https://www.soulmatterssharingcircle.com/uploads/9/4/5/0/94501751/sm_2022-04_sg_awakening.pdf You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book (Lady Chatterley, for instance), or you take a trip, or you talk with [someone], and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating… Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or … Continue reading Soul Matters: Welcome to Awakening
People Power – Bring It! Officials tackle social justice when there’s community will behind it. You are a part of that power. Based on our Listening and Research, this year we’ll ask city leaders for Action on: Adult Civil Citations Group Violence Intervention (monitoring) Resilience to Climate Change Mental Health (on hold) To find out … Continue reading ICARE JUSTICE ISSUES 2022
March 28 6:15 PM – 9:30 PM BBUUC Sanctuary Due to Covid-19 concerns the 2022 ICARE Nehemiah Assembly will be virtual this year. It will be broadcast via Zoom. You are invited to gather at BBUUC to view the virtual Assembly in the sanctuary. If you want to join the Nehemiah Assembly from home, click here prior … Continue reading 2022 ICARE Nehemiah Assembly
Our Unitarian Universalist principles describe the highest ideals that we wish to see flourish in the world. They describe a world to which we aspire, a world where: -The inherent worth and dignity of every person is affirmed and honored -Every person has the ability to experience the fullness of life -All people have access … Continue reading Minister’s Message March 2022
A big shout out to our Director of Religious Education Chris Jarman for facilitating the 11 week “Widening the Circle of Concern” study group for BBUUC’s Board, Minister, and Council leadership. “Widening the Circle of Concern” is the June 2020 Report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change that analyzed structural and systemic racism and … Continue reading We Did a Thing!!!
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81273719503 Our Parenting Group supports sharing realizations, challenges and hopes around the monthly Soulful Home theme with other supportive adults. This month’s questions revolve around a passage from Ann Lamott’s book Grace (eventually). She writes a lot from her perspective as a person of faith, a single parent, and a recovering addict. … Continue reading 2022 Parenting Group
PDF file here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xii_Ohk6hX_JgVm6pQjUShU4_bfP5YlS/view?usp=sharing Do you remember this part of Amanda Gorman’s poem, from President Joe Biden’s inauguration? For there is always light If only we’re brave enough to see it If only we’re brave enough to be it This quote resonated with many, many people in America, and indeed, all over the world. And … Continue reading Soulful Home What Does it Mean to be a Family Renewing Faith?
PDF File here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/148XxFZN2rSnLRoxye7l9YMAkqQLy4gEA/view?usp=sharing “Faith is homesickness. Faith is a lump in the throat.” Frederick Buechner “Once a reporter asked A.J. Muste, “Do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night in front of the White House with a candle?” Muste replied softly: … Continue reading Soul Matters: Welcome to Renewing Faith
ICARE’s Justice Moment: A Weak Hurricane Could Drown Jacksonville When Irma — as a tropical storm — flooded Jacksonville in 2017, even the governor was surprised. But a subsequent Tampa Bay Times investigation showed Jacksonville leaders knew a Category 2 or 3 storm could cause a loss of life and hundreds of millions of dollars … Continue reading ICARE March 2022
As a faith without a doctrine, creed, or dogma, Unitarian Universalism has, since the beginning of our formation, been a religion based on Covenant – a practice of promising to walk together. At BBUUC, we have a solid practice of creating covenants within small group ministries, committees, boards, and other bodies within the church. We … Continue reading Creating a Congregational Covenant at BBUUC
