Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

Special Events

• Post Election Gathering
  • 11-06-2024
  • Post Election Gathering: Wednesday November 6, 5-7pm If you’d like to connect with other UUCB members and friends to process our thoughts and feelings about the election, come on up the hill to be with community. We’ll gather in the Atrium and Social Hall, feel free to bring snacks or drinks to share!
• Church du Soleil
  • 11-09-2024
  • Sunset Worship Designed for Gens XYZ / Millennialish Potluck to follow   All ages welcome. Kids' Corner for our younger guests   If your idea of worship is watching the sky melt into twilight, letting the music carry you away, and finding connection in stories and silence, come find your people. We’ll do our best to keep it real and just the right amount of weird. Need some inspiration, a place to recharge, or just...
• What Webs Require: Building Capacity for Restorative Justice at UUCB
  • 11-10-2024
  • What Webs Require: Building Capacity for Restorative Justice at UUCB Sunday November 10th, 12:30pm-2pm with Rev. Sam Wilson and Rev. Marcus Liefert What if our Unitarian Universalist theology interdependence could lead us to transform our society’s understanding of conflict and repair? Explore how we can live out our faith by mending the bonds that connect us, practicing accountability with compassion, and fostering healing within our communities. In this workshop, we’ll look at what it takes...
• Personal Theology: "What is Enduring in UU Identity?" Rev. Jay Atkinson
  • 11-17-2024
  • 9:30 a.m. UUCB member, historian and emeritus minister, Rev. Jay Atkinson, will talk with us about "What is Enduring in our Unitarian Universalist Identity." With the results of the election now known, there will be much discussion with Rev. Jay about our UU identity and values. This presentation will be quite engaging. Click the heading for the Zoom Link.
• Entanglement: What does it mean to live on stolen Indigenous land in the 21st century? 
  • 11-17-2024
  •   What does it mean to live on stolen Indigenous land in the 21st century?  How can supporting Indigenous women-led work be part of the answer?   Entanglement, a collaborative artist’s book created by two women of white European ancestry, reckons with these questions. While the stories in Entanglement are about the town of Kensington, CA located in Lisjan Nation territory, the inquiry is relevant to non-Indigenous settlers living anywhere on Turtle Island.  In this intimate and interactive program, Entanglement’s authors will talk about the...
• 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...
• 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.