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Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley is a welcoming and vibrant congregation, joyously supporting spiritual development guided by individual faith, reason, and conscience.
Our Next Service
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 am
Rev. Bryan Plude
How do we maintain hope with a world on fire and democracy in meltdown? Is hope even an appropriate or a useful feeling in these times? What important roles do courage and love play?
Services Sundays 11 am
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Special Events
Events
22 Nov 25Our annual Holiday Sale will start Saturday, Nov. 22, with holiday decorations and giftable items including jewelry, small art works, and crafts! There will also be a silent auction!
23 Nov 259:30 a.m. in-person in the Fireside Room and on Zoom, Josh Kornbluth, writer, actor, performer, In-person and on Zoom, Fireside Room, “Gather Around, We’ve Got a Story to Tell.”
All of us have experiences that could be fashioned into a verbal story or narrative to tell if only we knew how to get started. Josh will discuss how he takes his thoughts and ideas and forms them into a story to share with others. Hopefully, his suggestions will prompt attendees to give it a whirl themselves! Click the heading for the Link.
27 Nov 25Join Us for Worship and a Community Potluck!
We warmly invite you to a short worship service at 1:00 pm in the Fireside Room, followed by a potluck feast. Bring a dish to share and enjoy good food and fellowship!
6 Dec 25Experience the luminous choral works of Ola Gjeilo, including Tundra, Northern Lights, and The Ground, alongside exquisite chamber music by Mozart and Schumann, featuring a Mozart sonata and quartet and Schumann’s Piano Quintet.
7 Dec 25Join us in supporting our neighbors through UUCB’s Annual Food Drive!
This year, the Food Pantry has shared a list of their most-needed items, and together we can make a real difference by meeting these goals.
Cash donations are also gratefully accepted!
Please note “Food Drive” on your donation.
9 Dec 25Please join Rev. Marcus Liefert, Rev. Kathryn Jay, and UU’s from around the Bay Area who support UUSC’s work for a gathering with Rev. Mary Katherine Morn to hear her firsthand stories of the impact of UUSC’s human rights and social justice initiatives.
21 Dec 25Everyone is welcome to come and sing, whether they think of themselves as a singer or not. Or just be in the middle of all the great music. You do not need to know how to read music, you do not need to know the score perfectly. or even sing gloriously. Come, join the fun, ring in the holidays with great music – Hallelujah! Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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1 Lawson Road
Kensington, CA 94707
(510) 525-0302
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Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge that this church occupies land in Huchiun in the unceded territory of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people. May we have the humility and courage to do our part to restore what has been broken and the wisdom to live into a new solidarity with Indigenous communities and the earth.
































