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October 2025
October 2025
Live on our Alluvial Ave Church Campus and our Online Church Campus
When I’ve Done Such Terrible Things?”
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
How do we love someone even when they are not loving other people?
How do we love ourselves when we are not always loving to others?
“We the Future: The Spirit of America”
John Minkler and Stephen Morris
Guest Speakers
Co-Founders of the Civic Education Center
How can we engage the younger generation in dialogues about
the Spirit of America and opportunities to create a better future?
Come explore your national identity
and the challenge of creating a beloved community.
October 19 at 10:30 AM
“Beyond Bathrooms and the Binary”
Annual Social Justice Sunday
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Gender identity has been weaponized in these divided times.
We’ll offer a refresher on Gender 101,
and explore a concrete step we can take to build Beloved Community.
Annual Fall Congregational Meeting will be held after the service.
October 26 at 10:30 AM
“My Unsung Hero”
All Ages Service
Annual Serve Gratefully Sunday
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
None of us are solely self-made.
We are because of others who saw us, helped us, or guided us.
Join us and reflect on the sometimes-forgotten people
who shared the journey and touched our lives.
Past Services
January 2025
January 2025
January 5 at 10:30 AM
January 12 at 10:30 AM
“We Were Made for These Times”
January 19 at 10:30 AM
Annual Martin Luther King Sunday
January 26 at 10:30 AM
March 2025
March 2025
March 2 at 10:30 AM
"Keepers of the Land: The Yokuts People"
March 9 at 10:30 AM
“Stories, Struggles and Solidarity:
The Beautifully Messy Work of Building Trust”
March 16 at 10:30 AM
"The World's Greatest Heretic"
March 23 at 10:30 AM
"Cultivating Trust in an Unstable World"
March 30 at 10:30 AM
"Celebration on the Journey to Wholeness"
April 2025
April 2025
May 2025
May 2025
May 4 at 10:30 AM
“Imagine: John Lennon’s Vision of a Better World”
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
It is one of the most popular songs of the Beatles.
John Lennon considered it to be among his best compositions.
Is its vision a worthy aspiration or just hopelessly naive?
May 11 at 10:30 AM
Join us on Mother's Day for our beloved ritual of community.
We celebrate our differences and our unity.
Bring a flower (or two) with you to church.
Hear a true story of hope, love and inspiration.
May 18 at 10:30 AM
“The Spiritual Power of Imagination”
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Imagination is a doorway to creativity, vision, and the future.
But there is a shadow side to imagination, as well.
Come explore the two faces of imagination.
We’ll also honor those who have been church members
for 30 or more years.
Annual Congregational Meeting takes place after the service.
May 25 at 10:30 AM
“Living Legacies: Reflections on Parents and Children”
Sheli Glasrud, Ed Johnson, and Karen Urrutia Polnitz
Guest Speakers
Three longtime congregants reflect on the impact
their parents had on them and their own spiritual journey of being a parent.
June 2025
June 2025
Annual High School Senior Bridging Service
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Join us as we celebrate our graduating high school seniors.
We’ll also reflect on the cycles of life and the changes that come to us all.
“The Spiritual Practice of Civil Disobedience”
New Member Sunday
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
A Unitarian popularized the term in the mid-1800s.
Civil Disobedience has been at the heart of social justice for centuries.
What is the difference between civil disobedience as protest vs. spiritual practice?
“We’re a Rainbow: A Service for Pride”
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Join us for a special Pride Month service for everyone.
We’ll explore the spiritual symbolism of the rainbow in world religions.
Why was it chosen as a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ rights movement?
Guiding the Next Generation of Journalists Through Troubled Times”
Dr. Kathleen Schock
Fresno City College Journalist Instructor
Guest Speaker
What are the challenges facing journalists as they navigate an era marked by misinformation, political polarization, and declining public trust. We’ll explore the foundational principles of press freedom, ethical responsibility, and truth-telling, while highlighting the urgent need for greater diversity in newsrooms to ensure more inclusive and accurate storytelling.
A Service of Appreciation for Lorenzo Bassman
Rev. Tim Kutzmark and Lorenzo Bassman
As he retires, let’s say “Thank You” to Lorenzo Bassman, our Music Director for 19 years. Lorenzo’s contributions to our Worship Services, Celebrations of Life, and other
musical events have been wide-ranging, soul nourishing and transcendent.
Lorenzo picked several of his favorite hymns and songs for his final Sunday Service.
August 2025
August 2025
August 3 at 10:30AM
"The Gospel According to Your Garden"
Annual Blessing of the School Backpacks
Some traditional religions believe truth can be captured in a book. Unitarian Universalism says truth can be experienced in nature. Join us for an exploration of where the green things grow.
August 10 at 10:30AM
"Annual All Ages Water Communion"
Join us for a morning of music, ritual, and celebration as we mingle water from our
summers in our bowl of community.
Bring a little water from your summer, sink or garden hose!
After the Service we have a Potluck and All Ages Bubble Playtime led by Wild Child Adventures!
August 17 at 10:30AM
"The One Thing You Can Count On"
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
We look to Ancient Wisdom to ground us and guide us in uncertain times.
August 24 at 10:30AM
10th Annual Summer Jazz Service
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Rev. Tim and four of Fresno’s finest jazz musicians take us on an exploration of spiritual journeys.
August 31 at 10:30AM
"Does God Believe in Evolution?"
Rev. Tim Kutzmark
Rev. Tim revisits one of his most popular sermons.
Come celebrate science as a source of religious inspiration.
September 2025
September 2025
September 7 at 10:30 AM
Kyle Osborne, Ty Ty Win and Ellis Vance
“Belonging is not a place, but a promise—
a promise to see one another as worthy,
to offer space for each soul to be its full self.”
-Rali Weaver
What does it mean to choose joy?
Is feeling joy different than being happy?
Let’s make joy an essential part of our spiritual life.
“Blessing of the Animals (and stuffed animals, too!)”
September 28 at 10:30 AM
“The Meaning of the Flaming Chalice”
The Flaming Chalice is the symbol of Unitarian Universalism.
It also has a long history in pagan traditions.
The Chalice has been used to rescue people from fascism.
Don’t miss its thrilling story.
Services from March 2020 - December 2024 are available on YouTube.
Audio sermons are available upon request by emailing our Administrative Assistant at aa@uufresno.org.
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