Wednesday, July 10th, at 10:00 a.m. at UUCD in the Fellowship Hall Lower Level. For more information contact Jeff Asher or Joe Gillotti.

Movies with a Message will not be … read more.

June Spiritual Challenge

SPIRITUAL CHALLENGE Take a Nap

Our theme for the month is renewal and this month I challenge you to take a nap. Seriously. Make taking a nap a more regular practice than you have been. Allow yourself to rest, to pause, and renew.

Rest is serious … read more.

From our DRE, Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao

Upcoming In Children and Youth Religious Education (RE):

With the exception of a pre-planned trip for our Senior High Youth Group to Boston on June 30th, our children and youth ministries are heading into summer break. 

During this time, activities are on hold, though we do … read more.

June Upcoming Events

Chair Exercises at UUCD

Gentle Stretching using a chair – Breathing exercises – Laughter

            Chair Exercises Classes are starting again at UUCD for women and men.  Classes are FREE. The importance for seniors to maintain flexibility and mobility cannot be overstated. So often … read more.

From Our Minister, Rev. Tony Lorenzen

“Through the Other’s Eyes”

Dear Beloveds,

One of the most important and powerful moments of grace we can experience is to see the world through the other’s eyes. Even with the people we love the most in our most intimate relationships, we can never actually know what … read more.