Let it Begin With Me will be offered Thursdays starting May 8th and continuing for 8 weeks. This class is aimed to help people develop inclusive practices through personal reflection, sharing and collaboration. The activities in class ask participants to take a true look at personal privilege, class-ism, and prejudice in a safe circle of … Continue reading May 22: Let it Begin With Me

On the 4 successive Wednesday evenings of May**, we will discuss a group of Western painters who placed mankind at the center of their work: Rembrandt (Dutch, 1600’s), Goya (Spanish, 1700’s to early 1800’s ), Courbet (French, mid-1800’s), and Hopper (American, 1900’s). Each of those painters, in unique and transformative ways, focused on our first … Continue reading May 21: 7pm Painting the Human Condition: Four Pioneering Painters

Let it Begin With Me will be offered Thursdays starting May 8th and continuing for 8 weeks. This class is aimed to help people develop inclusive practices through personal reflection, sharing and collaboration. The activities in class ask participants to take a true look at personal privilege, class-ism, and prejudice in a safe circle of … Continue reading May 15: Let It Begin With Me

On the 4 successive Wednesday evenings of May, we will discuss a group of Western painters who placed mankind at the center of their work: Rembrandt (Dutch, 1600’s), Goya (Spanish, 1700’s to early 1800’s ), Courbet (French, mid-1800’s), and Hopper (American, 1900’s). Each of those painters, in unique and transformative ways, focused on our first … Continue reading May 14: 7pm Painting the Human Condition: Four Pioneering Painters

Lifespan Religious Education Class: Let it Begin With Me Let it Begin With Me will be offered Thursdays starting May 8th and continuing for 8 weeks. This class is aimed to help people develop inclusive practices through personal reflection, sharing and collaboration. The activities in class ask participants to take a true look at personal … Continue reading May 8: 7pm Let It Begin With Me

Those of us who have been discussing Behind the Kitchen Door, the UUA read for this year, are planning to visit one of the Darden Group restaurants on April 30, Olive Garden in Orange Park at 7pm.  We will be observing practices of the restaurant and speaking with management when we leave to compliment and … Continue reading Apr 30: 7pm “Behind the Kitchen Door” Book Discussion Group

Wednesdays, April 16, 23 and 30 at 7pm How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditions—discriminatory labor practices, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchens—affect the meals that arrive at our restaurant tables? Books may be purchased On Amazon, ( Kindle price, $9.44, hardcover $17.56 or UUA … Continue reading Apr 16: 7pm “Behind the Kitchen Door” Discussion Group

The 2nd Wednesday of every month is officially Parent Night At BBUUC. This group is geared so that parents will have a place to come and taking about pits and peaks of raising UU children. Our current group has been focused around our OWL group’s challenges and joys, but will be expanding to include all … Continue reading Apr 9: 7pm Parent Night

Behind the Kitchen Door: A Book Discussion Synopsis How do restaurant workers live on some of the lowest wages in America? And how do poor working conditions—discriminatory labor practices, exploitation, and unsanitary kitchens—affect the meals that arrive at our restaurant tables? Saru Jayaraman, who launched a national restaurant workers organization after 9/11, sets out to … Continue reading Apr 9: 7pm “Behind the Kitchen Door” Book Discussion Group