Around the District  

Rev Karen Stoyanoff, Rev Marguerite Lovett, Rev Ken Brown
at the retirement celebration for Rev Lovett of UU Church of
Long Beach, CA (UUCLB)		Children of UUCLB present Rev Lovett with a handmade candlePresentation of a quilt comprised of squares created by many members of the Long Beach congregation


Attendees & Staff at "Congregational Tools for the 21st Century" Leadership School
in Rancho Palos Verdes, March 8, 2009

District Executive the Rev Ken Brown presents the Carbon Offset
Grant from 2009 District Assembly to Mary Courtney, of UUs of
the Santa Clarita Valley, Sunday, July 12, 2009 
















Laying on of Hands at the Installation of Rev. Aaron McEmrys at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, CA, February 22, 2009. L to R: Rev. Ken Brown, Rev. Carolyn Owen Towle, Rev. Bets Wienecke, Rev. Erica Hewitt, Eliza McEmrys, Aaron's Mom, Linnea Phistle & step father Laurel Phistle, Rev. Melitta Haslund, Rev. Mark Asman, Rev. Carolyn Price, Rev. Ken Collier.

Participants and trainers at the "Worship for All Ages" Renaissance Module, held at the Mary & Joseph Retreat Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, March 6-8, 2009.

Top, L to R: Lynn Weeks (UU Church of Ventura), Mary Jane Holden (Throop Church), Lynne Bacon (trainer), Deborah Mason (UU Congregation, Santa Rosa), Melitta Haslund (trainer), Katie Bodnar (UU Church in Anaheim) Bottom, L to R: Emily Carroll (UU Church of Studio City), Heidi Cameron (UU Church of Ventura), Natalie Wolc (Horizon UU Church)



The Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale (front row, center) and participants in the Covenant Group
Facilitators training held November 1st at Sepulveda UU Society, North Hills, CA



Members of the 2008-09 PSWD Board of Trustees and staff at the August 2008 retreat.

L to R: Tom Loughrey, UUA Trustee; Jaynn Truran, Trustee; Michael Sallwasser, President; Nancy Edmundson, Vice President; Rev. Helen Carroll, Trustee; Janet Wieder, Secretary; Tera Little, Director of Lifespan Programs; Rev. Ken Brown, District Executive; Andi Stout, Treasurer; Ellen Hall-Patton, Youth Trustee; Rev. Carolyn Owen-Towle, Trustee.


May 4, 2008 performance of "Sources," a Unitarian Universalist Cantata, music by Jason Shelton & words by Kendyl Gibbons. This was at UU Congregation of PHoenix. Choirs of UUCP and Valley UU in Chandler. Conductors Kellie Walker and Connie Jahrmarkt. Pictured is of the final movement, "The Promise."

Photo of Monte Vista UU Congregation's Partner Church Celebration Dinner on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 includes (left to right) Rev. Ann Schranz, Jackie Albay-Yenney, and Rev. Nihal Attanayake. Rev. Nihal is the current President of the UU Church of the Phillipines, which represents 28 congregations, including Monte Vista UU's partner congregation, the Calapayan Unitarian Universalist. More than 50 members and friends participated in the delicious International potluck dinner and very informative talk provided by Rev. Nihal.  (Photographer: Jani Monk)