Category: Chalice Blog

News from the Chalice Unitarian Univeralist Congregation in Escondido, CA

Minister’s Message for March, 2024

At our February Elders Lunch, it came up that there has been a rise in mental health struggles and feelings of loneliness coming out of the pandemic (those things existed before 2020, of course, and then the pandemic made everything worse). And of courses, in … read more.

President’s Message for March, 2024

The Chalice Board of Trustees are busy completing various projects and preparing for the annual congregational meeting scheduled for Sunday, June 9. Some of us are also serving on the Pledge Drive Task Force to secure funding for another beautiful Chalice year.

The Board of Trustees … read more.

Minister’s Message for January, 2024

Our focus for January is body gratitude. #bodygratitude #gratitudepractice #chaliceuuescondido

What does it mean for us to have a congregational focus for the month? It doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll have a worship service on the topic, though that might happen sometimes. The idea for a “focus” … read more.

Minister’s Message for December, 2023

The following is Rev. Sharon Wylie’s homily for the “Chalice Soup and Founders Say” service on November 19, 2023. You can watch the full service on Chalice’s YouTube channel.

Earlier this year, in the spring, the surgeon general declared that there’s an epidemic of loneliness, a … read more.

November Reading for Elders Lunch: Legacy

At our monthly Elders Lunch (held on zoom the second Friday each month from 12 noon to 1 p.m.), Rev. Sharon shares a reading from the book In Later Years: Finding Meaning and Spirit in Aging by Bruce T. Marshall, a Unitarian Universalist minister. The following are … read more.