First Steps

Some options to initially connect with First Unitarian Church of Oakland:

  • Attend a Sunday Service — learn more at Visiting Us
  • Let us know about yourself and your interests, and sign up for our email list, thru our Guest Connection Card
  • Chat with the greeters before Sunday service, or visit the Welcome Table during coffee hour after the service.

Getting Further Involved

There are many paths from your first visit to feeling at home here at the First Unitarian Church of Oakland. Some examples are:

  • Become a greeter or usher for Sunday Services
  • Join the choir
  • Join in the monthly after-service potluck luncheons
  • Participate in a class, poetry circle, or meditation sangha
  • Get involved with your kids in the Children’s Religious Education classes
  • Help on Sunday morning in the bookstore
  • Join a covenant group
  • Get involved in our social justice or earth justice work
  • Attend an annual church retreat
  • Or help us create a new church program to explore your interests!

Learn more about our offerings in the pages of this website, or thru our church email newsletter (see below). You can also contact the church office at office@uuoakland.org, or the connections team at connect@uuoakland.org

Sign up for our Chalice Chatter email newsletter with the link at the bottom of any page on our web site.  We usually send out a weekly newsletter, a reminder of the upcoming Sunday service, and occasionally other church announcements.