We also celebrate secular holidays like Earth Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Labor Day, Dia de los Muertos, and/or Thanksgiving.

Check out our Upcoming Services for more information about services in the month ahead.

WEDDINGS

Wedding services are a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the love of two individuals who have chosen to come together in marriage.

Because of our strong respect for each person’s beliefs and values, each wedding is custom-crafted with a couple to reflect their personalities and relationship. This respect and our flexibility enable Unitarian Universalist ministers to be skilled officiants for interfaith weddings, atheist weddings, and weddings for those with Unitarian Universalism’s diverse beliefs.

In addition to blessing heterosexual unions, Unitarian Universalist congregations and ministers joyfully bless same-sex marriages. We affirm the inherent worth and dignity of all people and have a long history of promoting equal rights of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ).

MEMORIAL SERVICES

Services to honor loved ones who have passed on are often very personal occasions. Services are developed by the family of the deceased and the presiding minister to specially honor the memory of that individual. The service might include the following elements:

A eulogy
Poems and other readings
Prayer or meditation
A time to remember the deceased with stories and memories
Hymn singing or other music
A time for personal reflection

If you would like more information about having a Unitarian Universalist minister preside over a funeral or other memorial service, please contact our minister.

CHILD DEDICATIONS

Unitarian Universalist congregations offer child dedication ceremonies for infants and children. Child dedication ceremonies are usually crafted by the parents, the congregation’s minister, and religious educator working closely together. Many will include the following elements:

• A blessing for the new life of the child
• An expression of the parent or parents’ hopes for the child
• A promise by the congregation to support and nurture the child

If you are interested in a Child Dedication service, either in your home or in our congregation, speak with our minister.

Annual service includes a reading of names of those who have died homeless, original music and readings from various religious traditions, which call on their adherents to care for those most in need of help. Join us on the third Sunday in December at 3pm at Plaza Park in Ventura.

Action Opportunities for the Memorial Service include: Warm clothing collection, Personal care items, Service Donor(s), Flowers