Speaker: Crescendo Choir

Not Every Day an Aurora Borealis: Love in a Time of Struggle-Sunday May 5, Worship at 10:20am

Candidate Rev. Theresa Soto has sojourned with the First Unitarian Church of Oakland from Saturday April 27 thru Sunday May 5th. Sunday, May 5th, Rev. Soto will offer their final sermon before the congregation takes a vote to call Rev. Soto as their next settled parish minister.  If you have not met Rev. Soto, please … Continue reading Not Every Day an Aurora Borealis: Love in a Time of Struggle-Sunday May 5, Worship at 10:20am

Individual Strength, Collective Power-Sunday-April 28, Worship at 10:20am

Welcome, Rev. Theresa Soto, the ministerial candidate at First Unitarian Church of Oakland. Rev. Soto uses the pronouns, they, them and theirs.They will offer the first of two sermons Sunday, April 28.  Members, friends and allies please come meet Rev. Soto. The sermon title is, “Individual Strength, Collective Power.” Together we will explore how does … Continue reading Individual Strength, Collective Power-Sunday-April 28, Worship at 10:20am

“Breath & Heart: Sublime Authority” , Annual Bread Communion/Easter Service – April 21, at 10:20am

“Breath & Heart: Sublime Authority”.  Resurrection may not be central to your theological house or maybe it is.  However you engage the stories of Easter, Passover and Spring, come let us worship together.  We will celebrate the flow of our breath and the beat of our heart as our sublime authority to live renewed each … Continue reading “Breath & Heart: Sublime Authority” , Annual Bread Communion/Easter Service – April 21, at 10:20am

Reflections of Ms. Authority: Women’s Voices – Sunday, March 3 – Worship at 10:20 am

In celebration of Women’s History Month please join Daisy Quan, Worship Associate Kate Lenhardt, and Pastor Jacqueline as diverse female identified persons tell stories about their relationships with Ms. Authority. Crescendo Choir and Joyful Noise under the direction of Renee Witon and Stefan Schneider will create a music container to nurture our spirits. Rev. Sheri … Continue reading Reflections of Ms. Authority: Women’s Voices – Sunday, March 3 – Worship at 10:20 am

Incarnation, Proximity, Narrative, Discomfort & Hope

The word incarnate literally means “to make flesh.” How do we put flesh on the bones of our activism so that it makes a real difference. Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy states that there are four elements that make his social change work real and present or incarnate in the world. The four are: proximity, narrative, discomfort and hope. On this Sunday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, let us come together and explore an additional pathway for our activism. Crescendo Choir will offer us songs from the Civil Rights Movement. Our youth and children will spread poppy seeds and pennies throughout our neighborhood. This is a multi-generational worship service. All are worthy and all are welcome. Please join us.

“Tolling of the Bells: The Spirit Remains”, Sunday-January 6 at 10:20

“Tolling of the Bells: The Spirit Remains”. Two of the big questions religions have sought to answer are: “Why does life exist as we know it?” and “What happens after we die?” Unitarian Universalism does not have THE ultimate answer to either of these questions. As a faith movement, Unitarian Universalism promises you a community … Continue reading “Tolling of the Bells: The Spirit Remains”, Sunday-January 6 at 10:20

“Sustenance for Our Souls”-Sunday November 18 at 10:20

  “Sustenance for Our Souls”. This Bread Communion  Sunday, Crescendo Choir will bless us with music that embodies the spirit of  our most sacred values. The first line of one of the songs reads “For everyone born: a place at the table. For everyone born: clean water and bread, a shelter a space, a safe … Continue reading “Sustenance for Our Souls”-Sunday November 18 at 10:20

“Building Community through the Power of Music/Celebration Sunday”

Music has the power to soothe, excite, heal, motivate, and inspire us. Our guest speaker Conductor Michael Morgan, Musical Director of the Oakland Symphony, will share with us how music has the power to bring us together across all that can divide us. As a spiritually alive, radically inclusive, and justice-centered religious community, we will … Continue reading “Building Community through the Power of Music/Celebration Sunday”

Lights, Camera, Action: Raw Realizations-Sunday October 21-Worship at 10:20

Lights, Camera, Action: RAW REALIZATIONS.  Fashioning a world that nurtures the whole of humanity is a long haul journey into arenas that for some are ferocious and scary. Where does change begin? Where does healing begin? All of us have numerous life defining sacred questions and no definitive answers.  Please join Pastor Jacqueline and Worship … Continue reading Lights, Camera, Action: Raw Realizations-Sunday October 21-Worship at 10:20

The Illuminating Power of Faith – Sunday, October 14, 2018 – Worship at 10:20am

“The Illuminating Power of Faith.” Please join our guest preacher the powerful Rev. Deborah Lee, and the members, friends, and allies of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland as we faithfully and prayerfully kickoff our 2019 stewardship campaign, “Faith On Fire.” Pastor Jacqueline, Worship Associate Erika and Trustees Rinda Bartley will help hold the container … Continue reading The Illuminating Power of Faith – Sunday, October 14, 2018 – Worship at 10:20am