Past Worship Services
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2015:
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8/30 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Mysticism in Our Daily Lives”
8/23 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “The Big Take Away”
8/16 Social Justice Committee – “Acting on the Side of Love”
8/9 Kate Braestrop (video recording) – “Hope is a Thing with Fangs”
8/2 Ronni Ponek
7/26 Chris Frank and Andy Kendall – Faithify Service
7/19 Adam Dyer – “Are You Ready for Equity?”
7/12 Andy Kendall, et al – General Assembly Sunday
7/5 Elaine LeCain – “How Can I Keep from Singing?”
6/28 Jeannie Parent & Catalina Mendiola – Kern Welcoming & Extending Solidarity to Immigrants (KWESI) Project
6/21 “We are Each Other’s Business: A Look at Religious Bigotry in our Community”
6/14 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy”
6/7 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Where Do You Want to Go?”
5/31 Members of the Bakersfield Transexual Community
5/24 Andy Kendall and LArry Taylor – “Is God a Taoist?”
5/17 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Blessing Our Sacred Animals”
5/10 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Honoring the Goddess – A Mother’s Day Celebration”
5/3 Irene Heath – “You’re Only Changing One Word… A Personal Relationship with Reality – Robert G. Ingersoll, the Great Infidel”
4/26 Don Gaede and Danny Vartan – “What Can Unitarian Universalists do about Climate Change?”
4/19 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Bridging and Beyond”
4/12 Heather Ponek – “Salvation in UU Music”
4/5 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “A Unitarian Universalist Easter Celebration”
3/29 Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez – “Moving Right Along”
3/22 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Letting Go to Experience and Abundant Life”
3/15 Anna Laven – “UU Parenting”
3/8 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Listen to the Wisdom of the Great Teachers – Let Go, Change, and Grow”
3/1 Jack Hernandez – “Suicide: A Personal and Philosophical Reflection”
2/22 Catalina Mendiola – “Building Relationships”
2/15 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Prayer as a Spiritual Practice”
2/8 Wilma Goodloe – “Black Trailblazers and Missed Opportunities in UUism”
2/1 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “The Spiritual Practice of the Mystic”
1/25 Marit MacArthur – “Doubt, Wonder, Church”
1/18 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Grace and King”
1/11. Andy Kendall – “UU Common Read for 2014-15”
1/4 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “A Grace-Full Mission”
2014:
12/28 Lois Watson – “Looking Forward and Looking Back”
12/21 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – Christmas Service
12/14 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Peace on Earth, Good Will to All”
12/7 Mar Cardenas Loutzenhizer – “Crossing Borders, Political and Otherwise”
11/30 Liora Gubkin Malicdem – “In Faith and Gratitude – Sanctuary and a Place to Call Home”
11/23 Vic King – “Reincarnation and Buddhism”
11/16 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “A Youth-Full Service”
11/9 Dick Taylor – “Our Veterans”
11/2 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Embracing an Attitude of Gratitude”
10/26 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Unity and Diversity: Fall Celebrations of Life”
10/19 Anna Laven – “Education in Our Community”
10/12 Marina Oja – “Aging and Saging”
10/5 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Unity and Diversity: Becoming A Multicultural Community”
9/28 Prof. Gonzalo Santos – “North American Peoplehood: Catching Up with Cyrus the Great”
9/21 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Am I Really Called?”
9/14 Pam Bernhard – “Hunger in Kern County – What Do We Do About It?”
9/7 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Vocation / Calling from an Interfaith Perspective”
8/31 Rev. Derek Wrigley – “A Window’s View of the Pagan Path”
8/24 Rev. Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Love Reaches Out: Reflections on General Assembly”
8/17 Liora Gubkin – “What Comes After ‘Coming of Age’?”
8/10 Arvid Straube – “Why Spiritual, But Not Religious, Isn’t Enough”
8/3 Kathleen McGregor – “Unitarian Universalist Use of the Internet “
7/27 Brandi Groven and Irene Heath – “Laughter and Poetry”
7/20 Daniel Likins – “From Homelessness to NASA”
7/13 Lois Watson – “Aweism: The Religion From The Beginning of Time”
7/6 Larry Taylor – “What’s So Great About the Gettsyburg Address?”
6/29 Marina Oja – “What’s the Secret to a Happy Relationship?”
6/22 Adam Sawyer – “Fathers & Father Surrogates”
6/15 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Faith, Hope, & Love in a Difficult World”
6/8 Arturo Rodriguez (President of United Farm Workers) – “Justice for Farm Workers”
6/1 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche and Andy Kendall – “Religious Education as a Shared Journey”
5/25 Irene Heath – “The Cosmos and Carl Sagan”
5/18 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “In Search of Transcendence…”
5/11 Mirna Troncoso – “Food Decisions in the Central Valley: The Interdependent Web of Which We Are a Part”
5/4 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Blessing the Animals that Bless Us”
4/27 Cydney Henderson – “Standing on the Side of Love”
4/20 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Resurrecting the Easter Bunny”
4/13 Harry Love, President of the Bakersfield Audobon Society – “The Role Birds Play in Our Life”
4/6 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “A Passover Lesson”
3/30 Andy Kendall – Intergenerational Service – Coming of Age
3/23 Irene Heath – “Where Have All the Old Gods Gone”
3/16 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Brokenness and Society”
3/9 Pamela Gehrke – “Reflections on Sadness”
3/2 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Brokenness and the Self”
2/23 UUFKC Actors Guild – “The Grand Inquisitor”
2/16 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “May I Be Filled with Loving Kindness”
2/9 Marina Oja – “They are Rude. I am Busy.”
2/2 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “The Greatest of Love: Agape”
1/26 Anna Laven – “Justice for Women”
1/19 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Environmental Justice is the Issue?”
1/12 Andy Kendall – “The New Jim Crow”
1/5 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Social Justice & Spirituality”
2013:
12/27 Larry Taylor – “The Christmas Nativity Story and The Bible”
12/22 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “A Season of Hope”
12/15 Andy Kendall – Intergenerational Service
12/8 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Hope & Waiting”
12/1 AJ Blackwood – “A NUU Season of Preparation”
11/24 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Articulating Our Faith”
11/17 Rev. Deb DeBoer – “Changing the Narrative”
11/10 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Keepers of the Faith”
11/3 Andy Kendall – “Reflections on our UUA Common Read – Behind the Kitchen Door”
10/27 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Reflections on Death & Dying”
10/20 Brandi Groven – “Pagan Ideas of Death & Rebirth”
10/13 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Death Around the World”
10/5 Larry Taylor – “The Controversial Thought of Richard Dawkins”
9/29 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Forgiveness: A Pathway to Peace?”
9/22 Guest Speakers from HALT – “Animal Rescue”
9/15 Intergenerational service
9/8 Elaine LeCain – “Water Communion”
9/1 Minister Summer Albayati-Krikeche – “Callings”