Upcoming Services
August 31, 2025: We Need One Another
Rev. Barbara Child
In times like these, when we are called more and more to live out our values in public places, what becomes of our own needs? In other words, in times like these, what's a congregation for? With music from special guest Carrie Newcomer.
Rev. Barbara Child is a retired Accredited Interim Minister who earlier served as Chair of the UU Interim Ministry Guild. She is the editor of The Spirit That Moves: Readings and Rituals for Times of Change and Transition. With Rev. Keith Kron, she edited In the Interim: Strategies for Interim Ministers and Congregations. Her memoir is titled Memories of a Vietnam Veteran: What I Have Remembered and What He Could Not Forget. In past years Rev. Barbara has served UUCB as Sabbatical Minister during three sabbatical periods. She currently serves as Ministerial Consultant to the Executive Team and facilitators of UUCB's Chalice Circles program.
Past Services
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October 13, 2024: "Slow Down and Take Care"
Denise Breeden-Ost and Laura Lasuertmer from Women Writing for (a) Change will share reflections on how thoughtful practices and simple tools help create communities of trust and belonging. -
October 06, 2024: “Forgiveness and Belonging”
Recognizing the High Holy Days in Judaism, we’ll reflect on the work of forgiveness in creating belonging. -
September 29, 2024: “Question Box Service: What Do You Want to Know about Me?”
Since I am new here, I want you to have the chance to ask me burning questions you might have about me! -
September 22, 2024: “Beginnings Inspire Imagination”
One of the gifts of starting something new, is that it inspires possibility and imagination of what could be. Let us lean into this practice of imagining together. -
September 15, 2024: “Cultivating a Beginner’s Mind”
A beginner’s mind is a concept from Zen Buddhism that describes the value of keeping an open mind, free of preconceptions, even when you are advanced in your field or have a lot of experience. -
September 08, 2024: Multigenerational Water Communion: Community Makes Us Strong
Together we pour our water representing the ways that community weaves us together in connection. -
September 01, 2024: "New Beginnings"
What are the things that are important for starting well? We’ll consider this question as we embark on a new shared ministry! -
August 25, 2024: “Artificial Intelligence and Chalice Circles in the Same Sermon -- Say What?”
Pursuing the topic of A.I. lead me to a new look at something I thought I already knew well, this congregation’s small group program called Chalice Circles. -
August 18, 2024: "Mental Health and Collective Community Empowerment"
Through our interconnected relationships centered in love, we can decolonize mental health care and more deeply nourish well-being in community. -
August 11, 2024: "Poetry as a Spiritual Practice"
Original poetry and reflections by UUCB poets with context by Linda Pickle, facilitator of the recent “Poetry as a Spiritual Practice" course.