Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

Special Events

• 2024 Thanksgiving Service & Lunch
  • 11-28-2024
  • UUCB families, friends and neighbors are invited to come together on Thanksgiving Day, November 28. Please sign up in advance for the 2:00 pm potluck dinner here or on the table outside the office. The feast will be preceded by a worship service in the Fireside Room led by Karen Elliott. More info: annharlow77@gmail.com   Doors Open: 12:30 pm Service: 1 pm Lunch: 2 pm  
• Personal Theology: THREE UU POETS, Deborah Schmidt, Kathleen McClung, Lee Rossi
  • 12-01-2024
  • 9:30 a.m. IN-PERSON and ON ZOOM, UUCB is excited to welcome three Unitarian Universalist Poets to read their poetry selections that shine a light on how their work reflects their common faith. Please come hear Kathleen McClung (Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco), Lee Rossi (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Redwood City), Deborah Bachels Schmidt (Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley). Click the HEADING for the Link.
• Holiday Fair
  • 12-01-2024
  •         10 am - 2 pm  This beloved holiday tradition is back at UUCB! We're so excited to be able to host this wonderful event again in 2024, and very much looking forward to seeing what items or services you donate! We will fill the Social Hall with holiday decorations, crafts, and recycled gifts for sale! The proceeds from the Holiday Fair benefit the General Fund, which supports valuable programs at UUCB...
• 2024 Messiah Sing Along
  • 12-07-2024
  • UUCB has been hosting a sing-along of Handel’s glorious Messiah for many decades. Indeed, it seems likely that the Bay Area tradition of singers throughout the community joining in this great masterpiece started at UUCB. For more than 50 years, people have been coming to enjoy singing great music in a festive atmosphere. We have a  professional orchestra and soloists and the entire audience joins in singing Handel’s fantastic choruses and many of the solos. There are usually 200 to 300 people who...
• Personal Theology: Now What? An Integral View of the World We Face, Dr. Karen Voorhees
  • 12-08-2024
  • 9:30 a.m. IN-PERSON and ON ZOOM, PT is delighted to welcome back, Dr. Karen Voorhees. Karen is a UUCB Member and has given several presentations at Personal Theology about her optimism for the future of our species and planet. Today she will revisit this subject in the light of current events. In times of such turmoil, uncertainty and distress, how can we prepare ourselves for what lies ahead?  Click HEADING for Link.
• Social Justice Council: GOOD NEIGHBOR PRESENTATIONS
  • 12-11-2024
  • 7:00 p.m. ON ZOOM, All congregants, new to UUCB and current members, please attend a once a year Social Justice Council GOOD NEIGHBOR PRESENTATIONS given by organizations that were nominated by various members. You will also be able to vote for the organizations to be Good Neighbor Recipients in 2025. Click the HEADING for the link.
• MIST TREE MOON CIRCLE 
  • 12-15-2024
  • MIST TREE MOON CIRCLE Winter Solstice Celebrate the Winter Solstice and the longest night of the year (in advance) with the Mist Tree Moon Circle.  Facilitated by Heaven Walker, we will convene in person on Sunday, December 15 at 3:00pm at UUCB in the SAFIR Room (through the glass doors to the left of the stage in the multi purpose room.) Note earlier time due to some who no longer drive at night. You may bring items to place on our altar.  Have...
• Winter Solstice Service
  • 12-21-2024
  • Details coming soon  
• La Befana: A Christmas Fable
  • 12-22-2024
  •   Befana; A Christmas Fable. Sunday December 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., Kirke Mechem's heart-warming, 40 minute-long cantata on the old Italian Christmas story of "La Befana".  A joint project with SF Choral Society.  Tickets $20. No one turned away for lack of funds.