2023 Theme Speaker: CB Beal!

The Call is Coming from Inside the House* Preemptive Radical Inclusion and Practices for Witness, Self Examination and Change CB Beal (they/them/theirs) is a storyteller, educator, and speaker who is…

Comments Off on 2023 Theme Speaker: CB Beal!

Job Applications for CERSI 2023 are now Open!

We need a wide variety of time and talents to help make Summer Institute happen, and many of the jobs we need to fill come with a campership to offset…

Comments Off on Job Applications for CERSI 2023 are now Open!

Theme Speaker 2022

Question the Unquestionable and Answer the Unanswerable Kazim Ali  will be our Theme Speaker in 2022 at CalU.    The title of Kazim's highly-anticipated series of talks is “Questioning the…

Comments Off on Theme Speaker 2022

CERSI 2021 – Food for Your Soul

Join us for a virtual buffet! July 11-17, 2021 Even though we cannot offer an in-person SI this year, we will be keeping the spirit alive and offering everyone a…

Comments Off on CERSI 2021 – Food for Your Soul

Theme Speaker: Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell

CERSI’s Morning Theme Speaker in 2019 will be Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, an inspiring and beloved workshop leader in the UU community. Barnwell, a former member of the vocal group Sweet Honey in the…

Comments Off on Theme Speaker: Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell

Morning Seminars

Inter-culture Competency for UU's The Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson Have you ever found yourself in a culture that wasn't your own? Have you always lived in a wider culture that…

Comments Off on Morning Seminars

Early Afternoon Workshops (1:30– 3:00)

Children’s Choir Joe Schafer The Children’s Choir meets 12:45 to 1:30 in the church sanctuary. School aged Children 6th grade and under are welcome to drop by to join and…

Comments Off on Early Afternoon Workshops (1:30– 3:00)

Late Afternoon Workshops (3:15—4:45)

Water Play TBA Young children are welcome to participate in a magical experience of water play. Theme Afternoon Discussion Have questions for Dr Barnwell? Now is your chance to ask…

Comments Off on Late Afternoon Workshops (3:15—4:45)