At the meeting point of activism and witchcraft, we harness the power of the Witches ‘ New Year to bless the November 5th election. We call on our ancestors, the Mighty Dead who fought for justice in generations past, and the Flame of Hope symbolized by our Chalice to raise energy for a fair and … Continue reading Sunday October 27, 2024 – Turning the Wheel
Building up to the election, we have been subjected to a barrage of blame and shame in a time of deep division in our country. We need to figure out how to live and love in a pluralistic world. Can we find a morality the transcends tribalism, the tendency to favor peple who we consider … Continue reading Sunday November 3, 2024 – The Quest for Political Healing: Listening and Questions
In this first service after the election, join Rev. Laurel and Worship Associate Sarah Watts to explore the second invitation in the book by Frank Ostaseski called The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. The invitation is to Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing. To welcome is to suspend ur usual … Continue reading Sunday November 10, 2024 – Welcome Everything
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 November 17, 2024 Worship Service
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
