Interest Groups

At UUCB You Can…

Explore a wide spiritual landscape; be inspired and gain new perspectives; laugh, cry, find solace and support; sing and hear great music; bring your whole self; learn, lead, and serve; make new friends.

All of the groups listed below are free and open to the public, and don’t require a long-term commitment to participate. Please contact each group organizer for more information on how to get involved.

Tuesdays, 12:15–2:15 pm
In supportive group discussions, we share how we apply Buddhist teachings in our lives. We have been meeting for two hours weekly midday on Tuesdays, except during summers, since 2005.  Our Sangha is similar in some ways to Chalice Circles.  We choose a book on Buddhism and read a few pages before meetings. We begin each meeting with a fifteen-minute meditation.  Then each member shares the relevance of our reading and UU values to our lives.

This group is limited to twelve people but may have openings. If there is sufficient interest we will help start another. Contact Lynnette Delgado (510-799-0747) for more information.

See the Humanist Connections page.

UUCB has had a Men’s Group for many years, which recently grew too large and split into two groups.  We look forward to continuing growth. Each group meets twice a month, in a member’s home, with a potluck supper. There are periodic joint meetings, and joint annual weekend retreats. In a confidential, supportive environment, men share their thoughts and feelings on a focused topic and practice deep listening, often developing lasting friendships in the process. For more information, contact Bob Adams (510-381-2946), Jim Evans, Don Wollwage, or Tom Tripp.

Generally holds a ritual celebration in March, June, September and December around solstices and equinoxes. Affiliated with CUUPs (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans)

This is an eco-feminist, Goddess-centered exploration born in 1995 of the UU curriculum, “Rise Up and Call Her Name: A Woman-Honoring Journey into Global Earth-Based Spiritualities.” The circle provides a space and time for direct experience of the transcending mystery and wonder which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and openness to the forces which create and uphold life. For more information, contact Phoebe Sorgen Thomas (510-528-9428).

See the Social Justice Council page.

Wednesdays, 10–11 am, weather permitting
A small group meets for a vigorous walk, usually in the hills near UUCB. We are building loving community while supporting our physical and mental well-being. Contact Ann Harlow (510-559-3616) to get on the email list announcing starting points, and text her if you plan to come on a given Wednesday.

1st, 2nd, 4th, Last Mondays at 9 am on Zoom
3rd Monday at 9:30 in person

This group meets weekly to practice “Mettā” (pr. METTT-tttah) or “loving kindness” meditation in the Southeast Asian Buddhist philosophy tradition. On the 1st, 2nd, 4th & occasional 5th Mondays we meet on Zoom. On the 3rd Monday we  meet in person. So that a space can be prepared for you when we meet in person, RSVP to Evelie Delfino Såles Posch.

Mondays, 9:15 to 11:45 am, Fireside Room (or Zoom)

Our writing is a form of meditation. We spend time writing in response to a reading heard by the group at the beginning of the session. After we write, we are invited to read to the whole group, if we wish. The writing group is a place of discovery. Established by noted author and minister, Beth Glick-Rieman, the group continues to flourish although she has moved away. This group is limited in size but may have openings. Contact facilitator Kit Hewitt for more information.

We are a group of young adults who regularly come together to support one another, grow spiritually, and just have plain old fun. We enjoy catching up at the free lunch following the Sunday service. We also get together oustide of church for activities such as board games & picnics, and we regularly meet as a “resiliency pod” to help offer support to one another & share resources on navigating these times.

Come say hi to us at one of the Sunday services! You can ask the greeters at the front door about the young adult group & they’ll be able to help you find one of us.

Want to Start a New Group?

In order to reserve meeting space and be added to this page, any new interest group should submit an application to the Program Council convener including a mission statement, names of at least five founding members, a proposed meeting schedule, and a contact person.  Download the Microsoft Word New UUCB Group Form.  Email the form to the Program Council Convener, pcconvener@uucb.org.  And feel free to come to the monthly meeting (3rd Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m.) to talk about your new group to the Program Council members who represent the various groups, committees and programs at UUCB.