Personal Theology: Kiran Rana & Jeanne Rana

10 Nov

Personal Theology: Kiran Rana & Jeanne Rana

November 10, 2019    
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Murshid Kiran Rana is a senior teacher in the Sufi Way, a mystical community that has its origin in the teachings of universal Sufism introduced in the West in 1910 by the Indian mystic Inayat Khan. Kiran lives happily in Alameda with his wife, Jeanne Rana, a poet and fellow-Sufi who is also a member of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland. At their Sufi center, Bay Dervish, they hold gatherings for meditation, invocation and music, offer personal guidance, and facilitate intimate conversations about the inner life, creativity and awakening. Kiran also teaches an online webinar called A Taste of Sufism; currently he and Jeanne are offering a ten-month-long program in Berkeley called Sufism & the Art of Loving. “Two Stories: How Kiran and Jeanne Found Sufism Found Them.”

Personal Theology: Kiran & Jeanne Rana

17 Nov

Personal Theology: Kiran & Jeanne Rana

November 17, 2019    
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Murshid Kiran Rana is a senior teacher in the Sufi Way, a mystical community that has its origin in the teachings of universal Sufism introduced in the West in 1910 by the Indian mystic Inayat Khan. Kiran lives happily in Alameda with his wife, Jeanne Rana, a poet and fellow-Sufi who is also a member of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland. At their Sufi center, Bay Dervish, they hold gatherings for meditation, invocation and music, offer personal guidance, and facilitate intimate conversations about the inner life, creativity and awakening. Kiran also teaches an online webinar called A Taste of Sufism; currently he and Jeanne are offering a ten-month-long program in Berkeley called Sufism & the Art of Loving. “Two Stories: How Kiran and Jeanne Found Sufism Found Them.”

2019 Lawrence Lecture: Tim Wise

08 Nov

2019 Lawrence Lecture: Tim Wise

November 8, 2019    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  UUCB's 2019 LAWRENCE LECTURER:  TIM WISE Noted among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the U.S., Tim Wise will be the Lawrence [...]

Personal Theology: Cordell Sloan and Karen Voorhees

16 Sep

Personal Theology: Cordell Sloan and Karen Voorhees

September 16, 2018    
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Two UUCB visionaries, Cordell Sloan and Karen Voorhees, discuss their take on what the future is likely to hold for us. Karen brings her knowledge [...]

Personal Theology: Rev. Dr. John Buehrens

02 Sep

Personal Theology: Rev. Dr. John Buehrens

September 2, 2018    
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Rev. Dr. John Buehrens, Harvard College and Harvard Divinity School graduate, former UUA President, retired Senior Minister of the First UU Society of San Francisco. [...]

Personal Theology: Rabbi Harry Manhoff, PhD

14 Oct

Personal Theology: Rabbi Harry Manhoff, PhD

October 14, 2018    
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Rabbi Harry Manhoff, PhD, a superfan and collector of comic books, a Congregational Rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom in San Leandro, a lecturer at St. [...]

Personal Theology: Rev. Dr. John Buehrens

09 Sep

Personal Theology: Rev. Dr. John Buehrens

September 9, 2018    
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Rev. Dr. John Buehrens (see bio above.) Part 2: “The Forgotten Female Transcendentalists.”  Why we should know more about such women as Elizabeth Peabody, Margaret Fuller, [...]

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04 Dec

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December 4, 2018    
12:00 am - 12:10 am

Start-Up Workshop (District Congregation Life Staff)

15 Oct

Start-Up Workshop (District Congregation Life Staff)

October 15, 2016    
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
On October 15, 2016, a Start-Up Workshop  (for starting up with new ministers) was led at UUCB by our UUA Congregational Life staff member, Jonipher Kwong. There were 64 [...]

Start-Up Workshop

15 Oct

Start-Up Workshop

October 15, 2016    
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
On October 15, 2016, a Start-Up Workshop (for starting up with new ministers) was led at UUCB by our UUA Congregational Life staff member, Jonipher Kwong. There were 64 participants in [...]