Join in person or on Zoom. Join Worship and Music Leaders Sarah Watts and Susan Keiter as they explore the transformative power of sharing music together. Music by special surprise guests! About our Services Every Sunday, we gather together in spiritual community to connect us in shared values in community and to something larger … Continue reading Sunday July 20, 2025 – Music Changes Everything
Join in person or on Zoom. The Goddess of Love, Justice and Abundance goes on a daring journey, risking it all. What might her mysterious adventure teach us? We’ll explore this ancient Sumerian myth, The Descent of Inanna, as a story of deep transformation that offers sparks of wild wisdom and surprising insight in our … Continue reading Sunday July 13, 2025 – Wild Wisdom
Join in person or on Zoom. Are you a spiritual seeker interested in possibilities beyond the Christian or Jewish conceptions of God? Emily Stoper and Nancy Henderson will share their journeys along many pathways to the Divine Spark, with special music from Nancy, as well as inspiring hymns. About our Services Each Sunday, the … Continue reading Sunday July 6, 2025 – The Divine Spark
Join in person or on Zoom. Join leaders of the Justice Council Steering Committee and musician Susan Keiter as we affirm that our work for justice and social change nourishes our hearts and our souls and gives us hope. We will sing songs that give us courage and lift up the work of church members … Continue reading Sunday June 29, 2025 – The Joy of Justice: Keep on Moving Forward
Join in person or on Zoom. When being ordained, Buddhist monks have to “take refuge in the Triple Jewel”, that is The Buddha, The Dharma, and The Sangha. Sangha stands for “sacred community”. What is sacred community? How does one take refuge? How can First Unitarian of Oakland be a sacred refuge? Pat Banker, Connor … Continue reading Sunday June 22, 2025 – Being the Refuge
Join in person or on Zoom. Join Annette Casillas, Noah Teller, Reilly Hirst and pianist Vincent Raines in exploring the transformative power of community at a time when our social systems and institutions are under attack. Together we will explore how we can meet each others’ needs materially, emotionally, and spiritually. Each Sunday, the First … Continue reading Sunday June 15, 2025 – With a Little Help From My Friends
Join in person or on Zoom. Join the musicians of UUOakland in our Annual Music Service! Crescendo Choir, Joyful Noise Band, Pop-Up Choir and talented soloists will minister through music and words once again in this service dedicated to the power of music to heal, inspire, and lift up. Music can reach our hearts in … Continue reading Sunday June 8, 2025 – Annual Music Service
Special Congregational Meeting Service Join in person or on Zoom. Each Sunday, the First Unitarian Church of Oakland hosts worship that connects us both to shared values in community and to something larger than ourselves. True to our Unitarian Universalist practice, what we connect to ranges from theistic to nature-based to non-theistic and many things … Continue reading Sunday June 1, 2025 – Special Congregational Meeting Service
Join in person or on Zoom. The origin myth of the Israelites includes many instances of despair where the Israelites’ understanding of the world was tested and their imaginations expanded. They agree to leave hardship they knew into the unknown because they dreamt of liberation. They are tested again by being told that their God … Continue reading Sunday May 25, 2025 – Imagining Ourselves Into A Better World
Join in person or on Zoom. This multigenerational service will feature two important ceremonies. The first will be an Ingathering of New Members in which we will welcome and covenant with those who have signed the Membership Book since our last Ingathering in December. The second will be the Flower Communion, a symbolic ritual that … Continue reading Sunday May 18, 2025 – Flower Communion & Ingathering of New Members
