What I Thought I Knew Then
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Thoughts for our graduating high schoolers from those who have learned a few things since graduating themselves. More details
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Our Liberating Message for an Increasingly Fascist Culture
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service In order to recognize and resist fascism, it’s essential to understand how its religious underpinning (bad faith) is used to justify and perpetuate systems of division and oppression. More details
Celebrating the Bellingham-Honolulu Connection thru Music
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service There are a surprising number of links between BUF and First Unitarian Church of Honolulu. Today we’ll call attention to our relatives over the sea, our relatives under the sea, and our journeys across the sea through music and story. More details
Asking for help as a spiritual practice
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service In this service we will be exploring the topic of asking for help. Why is it hard to do? What can happen when we don’t just care for others but also receive caring? How is receiving related to Beloved Community? More details
The Relay of 1,000 Miles
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service In Tao Te Ching we read: The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. I have always envisioned this as a solo journey. Walt (BUF’s AV Tech who is completing his degree in Chinese) thinks of it more as a shared journey, … Continue reading The Relay of 1,000 Miles
Monthly Taizé Service
In-person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/753181200 Meeting passcode: BUF Or dial: (669) 900-6833 (Meeting ID: 753 181 200) 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 … Continue reading Monthly Taizé Service
Epiphanies: Encounters with the Sacred
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service As BUF-sters share their personal spiritual experiences of connection to nature, the holy, the ineffable, their calling, et cetera, may you, too, open yourself to the unknown. More details
Seeing as a Sacred Act
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Local Poet Sati Mookherjee reflects on seeing: “the act of prayer and my grandfather’s gaze as a scientist are the same act, which is of close observation….” And grief: “…poetry is not just looking at what’s there; we’re looking at what’s not there: the … Continue reading Seeing as a Sacred Act
Grace-full Living
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Rod and Paul will share some thoughts about responding to both our difficult and the delightful encounters with grace and dignity. More details
Blessing the Lives We Actually Have
In-Person AND on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620 Meeting passcode: BUF Order of Service Celebrate resurrection and the practice of mindfulness including traditional Easter hymns in contemporary settings, and a beautiful rendition of the Heart Sutra mantra, Gate, Gate sung by the Chalice Choir. Rev. Tessie Mandeville will deliver a message on this convergence, an opportunity to find … Continue reading Blessing the Lives We Actually Have