Sunday Mornings at Cedars

Rev. Tessie Mandeville, Carrie Koehnline and Judith Kaftan, Guest Speakers



Su Livingston, Guest Musician

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

Our speakers will share a recently rediscovered story, "Grandmother Waits." They'll reflect, as the elders they are now, on its messages of autonomy, depth, creativity, and what it takes to be a healthy, diverse community. Led by Carrie and Judith, who co-wrote the story more t...

Rev. Deanna Vandiver, Guest Minister

Johanna Munson, Worship Associate

Join us in co-creating worship that skills us up and roots us sustainably in place for faithful living within the context of the Holocene extinction and the violence of empire.

Rev. Deanna Vandiver is affiliated with the Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist, as a Community Minister of Love and Liberation. She is the founder of Ever Unfold...

Rev. Margo Reinhart, Minister

Liz Motter, Worship Associate

Music by: Rick Barrenger

On this Presidents' Day weekend, we will explore the commitment by many of our Founding Fathers to the separation of church and state and the imperative of protected religious expression. From atheism to theism, let freedom ring!

Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds...

Rev. Margo Rinehart, Minister

Nancy Phillip, Worship Associate

Through the work of grief guide Frances Weller, and the practices of Buddhist Pema Chodron, we will explore how to prevail in a life that is for more than ourselves.

Reverend Margo Rinehart serves Cedars by welcoming people from diverse theological and religious backgrounds and spiritual beliefs on their journeys to learn from one another, search for truth, and ans...

Rev. Bill Comfort, Guest Minister

Gregory Cook, Worship Associate

An exploration together of some of Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky's thoughts about how spiritual and emotional truths are communicated through shapes and colors in painting. We will reflect together about how these spiritual and emotional truths might manifest in our own experience.

Reverend Bill Comfort is a sort of retired UCC Pasto...

Rev. Jennifer Alviar, Guest Minister

Liz Motter, Worship Associate

How do we hold the bittersweetness of life in all its beauty and pain? “Days of honey, days of onion,” as an Arabic proverb puts it. Come join us as we explore the spiritual practice of ritual and renewal as a healing balm in troubled times.

Rev. Jennifer Alviar is a Unitarian Universalist minister who designs rituals for healing and renewal in sacred and civic...

Rev. Bruce Bode, Guest Minister

Johanna Munson, Worship Associate

As we embark upon 2026, we will explore how to step into the new year through Robert Frost’s familiar poem “The Road Not Taken,” which – hint, hint! – is not titled “The Road Less Traveled By.”

Bruce A. Bode is Minister Emeritus at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (QUUF) in Port Townsend, Washington, from which he retired in 2018 as the Senior Minis...

Rev. Bill Comfort, Guest Minister

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

In the book "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, Max lets his primal nature loose upon the jungle of his imagination. We will explore the wild nature within each of us. How does your wild nature work for the benefit or detriment of your life? 



Rev. Bill Comfort is a sort of retired UCC Pastor. He works part-time as an Inner Well-being and Spirit...

Kathryn LaFond, Guest Speaker

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

Featuring music by cellist Gretchen Yanover

Find more of her music at https://gretchenyanover.com

In order to create the vision of a more fair and equitable world we must first renew our sacred relationship with what has been invisible for far too long. Releasing the ideology of human supremacy is a critical starting point. But can we embrace with humility what is ne...

Rev. Barbara Gilday, Guest Minister

Gregory Cook, Worship Associate

It feels like the world, our world, is going to hell in a handbasket, as my grandmother would say. And it is, but the pendulum is starting to swing. In our lives, in our country, in our world, we can still lift up our heads and hearts, and reach out to be a clear light for others and Be Thankful – and mean it!



Rev. Barbara Gilday came to professional ministry in ...

Reverend Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister

Gregory Cook, Worship Associate

David Thomas, Worship Associate

At this time of year All Souls Day and the Day of the Dead provide ritual and ceremony that help us reflect on the gifts given to us by our loved ones who have passed on. Join us for this service of memory that includes building a communal altar to honor those whose inspirations and influence we still carry with us. You are enc...

Nancy Reid-McKee, Guest Minister

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

After 50 years of throwing clay on a pottery wheel I have learned how art can be a practice of meditation and grounding, and I have learned to let go of perfection. One of the most important lessons has been the beauty found in our flawed and broken pieces.

Rev. Nancy Reid-McKee was the minister at Northlake UU Congregation in Kirkland, WA until she retired last ...

Reverend Margo Rinehart, Cedars Minister

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

Liz Motter, Worship Associate

Historically, Unitarian Universalists and Cedars UU Church have been passionate about issues of Social Justice.

Join the members of the Social Action Committee to hear each individual share their passion for their "branch" of Social Action focus for this church year. We will break into small groups by topic and have mean...

Rev. Michael Walker, Guest Minister

Gregory Cook, Worship Associate

Intentions speak of our values and where we wish to put our energy and efforts. A Buddhist teaching about namasté is that we recognize the worthiness in others, very much in alignment with our UU principles, such as when we say we respect the inherent worth and dignity of every person. That is sometimes a challenge -- not every person we come in contact with always s...

Mary Lou Sanelli, Guest Speaker

Johanna Munson, Worship Associate

Sanelli discusses her life and work as a writer. "Sanelli's writing is a fine mixture of literary nonfiction and memoir that often, and honestly, examines the act of writing itself." -The Stranger, Seattle.

Mary Lou Sanelli is the author of fourteen titles of nonfiction, fiction, memoir, poetry, and a children's title. Her newest, In So Many Wo...

Rev. Barbara Cornell, Guest Minister

Nancy Philip, Worship Associate

The common understanding of mistakes is we'd rather not make them or that we are wrong or bad when we make them. How we respond after making a mistake is the story of our lives. Let's think about this together.

Rev. Barbara Cornell has been a hospital chaplain for 15 years. She and her husband Dane are proud parents of two adult children, Katie and Wi...