Please join our former pastor, Pastor Jacqueline Duhart, musician Fred Small, and Worship Associate Corless Smith in a service dedicated to spiritual renewal. We will see each other, listen to each other and spiritually hold each other as we celebrate those who identify as fathers. We will explore how to be a blessing, and to … Continue reading June 18, 2023 – Blessings: Acts of Social Justice
On the 100th anniversary of Norbert Čapek’s Flower Ceremony we will gather to celebrate our Annual Flower Communion! Plese bring a flower or two to share! . We each have unique gifts to share with the world and the way we bring them into community. In addition, there will be a Child Dedication Ceremony! Worship … Continue reading May 21, 2023 – 100 Years of Flower Communions
Join us this Sunday for Bread Communion, a non-Eucharistic Unitarian Universalist celebration ritual of gratitude and harvest. We will reflect on and celebrate the multiplicity of blessings that we share, the hard work of all who make our nourishment possible, and the community that gathers here to worship together. This is a service for all … Continue reading They All Ate Their Fill
The life of Amanda America Dickson offers insight into courage in the face of change and seizing opportunities for freedom. Come learn about her and how we move forward in courage when times are difficult or complex. Checking out First Unitarian Oakland? If you’re joining us for the first time, we would like to extend … Continue reading Where do we come from?
Interweaving modern research on mycelial communication networks, the fractal social change theories of adrienne maree brown, and Neopagan theologies, we will craft a spell to remind ourselves that from microorganism to universe, we are all interconnected and interdependent. How does this knowledge empower us to heal our communities in the age of climate chaos? Join … Continue reading You Are Stardust: Celebrating Our Selves and Our Universes
One of the ways we can think of the Seventh Principle of Unitarian Universalism is that, “[w][e believe in caring for our planet Earth, the home we share with all living things.” We have a duty of care to the planet and to one another, but what does that look like on an ordinary day? … Continue reading All Around: Sacred Creation, Connection, and Relationship
One way to think of becoming is the continuous process of growth and evolution. Many members of this congregation have dedicated time and effort to pastoral care. We have an opportunity to attend to our Pastoral Associates team. But what does that mean? Why do we do it? How does it connect us to our … Continue reading Becoming a Community of Care
The Bible says the seven deadly sins are pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. What makes them so deadly? Is this list still relevant? Explore with Corless Smith whether some of these sins could be retired and, perhaps, others could be added to correspond to the modern world. Checking out First Unitarian Oakland? … Continue reading Seven Deadly Sins
It’s easy to put our Unitarian and Universalist forebears on pedestals, but how noble were they really? How do we simultaneously celebrate their wisdom, good works, and faults… and our own? And how do we hold the legends in tension with the realities of their – and our – stories? Checking out First Unitarian Oakland? … Continue reading Sages, Saints, and Scoundrels
This service, with a sermon by Rev. Rica Kaufel, will explore the ways in which dignity and pride connect with how we treat one another, both individually and as countries. Claire Eustace will be hosting. Checking out First Unitarian Oakland? If you’re joining us for the first time, we would like to extend a full … Continue reading We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
