The Healing Circle will meets on the last Monday of the month at 7:15 PM. I hope you can attend and, if you feel anxious, sad, and/or angry, please try to join in. Remember God’s healing we send to those entered into the circle is also for those who make up the circle. Come share in God’s grace, peace, and healing. Know it is in you always waiting to be called upon.

If you’re interested in finding out more about our Healing Circle, please go to our Blog page. If you’d like to join the next circle on Zoom, please email your request to slhly1@aol.com

Join us on Zoom, or by phone (audio only): (669) 900-6833.

We are so glad to welcome Rev. Rhina Ramos to the UCH pulpit this Sunday, June 28.

Rhina is someone who has lived the sermon before she preaches it. Before entering ministry, she practiced labor law on Long Island, recovering owed wages for immigrant workers — the kind of on-the-ground, unglamorous justice work that doesn't make headlines but changes lives. She went on to become a local pastor and church planter of Ministerio Latino, and she currently serves as Associate Conference Minister for our own Northern California Nevada Conference of the UCC.

She's also the author of In My Heart, a Volcano — a memoir about life as an immigrant and queer woman — and if that title doesn't make you want to hear what she has to say on Sunday, we don't know what will.

This week's theme is "the perseverance that gives way to hope," and Rev. Rhina will be preaching on Romans 5:1-8 — Paul's insistence that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. Her sermon is titled "Abundant Grace."

You are warmly welcome to join us Sunday as we receive what she brings. We gather on Zoom, with fellowship at 10am PT, and worship at 10:30am PT.

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Summer Renewal Group: Listening to Our HeartsJun 26, 2026

I am offering another way for us to gather during our Renewal Summer. It will be a group focused on listening to: our bodies; our hearts and one another. We will be using movement, poetry and music. It will be a time for listening deeply to ourselves and one another.

We will begin with gentle Chi Gung movements—slow, simple exercises that can be done standing or seated. These exercises are designed to turn our attention inward to our center and breath.

We will then read a poem together in the style of Lectio Divina, an ancient spiritual practice that invites conversation with the Holy.

We will close by listening to music. The group will meet for about an hour.

There is nothing to prepare in advance and you are welcome to come for all the sessions or just a few. In Chinese tradition, new moons are good times for beginning, so we will begin on Tuesday, July 14 at 5:30 pm

Meeting time and dates: 5:30—6:30pm, Tuesday, July 14—August 11 (5 sessions)

Join us on Zoom, or by phone (audio only): (669) 900-6833. or join us here for the sermon live stream.

On the first Thursday of each month our Transitions group gathers on Zoom from 10:30-12:00. We provide a safe place- a circle of love, support, and wisdom for everyone who is in transition. Some of us are in places of not knowing about health and family issues, some are on cancer journeys, some have lost jobs, are having financial struggles, are grieving the loss of loved ones, or just trying to find the ground after the trauma of the pandemic. We have a covenant of confidentiality with one another and use poetry (Currently Jan Richardson's book "Blessings in times of Grief") as a container and talk about how the Divine is present and moving in our lives. And we do it  in a very ecumenical openhearted way- so no matter what your spiritual background (or not) you are welcome to join us. Rev. Jeanne leads this group and offers gentle group care and guidance for our conversations. Please contact us via the form on the contact page of the website if you are interested in attending or have questions.  We are grateful to have this ministry opportunity to offer the big-hearted journey support that is one of our core strengths at UCH.  

P.S. This is safe, welcoming space for lgbtqia+ folkx.   

There are many in our nation who are really distorting the Christian scriptures, and teachings of Jesus beyond recognition right now. The stakes are very high. And as we navigate that, I think it important that we remain committed to rooting ourselves in the scriptures, and exploring what Jesus really said and taught during these challenging times.

I look forward to accompanying you on this journey. If you have any questions. Please let me know.  See you'all @5:30 

- With Infinite Love and Gratitude, Rev. Jeanne.

 Join us on Zoom, or by phone (audio only): (669) 900-6833.

We are a theologically progressive, open and affirming congregation. Our Bible Study reflects that. Your theological reflections are welcome. Your harm is not.

As Jan Richardson prepares the beloved community to come to the communion table, she writes, "(God) To your table we come. Hungering for your bread, we come; thirsting for your wine, we come; singing your song in every language, speaking your name in every tongue, in conflict and in communion, in discord and in desire, we come, O God of Wisdom, we come."  

If I say "we are coming to the table" in worship, most of you will know I am talking about sharing Holy Communion. But have you ever considered the importance of tables in our liturgy and in our lives? As we explore this familiar story in Luke 22, I think you will come to agree with me that without the table, this pivotal event in the ministry of Jesus would not be happening. Join us this Holy Week Thursday evening, April 2 @7:00 PM Pacific as we talk about tables - communion tables, kitchen tables, picnic tables, underrated tables, seating assignments, hospitality, and the holy (and sometimes not so holy) complexities of gathering at tables. I look forward to being with you for  In “Conflict and In Communion We Come”: A Place at the Table (trapeza:: τράπεζα). 

Join us on Zoom, or by phone (audio only): (669) 900-6833. or join us here for the sermon live stream.