December 30: Sarah Clarke-Stuart will present:”Composting: How Endings Fuel Beginnings” Thomas More has said “we must be careful not to split ending from beginning, and beginning from ending…the pain of ending is of a piece with the exhilaration of beginning.” This talk will address the significance of embracing death and decomposition in order to initiate … Continue reading December 30: “Composting: How Endings Fuel Beginnings”
December 24: 6:30 PM: The Worship Committee, Members and Friends of BBUUC will present our Annual Christmas Eve Service Come, bring your family and friends to our annual Christmas Eve Service coordinated by the Worship Committee and led by Linda Mowers with our fabulous musicians and presenters from our congregation. Our service will be a … Continue reading December 24: 6:30 PM: “Annual Christmas Eve Service”
December 23: Dani Slader and Ariel Cook will present: “The Red Letters and Unitarian Universalism” Ariel and Dani will discuss how the red letters of the Bible inform their personal. Unitarian Universalist faith Led by: Ariel Cook and Dani Slader Accompanied by Eileen Morrison
December 16: Religious Education will present “A Christmas Service and Child Dedication” Religious education will perform “Stuck at Gate 25”, written by our very own teens. This play will tell the story of a UU teen stuck in the airport waiting for her flight. As she wanders around gate 25, she sees the different holidays … Continue reading December 16: “A Christmas Service and Child Dedication”
December 9: Reverend Jack Ford will present: “Spirituality” I live between two worlds. One of them is often referred to as ‘Spiritual’. The other could be possibly defined as ‘carnal’. I love both of them. My life consists of an exercise in balancing between the two, neither of which i can entirely define or understand. … Continue reading December 9: “Spirituality”
December 2: Mark Yount will present “Liberty, Liberation and Liberal Religion” Amidst vocal religious fundamentalists, Unitarian Universalists proudly carry the banner of liberal religion in our communities, our nation and our world. But what does that mean – and to what do those “liberal” values commit us? Tea party patriots seek to restore the “liberty” … Continue reading December 2: “Liberty, Liberation and Liberal Religion”
This week at BBUUC…. November 18: Reverend Elizabeth Teal will present: “Sustainable: What Does it Mean?” We hear the word “sustainable” so often now. The first thing that comes to mind is often energy – we think of gasoline – or how we power our electric plants – but sustainability is much much more – … Continue reading This Week at BBUUC: November 18, 2012
Thanksgiving dinner at BBUUC has become an annual tradition! Join your church family for a Thanksgiving feast and fellowship on Thursday, November 22. Come early for setup and we will serve at 1:00 p.m. Turkey (including a vegetarian main course) will be provided by the church. All participants are invited to bring a dish to … Continue reading November 22: Thanksgiving Dinner 2012
November 4: The Worship Committee presents “A Celebration of Memory” Service “The Celebration of Memory Service is a UU ritual wherein we remember our loved ones who have died. You are invited to bring a photograph or memento of your beloved (person or animal) and speak about them. Let everyone know the difference they … Continue reading November 4th: A Celebration of Memory Service
November 11: Reverend Jack Ford will present: “The Beauty of All Things Broken” In Terry Tempest Williams’ latest book she talks about mosaics. “A mosaic is a conversation between what is broken,” she says. “I believe in the beauty of all things broken.” I like the sentiment, the poetry of this statement. Then i came … Continue reading November 11: the Beauty of All Things Broken
