This past Sunday, Rev. Sharon spoke at a local protest rally in response to police brutality leading to the deaths of Keenan Anderson in Los Angeles and Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Several Chalice congregants also participated.
Reporting from the San Diego Union Tribune:
Greetings from Deb Coon, Dennis Brown, and Rev. Elizabeth, current co-chairs of the newly re-organized Social Justice Team! We see our role as empowering and overseeing social justice programs and actions here at Chalice. Do you have a social justice program, project, or specific action … read more.
In my sermon on Sunday, I talked about Black Lives Matter, and I wanted to share with you a number of articles and resources that are helping me as I struggle to understand race and violence in our country:
Watch this video about our new Social Justice Policy, which was drafted by Dennis Brown, Deb Coon, Jeff Heys, and Susan Spoto, along with Rev. Elizabeth:
A note from Rev. Elizabeth:
Rev. Sharon and Chalice congregants attending a City Planning Commission meeting in 2014.
When a faith community … read more.
(note: this is adapted from my April 10 sermon “Just the Way You Are.”)
Many of us have a hard time truly believing that we are worthy of love, just the way we are. The dominant culture teaches us that we have to DO more, or buy … read more.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
9am-noon
Kit Carson Park
Join Chalice and I Love A Clean San Diego for the 14th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup on Saturday, April 23rd! We will join in a county-wide effort to clean up San … read more.
Our offering on Sunday April 3 will go to benefit Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent farmworker union. The following information is directly from the union’s website, and has been lightly edited.
For almost three years now farmworker families at … read more.
Volunteer at Citizenship Workshop With UURISE
Saturday, April 16, from 8am-5pm
Emmanuel Faith Community Church
639 E. 17th Ave. Escondido
Interested in immigration and civic engagement? Please come volunteer! Unitarian Universalist Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education (UURISE) will be holding a naturalization … read more.
photo by flickr user StephJBee78, used under creative commons
Language matters. Our words matter, and how we talk with one another matters. We know this, of course: think about learning that some words are “bad,” or how it feels when a coworker can … read more.
After our social justice discernment in 2014, a small group of Chalice congregants met to think about our work on economic justice going forward. While we did some good envisioning of what economic justice work at Chalice could look like, we’ve come to realize we … read more.
