News from the Chalice Unitarian Univeralist Congregation in Escondido, CA
December VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT ON Callie Leef
Coordinating Team would like to thank and recognize Callie Leef for her work as the Coordinating Team Lead during Rev. Sharon’s sabbatical and continuing into the congregational year.
WHAT MINISTRY / GROUP / team DO YOU VOLUNTEER WITH?
Currently: Coordinating Team, Music … read more.
As was announced to the congregation via email on November 14, Gary Cagle has passed away.
His memorial service will be held at Chalice on Saturday, December 17 at 2 p.m.
For those coming from out of town:
Escondido, California is about 30 miles northeast of downtown San … read more.
Apologies that it took a while to get this blog post up; we’ve had website problems this week…
In my November 13 sermon (listen to it here), I invited congregants to take on three tasks in the immediate future:
Maintain your connections with people who … read more.
From the Minister of Congregational Life
Hearing a crying baby gets my attention. It gives me a visceral feeling of “oh no!” and a compulsion to do something about it: to bounce it up and down, to find its parent, to do something to answer its … read more.
Friends and family are invited to join us in the Celebration of the life of Morgana Mlodoch on Saturday, November 19 at 2 pm in the chapel at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92029.
Morgana was born Michael Mlodoch on July 3, … read more.
Coordinating Team would like to thank and recognize Carol Simpson for her work as the Garden Coordinator and Kitchen Coordinator at Chalice.
WHAT MINISTRY / GROUP / team DO YOU VOLUNTEER WITH?
Currently: I often joke that of Building & Grounds Committee, Larry is Buildings chair … read more.
Coordinating Team would like to thank and recognize Larry Simpson for his work as the lead for the Building and Grounds Committee. Larry has overseen improvements to the buildings and grounds of the Chalice campus soon after we moved to our current location. … read more.
September was a month of challenges for our little community and for the wider world.
After a joyous weekend that included our much-loved hymn sing service and Cabaret rehearsals, we lost Chalice member Morgana Mlodoch on September 26 to … read more.
I preached today about self-compassion and drew a lot on the work of Dr. Kristen Neff. Check out her website here for a lot of resources on understanding and practicing self-compassion.
Or: Minister Gets Too Excited About Data
There’s a funny thing going around Facebook where you describe yourself using three fictional characters. Mine would probably be Hermione, Mr. Spock, and Dr. Holtzmann from the new Ghostbusters. In other words: I really like research and patterns. This … read more.
