The First Unitarian Church of Oakland has a longstanding tradition of having a multigenerational “bread communion” on the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day. The ceremony is an open invitation to commune together by taking turns offering a basket of bread to one another. The communion will be facilitated by Rev. Laurel Liefert and Worship Associate Marilyn … Continue reading Sunday November 24, 2024 – Breaking Bread Together
Join us for RevKev’s report back from his recent Pilgrimage to the Unitarian Church of Transylvania the birthplace of Unitarianism. Theologian Francis David led efforts to enact the Edict of Torda in 1568 which established Unitarianism and allowed congregants to freely elect their ministers and represented one of the first expressions of religious freedom in … Continue reading Sunday December 1, 2024 – We Need Not Think Alike to Love Alike: The Unitarian Church of Transylvania and the Birthplace of Religious Freedom
Join Rev. Laurel Liefert, Worship Associate Kate Lenhardt in this Sunday’s service. Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience is the third invitation in the book The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski. We like to project a positive self-image. Yet we all experience helplessness, fear, anger, … Continue reading Sunday December 8, 2024 – Bring Your Whole Self
How can we remember our past and stay present? How do we stay present now? How do imagine being present in the future? Please join two colleagues – Pastor Jacqueline Duhart and Rev. Laurel Liefert – who love each other and this congregation. Music by Vincent Raines. There are two ways to attend this worship … Continue reading Sunday December 15, 2024 – The Multi-Layers of Presence
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 in-between, but is always held as part of the multifaceted … Continue reading Sunday December 22, 2024 Worship Service
