Events (Page 19)

Albert Jr. Band is Albert Sanudo Jr. and Alek Speck, with a rotating roster of occasional guests. With a background in Pentecostal church music, Albert has channeled that to include elements of blues, funk, soul, reggae and Latin styles, while Alek contributes a percussive mix of New Orleans rhythms, alternative rock and World Beat sounds. For Sunday Sessions at St. Ben’s, Albert Jr. Band will be taking “a journey within” presenting songs exploring dreams, existence, travel, nature, romance and social justice. Everyone is welcome to this crossover…

Sunday Sessions@St Ben’s. Where sound meets Spirit in a holy encounter. Five Parts Devil are a San Luis Obispo based trio that provide generous amounts of obscure Americana, roots music, traditional Rockabilly, classic Nashville and Bakersfield music and guilty pleasures. Made up of Paul Lewolt on guitar, Scott Conroy on bass and Alek Speck on drums. For Sunday Sessions at St. Ben’s, Five Parts Devil will be “exploring evil” in a light-hearted way with silly songs of sorrow, double entendres…

Singer/songwriter Melody Klemin has been sharing her music with local fans for more than 10 years, creating an original blend of contemporary folk and Americana, with several surprises in between! When asked to describe Melody’s music, fans and promoters alike have compared her with the acoustic stylings of Joan Osborne, Patty Griffin, and the Dixie Chicks.  Good company indeed.

Climate change is a wake-up call that we need to transform our attitudes about the planet on which we live if there is to be anything left for our children and grandchildren to enjoy. This five week study group builds on the insights we gained from the Pope’s encyclical Laudato Si; bringing together ecological science with Franciscan theology to help us understand new ways of looking at the relationship between humans, God and creation. August 30 Creation and Incarnation September 6 Creation as Family…

Produced by Yale faculty members Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, this film received an Emmy® Award for Best Documentary from the Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts; Sciences in San Francisco, June 9, 2012. Created and written by Tucker and evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme, the one hour documentary is an epic story of cosmic, Earth, and human transformation. Brian Swimme as narrator invites viewers to become fellow travelers on an exploration of the origins of…

St. Ben’s is hosting a string quartet concert featuring four local professional musicians coming together in response to the recent Orlando shooting. The program will be a combination of favorite classics by Bach and Mozart and some popular songs arranged by violinist Bette Byers. In addition to Ms. Byers, who has a long Hollywood career, Candlelight Strings includes Julliard-trained Dr. Maurice Sklar on violin, local favorite Jeanne Shumway on cello with Sal Garza, who was classically trained by Morro Bay’s…

The contractors are basically done, the bathrooms are finished and the Great Room is ready to paint. Let’s celebrate! A party to celebrate both St Benedict’s Day (11th) and the Great Room completion… food provided. Just bring yourself, and a beverage if you choose.

Five weeks starting Thursday June 30 at 7pm June 30, July 7, July 14, July 19 (Tuesday) and August 4 Join Caro+ in a small group discussion to revisit some of Christianity’s most fundamental questions: Who is God? What does salvation mean? What place does Jesus hold in contemporary Christian faith? Each session of this five-session class will be introduced by a video of scholar Marcus Borg in dialogue with a small, diverse group of adults as they honestly — and…

Gather for an evening of short videos and interactive conversation on race. All are welcome! Youth and teens, too! Facilitated by:Julie Lynem and Gina Whitaker of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Social Justice Committee Co-Sponsored by Trinity UMC and St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church Monday, June 6, 6:30 pm 490 Los Osos Valley Rd., Los Osos Trinity United Methodist Church Light refreshments will be served Childcare provided