High School Youth Group
Every Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. our High School Youth Group meets for fellowship, discussion and ministry. A few times a year they plan and lead the whole community in worship. These services have reflected some of the topics they have been exploring in their group, and have been loved by the congregation. They also are involved in service projects and have raised money for various groups as well as participated in direct service opportunities. We have an amazing team of five adult facilitators who rotate facilitation of the group as well as some great youth leadership.


We begin our childcare program with 1-4 year olds circling together to light a felt chalice and to explore the month’s worship theme in story and song. 
In the Fall…“Love Surrounds Us” - Children learn the Unitarian Universalist Principles as they focus on love’s expression in the communities that kindergarteners and first graders know well—their family, home, school, congregation, and neighborhood.
In the Fall…“Love Will Guide Us” - In this program, participants learn to seek guidance in life through the lens of our Unitarian Universalist Sources, with an emphasis on love. Together we ask questions such as, "Where did we come from?" "What is our relationship to the Earth and other creatures?" "How can we respond with love, even in bad situations?" "What happens when you die?" Sessions apply wisdom from our Sources to help participants answer these questions.
In the Fall…“Riddle and Mystery” - Each of the 16 sessions introduces and processes a Big Question. The first three echo Paul Gauguin’s famous triptych: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? The next ten, including Does God exist? and What happens when you die?, could be found on almost anyone’s list of basic life inquiries.
Our “MUUGS” group (Middle School UU Gatherings”) gathers for fellowship, community building, and fun. Our group is also connected to the PCD district-wide 



Coming of Age is a year-long program for youth entering the 8th and 9th grade at UUCB. We promote, honor and affirm our teenager’s passage towards the greater freedoms and responsibilities of adulthood, and seek to engage them with a deeper appreciation and experience as Unitarian Universalists. The UU Church of Berkeley Coming of Age program partners youth with adult mentors in the congregation, and the participants work together to articulate their beliefs and what it is they value and hold most dear. The program culminates in a worship service in the spring in which each participant shares their “creedo” statement with the congregation.