Join us at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday morning for services, followed by conversation and refreshments. We also have a children's Religious Exploration (RE) program during service.
February 5: “Unitarian Universalism: Then, Now, and Tomorrow?”
Roger Husbands and the Rev. Ben Meyers
To know where you are going, you first have to know where you’ve been. This service will look at the legacy of the Fellowship movement, where we are as a movement now, and our hopes for the future of this congregation.
February 12: Intergenerational Service— “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”
Andrew Scott, Ministerial Intern and Caitlin S. Cotter, Director of Religious Exploration
What do we mean when we say we are acting out of love? How does love fit into our quest for social justice in the world? How can we be more gentle with ourselves, and kind to others? In this intergenerational service we will explore the relationship of love to community, in our daily lives and the world in which we live.
Friday, February 17 at 7 PM: Soulful Sundown
BFUU’s Young Adult group is partnering with young adults from around the Bay Area to present a night of inspiration, connection, movement, song, and celebration. Sometimes called contemporary worship, this evening in the UU "circle worship" tradition is geared towards all who identify as young adults.
February 19: “Not For Sale: Today’s Abolition Movement”
Rev. Ben Meyers
By conservative estimates, there are 27 million slaves in the world today. Human trafficking is, in fact, the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world, ranking close behind drug trafficking and the illegal arms trade. It is, in short, a huge and growing industry of organized crime. As people who affirm the value of freedom, justice, equity, compassion, interdependence, and the worth of every person, how are we to respond? The answer is unequivocal not only in our modern Unitarian Universalist principles, but also when we turn to our abolitionist heritage and our pride in that heritage.
February 26: “The Dream of the Diaspora”
Rev. Zoltán Kopándi-Benczédi and the Rev. Ben Meyers
“Diaspora” describes people of a common ethnicity who live away from their home community, among foreigners. In the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, the term Diaspora is used for ethnic Hungarians of the Unitarian faith, spread across a vast Romanian majority. To build community in a Diaspora, we must adopt the visionary attitude of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and have a large, but realistic dream, which speaks to the way the congregation imagines itself in the future. It is hard work, but it will be successful if done by people who believe their work is lead by God's Providence.
The Rev. Zoltán Kopándi-Benczédi is the 2011-2012 Balázs Scholar at Starr King School for the Ministry, and minister to three congregations in Transylvania. He hopes to return at the end of his scholarship year with new insights into the connection between church life and community development, particularly work done in multicultural environments.
