Join us for celebrating the meaning of Yule in this season, along with imagining how this season of moving from night to dawn offers joy and possibilities to our community. Wear your Christmas sweater, beautiful or ugly, and prepare by thinking of ways that people have blessed you with generosity. If you’re joining us for … Continue reading No one can hold back the dawn (and Christmas sweaters)
Harambee! This Service For All Ages is not to be missed. Worship Associates Corless Smith and Tara Miller Co-Leaders explore what Kwanzaa means to our UU Congregation from varied backgrounds with an embodied meditation. We will explore the meaning of Ujamaa-Cooperative Economics, in our daily lives for the coming year. You are invited to open … Continue reading Kwanzaa
Avid gardeners Corless Smith and Katrinca Ford team up in the last lay led service of the summer. Corless shares her thoughts on gardening as a spiritual path while Katrinca considers that part of the life cycle between death and rebirth: Compost! Susan Keiter provides musical support on piano and ukulele.
As Unitarian Universalists, our first principle states that we are all worthy. At First Unitarian Church of Oakland, we proclaim, “All Are Welcome and All Are Worthy. For both statements to be a truth; we must embrace differences that divide us. Big Question: How do we co-create a new culture that affirms all of what … Continue reading Daring to Create a Culture that Holds ALL of Us.
“RISE-UP for Climate Justice”. What do our children, economic equality and racial justice have to do with climate change?All are welcome for worship as we explore the intersections of various oppressions and the deadly impacts of global warming. Kristen Tam a member of Youth vs. Apocalypse and Mukla Kelkar from Bay Area Sunrise Movement will … Continue reading RISE-UP for Climate Justice: Sunday-April 14, Worship at 10:20
