The Stray Pup and the Heartless King: What does it mean to be a person of faith? What about people who don’t believe in a god person? Join us to imagine modern faith in a complicated world by reflecting on an ancient tale of transformation and justice. Joyful Noise Band begins to play at 10:20 … Continue reading When We Speak: Devotional and Annual Meeting
Join us in a very special opportunity to hear from Zulfat Suara, a Nigerian immigrant who was the first Muslim woman to win an election in the state of Tennessee and the first Nigerian woman elected to office in the United States. Z joins us to reflect on the lessons that her election story can … Continue reading Building Futures, Facing Challenges
Surrendering to the Possibilities: Join Stefan Schneider and the Music Team for a time of music, joy, and reflection. If you’re joining us for the first time, we would like to extend a full welcome! Please answer a few questions on our Guest Connection Card. After the service, we have informal chat session in our … Continue reading Surrendering to the Possibilities
If you’re joining us for the first time, we would like to extend a full welcome! Please answer a few questions on our Guest Connection Card. * * * This prerecorded service will give us a chance to explore how small is good and what the pandemic is revealing about treasures that lie there. Pastor Theresa … Continue reading Small Is Good
If you’re joining us for the first time, we would like to extend a full welcome! Please answer a few questions on our Guest Connection Card. * * * Living a Theology of Disruption September 6, 10:30 AM The only way to liberation for all our people is to embody a transformational Unitarian Universalism–that is, to … Continue reading Living a Theology of Disruption
If you’re joining us for the first time, we would like to extend a full welcome! Please answer a few questions on our Guest Connection Card. * * * The Quiet Voice of Courage Sunday, August 30, 10:30 AM via Zoom “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end … Continue reading The Quiet Voice of Courage
Sunday, July 22nd
We will explore the relationship between listening to music and feeling the music as a spiritual practice. Stefan Schneider will be joined by several of his wonderful musical friends and play a wide variety of musical genres, hoping that you can find the line in the song, a phrase on the piano or guitar, or a set of harmonies that reach in and touches your soul.
Join us for a festival of music, poetry and reflections on the impact of music on spirituality and the human condition. Joyful Noise will open the service with their final performance until the autumn and this will be the Crescendo Choir final service of the year! Please join our talented Church Musicians Stefan Schneider and Renee Witon and Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, Rev. Sheri Prud’homme, and Worship Associate Jim Briggs for this special service. New members will also be welcomed into the church during our Ingathering Ceremony. There will be Children’s Chapel.
A Vision: Within, Among & Beyond. As an individual, as a family; where are you going and how will you get there? As a religious community where is First Unitarian Church of Oakland going? How will we get there? In these days of hate speech, mass killings, devastating weather patterns and depressing uncertainties for more and more of humanity, beloved communities like First Unitarian Church of Oakland must have a clear and compelling vision that SPIRITUALLY GUIDES AND INSPIRES the DIVERSE WHOLE of US and offers BRIGHT HOPE for CHANGE. Join Rinda Bartley, Jeff Leyser, Michael Schafer,& Pastor Jacqueline as we prayerfully launch and embrace our process to co-create a new vision statement. A vision that will guide and inspire the WE of US to live into our highest aspirations. Inspirational music will be brought by Stefan Schneider, Geoff Ullerich and Joyful Noise. Members, friends and allies whoever you are, please join us. Together let us imagine the future and begin to discern what we can do to make a remarkable and holy difference for many. There will be two worship services, 9:20 and 11:20. Children’s Chapel will be provided.
