Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

1535 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

 
Sunday Services

New service times begin this week at The Unitarian Society.  Our two Sunday morning services are at 9:15 and 11:00 AM every Sunday. Our worship theme for September's is Vocation.

Please come join us for a cup of coffee during the community social hour between the services.

 
Sunday, September 5 PDF Print E-mail


The Guest House
Service Host: Peter Hale
Participants: John Warnock, Paul Freeman and Stuart Brandt

To paraphrase one of our speakers - We are a Guest House...
every Sunday bringing new arrivals and members together
in community. On July Fourth we welcomed three Unitarian
women from the 19th century...Olympia Brown, Amy Lowell
and Margaret Fuller.

Based on the success of this event, we are inviting three more
Unitarian ancestors to talk about their lives. The Rev. James
Freeman Clarke, who radically changed congregational life,
Phineas P. Quimby, the founder of the New Thought Movement,
who Emerson called "the most original American" and Jalal ad-Din
Muhammad Rumi. What? Rumi was a Unitarian? Well, we invoke
his name and reference his words so often, he might as well be.
On Labor Day Sunday we will make Rumi an honorary UU and
listen as he reads his poetry and tells of life in 12th-century Persia.

Please join us for wonderful stories, music, silence, conversation
and fellowship.
 
Sunday, September 12 PDF Print E-mail

Where the Water Touches Sand
Rev. Aaron McEmrys

In this, our annual multigenerational Ingathering service, we will begin our new “church year” with story, song and a very special “Blessing of the Waters.”  Music and word will be woven together by musicians Ellen Rockne, Michael Guinn and all three of our choirs!  Please bring a small container of water to share, preferably water from a place or time that is meaningful to you.  See the accompanying article for details on our potluck community time between services.
 
Guest Orientation: UU Inquiry

Visitors and newcomers are invited to gather for a brief introduction to the Unitarian Society. Come, meet other newcomers and learn about the Path to Membership.

UU Inquiry gatherings will be held on the following Sundays,  between 10:30 and 10:50 AM in the Reception Office off the Garden:

September 5 & 19
October 3 & 17