Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Specialties

Chalice provides an alternative religious voice in the San Diego North County area. Our congregation is a welcoming, inclusive, liberal religious community.

Our Sunday morning worship times are 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Children’s religious education classes are offered during 9 a.m. service.

Once a month we offer multigenerational worship services. Children remain in the chapel for the entire worship service, and religious education classes are not held. These services are designed to be experiential, with more movement, singing, and ritual than other Sundays. Nursery care is available for younger children.

History

Established in 2000.

Chalice Congregation formed in 2000 after the reunion of two previously separate UU groups. The Unitarian Universalist Inland North County Fellowship, UUINCF, was founded in 1984. In 1989, a number of members voted to break off, forming Chalice Church. The reasons for the split were several and reflected a number of issues common to growing UU congregations.

By 1999, it was apparent that both UUINCF and Chalice Church would benefit from reuniting. The two congregations voted to merge with a new name. Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation was officially formed on January 1, 2000, with a charter signed by 115 members.

The congregation called our first settled minister, Rev. Margo McKenna, in 2001. Our second settled minister, Rev. Sharon Wylie, was called in 2012.

Meet the Manager

Rev. Sharon W.

Manager

Rev. Sharon Wylie received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College and her Master of Divinity degree from Starr King School for the Ministry. Before being called to Chalice, she served as a hospital chaplain resident at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley, California.

A native San Diegan, Rev. Wylie (a.k.a. Rev. Steel Toe) worked in her family’s construction business before serving in the ministry. She says, «Participating in religious community is an act of resistance in a culture that pushes us into disconnection and isolation. Our Unitarian Universalist vision is healing and transformative: a world where love and justice are the central, guiding forces.»

She and her husband, Peter, have been together since 1994 and are guardians of three cats. Rev. Wylie enjoys vegetarian cooking, drinking tea, and watching movies.