11:00am Service – Share the Laughter, Bare the Pain
Unitarian Universalist Church of BoulderLaughter heals. We don't laugh away our pain to numb ourselves to reality, but we embrace the silly, the absurd, and delightful as equally a part of life.
Laughter heals. We don't laugh away our pain to numb ourselves to reality, but we embrace the silly, the absurd, and delightful as equally a part of life.
Brene Brown says that fitting in happens when you change yourself to be in the community, but belonging happens when you can be your most authentic self in community. How can we as individuals and a community practice belonging here and to/with each other?
Rev. Kelly Dignan will look back on the last decade of UU Church of Boulder’s history and reflect on the continuity and flourishing that comes when connections are made slowly.
Rev. Kelly Dignan will look back on the last decade of UU Church of Boulder’s history and reflect on the continuity and flourishing that comes when connections are made slowly.
The Rev. Dr. Lewis McGee, ordained a Unitarian in 1949, was one of the first Black UU religious leaders. Preaching at the intersection of justice, race, and humanism, his story suggest that to be a "free religion for all souls," means facing the complexity of our own history and how complicity in injustice gets disguised by "reasonable concerns."
The Rev. Dr. Lewis McGee, ordained a Unitarian in 1949, was one of the first Black UU religious leaders. Preaching at the intersection of justice, race, and humanism, his story suggest that to be a "free religion for all souls," means facing the complexity of our own history and how complicity in injustice gets disguised by "reasonable concerns."
Our community is a sort of a paradox: deeply rooted in our history and values, we keep on transforming and changing and growing every day.
Our community is a sort of a paradox: deeply rooted in our history and values, we keep on transforming and changing and growing every day.
In the first half of the service, pose your theological questions, questions about Unitarian Universalism, and questions about David -- and Rev. David will answer them in the sermon, on the spot.
In the first half of the service, pose your theological questions, questions about Unitarian Universalism, and questions about David -- and Rev. David will answer them in the sermon, on the spot.
A lay-led service with reflections from UUCBers on trust, vulnerability, authenticity, and courage.
A lay-led service with reflections from UUCBers on trust, vulnerability, authenticity, and courage.
Theologian Walter Brueggemann writes that the progressive church has three central prophetic tasks -- three key ways that we speak truth to power -- realism in the face of ideology, grief while the world is in denial, and hope with the world is in despair.
Theologian Walter Brueggemann writes that the progressive church has three central prophetic tasks -- three key ways that we speak truth to power -- realism in the face of ideology, grief while the world is in denial, and hope with the world is in despair.
Celebrate spring with this all-ages earth-centered service! We gather at 5:00 for snacks and crafts, then our equinox ritual at 5:30 and a potluck meal to follow.
Tad Koriath and the choir from the Boulder Valley UU Fellowship join Dr. Emily and the UUCB choir in an explosion of music. Come hear the symphony of voices as we explore songs of resilience and hope.
Tad Koriath and the choir from the Boulder Valley UU Fellowship join Dr. Emily and the UUCB choir in an explosion of music. Come hear the symphony of voices as we explore songs of resilience and hope.
What can a growing congregation learn from one of your Community Minister's favorite jam bands? The three magic ingredients for growing in a way that honors tradition and core values, without clinging to old habits and ways of doing things. We welcome back serious Phish fan Rev. Jeremy Nickel, joined by Rev. David.
What can a growing congregation learn from one of your Community Minister's favorite jam bands? The three magic ingredients for growing in a way that honors tradition and core values, without clinging to old habits and ways of doing things. We welcome back serious Phish fan Rev. Jeremy Nickel, joined by Rev. David.
The Passover Seder retells the story of the Jewish people leaving Egypt 3,000 years ago. Whether you have Jewish roots or not, you are warmly invited!
In the Exodus story of ancient Jews liberation from slavery in Egypt, it was never clear when freedom would come, or what it would look like. Three millennia later, that story still echoes in the hope and complexity of our own lives.
In the Exodus story of ancient Jews liberation from slavery in Egypt, it was never clear when freedom would come, or what it would look like. Three millennia later, that story still echoes in the hope and complexity of our own lives.
A spare, intimate service that faces plainly and without deflection the stark reality of suffering and the experience of hopelessness, ending in silence and darkness.
In our liberal religious tradition, the invitation of Easter isn’t to some inevitable happiness ahead of us. It is instead the demanding, difficult, and deeply liberating invitation to face and weave together our grief and our celebration into the fabric of our full lives.