News from the Chalice Unitarian Univeralist Congregation in Escondido, CA
(Mission: Through education, self-reflection, and social action, the Transformation Team will assist the congregation to identify and dismantle white supremacy culture and racism at Chalice and the world.)
During last Sunday’s Worship Service, Reverend Sharon and the Team urged congregants to take the Implicit Association Test … read more.
The Transformation Team made a request of Chalice congregants during our July 19 Sunday worship. You can watch their video here:
You can watch the entire worship service, “Comfortable with Discomfort,” here:
What is Chalice?
For the last six years our focus has been on construction and decisions on how best to use and update our new campus. Now, in a moment, that’s been removed from us. Or at least, for a while. If it had burned down, … read more.
I am writing this just as our annual General Assembly has come to a close. The full name of this event is the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) of Congregations, but we mostly just call it “G.A.”
This year, for the first time … read more.
Helping Chalice Respond to White Supremacy and
Support the Black Lives Matter Movement
In response to a call to work on white supremacy culture from Rev. Sharon, the UUA Commission on Institutional Change, Black Lives UU, and many members of color in our faith, … read more.
Sent to the congregation via email on May 30.
The public and horrifying death of George Floyd while in police custody this week has prompted protests around the country. If you are paying attention, and I hope you are, there is much to read, see, hear, … read more.
We are now over five weeks into our stay-at-home order in California. As I write this, we are approaching our eighth Sunday of online worship.
I have heard some people talking about trying to adapt to the “new normal.” If that phrase speaks to you, that’s … read more.
Steven Withers has been one of Chalice’s Sunday worship musicians since 2016. We have just learned that he died unexpectedly on May 2, apparently from a heart attack. We will miss him. We will miss his smiling face. We will miss his music.
Steven … read more.
What a lot has changed, and so very quickly.
I returned to work on March 10 after a two week vacation. At the Board meeting that night, we talked a bit about the novel coronavirus. San Diego had had only one case of COVID-19 so far … read more.
Attending Sunday worship on Zoom means you need to see and hear what’s happening—fairly simple for anyone who is comfortable watching videos on YouTube or other places online.
Attending coffee hour on Zoom means that other people need to hear—and hopefully see—YOU. A bit trickier.
If you … read more.
