Don’t worry…this won’t be an hour and a half of joys and sorrows. However, Pastor Joshua will ask people to submit stories and thoughts beforehand for him to share during this service about gratitude and mourning.
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- SUNDAY SERVICE
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Kusala Bhikshu is an American-born monk ordained in the Zen Buddhist Tradition of Vietnam. He lives and works at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in the Korea town section of Los Angeles. Rev. Kusala is a member of the Buddhist-Roman Catholic Dialogue of Los Angeles and ‘MID’ Monastic Inter-religious Dialogue, a Benedictine Confederation to promote and support dialogue between Christian monastic men and women and followers of other religions. He has been active as a community volunteer for two decades, with volunteer work at the California State Prison for Men, the Los Angeles Central Juvenile Hall, the Garden Grove Police Department and 10 years as Buddhist Chaplain for the University Religious Conference at U.C.L.A. His book ‘Urban Dharma” was published in 2024. More on the book at http://urbandharma.org/UDbook.html
Our Universalist roots run deep, especially when it comes to Social Justice. Pastor Joshua
will talk about the history of Universalism and how it has contributed to our values in the
21st Century.
Bring your animal best friends to be blessed!
Meet the Moment is a movement-wide framework helping Unitarian Universalists analyze,
discern, and take values-based action in response to today’s religious, cultural,
generational, and political realities. Pastor Joshua will introduce the movement and your
are invited to join a workshop after the service.