Recent Presentations

Click on any links below to read the sermon. Complete prior presentations are located on our “Sermon Archive”  on our file – sharing box.com site.

2019

“Alternatives to Violence Project” – Presented by Rob Osak and Mac McGinty – May 19, 2019. For more information, see AVP California and the national website Alternatives to Violence Project.

Because Somebody Loved Me – by Rev. Anthony Makar – A Skinner Award winning sermon.

“Early Christianity I: The Gospels, True or False?” with Earl Cruser. Presented March 24, 2019.

People of the Good Earth: A Celebration of First Nations , a 2016 UUA Skinner Award Sermon, by Rev. Carol Webb, presented by April Hill. The 15th century “Doctrine of Discovery” proclaimed that any land found by European explorers could be claimed in the name of the Catholic church. Presented March 31, 2019.

Learning Some Other Country’s History, a 2016 UUA Skinner Award Sermon, by Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern, presented by April Hill. We have told a nice tidy version of history for a long time. Those on its underside have always known that it wasn’t true. Presented March 10, 2019

“Busting Myths About Evolution In the Era of Scientific Mistrust” with Dr. Emily Walter, Cal State Fresno.

Exploring the Unconscious by Jeff Riffle – Feb 17, 2019

 Alan Watts as a Pantheist Unitarian Universalist Mystic Social Critic and Spiritual Entertainer – presentation by Harold Wood – Jan 6, 2019

2018

Comments on the Concept of Faith by Earl Cruser – November 11, 2018

Love as a Spiritual Practice by Kathleen Parker – April 22, 2018

Recapturing our Sacred Language by Arthur Ogawa – 02-11-18

2017 and Earlier

Caroling Through the Season – UU Principles and Christmas Carols 2016 by Katrina Lewis
Sacred Women Behind Bars by Kathleen Parker
Cesar Chavez – an American Icon by Anna Garcia
Religious Leaders Speaking Out for Science by Harold Wood with Michael Zimmerman
Evolution Sunday May 28, 2017 – Readings
The Galaxy DNA Song by Eric Idle
I Love to Tell the Story (of Evolution) by Evelyn Tyner
Not the Future We Ordered – Honoring our Grief – Michael Dowd (YouTube)
How the Sikh Langar Came to the Visalia UU Fellowship Presented by Daljit and Katherine Singh, with Introduction and Video Links by Harold Wood
Honoring Our Grief by Michael Dowd (YouTube Video)
A Favorite Book: Henry David Thoreau’s Walden by Kathleen Parker
Resources for Celebrating the Bicentennnial of Henry David Thoreau
Story for All Ages – Thoreau and the Cabin in the Woods
The Earth Wisdom of John Muir by Harold Wood
John Muir, Accidental Taoist by Harold Wood