Becoming Sanctuary for Each Other
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service Rev Rachael Weasley is the minister of Community of Hope, a local/online queer Mennonite congregation. More details
Archives: Services
Caring or Carrying
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service How do we best care for ourselves, each other, and the world? Caring and Carrying are not the same thing. Sometimes when we lay down what’s not ours to carry, more clarity can emerge about how best to express our caring. More … Continue reading Caring or Carrying
Thanks to the Earth
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service Mother Earth’s cycles of seasons and cycles of life are not just interesting metaphors, they are the lives we live. This Earth Day let’s rejoice and give thanks for our earthly home: our sanctuary, source, and sustenance. More details
In Solidarity, Seeking Liberation
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service Parents from our recent class, “Raising Kids in a Race-Conscious Society,” and members of our Immigrant Resettlement Team will speak about how they have been inspired to continue their own learning by serving. More details
Time Out
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service Have you ever felt stuck in a rut? By age, stage, job, family, or in other ways, we sometimes get into the same old, same old that robs us and everyone connected with us from being the loving, creative, delightful, talented people … Continue reading Time Out
Monthly Taizé Service
In person in the sanctuary, AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Taizé services originated in the monastic community in Taizé, France in the 1940s. At BUF, we have created our own UU-style Taizé service that draws from one of our sources — direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder.
Transformation
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service Easter story’s power is that each of us has some personal experience involving: • Finding ourselves exiled, or having a big blow to our expectations • Being in-between—a time of retreat or fear • Finding a … Continue reading Transformation
Shifting Grounds of Home
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service Making a new start … envisioning and then building the scaffolding … on a long journey home. More details
Home
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service An invitation to explore home and belonging: internal and external… within boundaries and liberated from artificial boundaries… in community… and in the real world vs the virtual world. More details
Keepers of the Flame
In-Person in the sanctuary AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620; Passcode: BUF Order of Service A thousand thousand years ago, at the dawn of human history, our ancestors made fire their ally, using it for cooking, warmth, and light. Certain tribespeople emerged as keepers of the flame – those who reverently carried precious embers from one campsite … Continue reading Keepers of the Flame