UUCB

Architects Meet and Greet
2025-01-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
On Sunday, at both services and during the two coffee hours, Scott Rodwin and the three other architects who will be working on our UUCB Expansion Project will be with us. This will be a great opportunity for the congregation to meet the architects, so we thought we would take some time to get you acquainted before Sunday!

11:00am Service - The Oldest Story in the World
2025-01-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
What do you do next with your life after you have come face to face with the tangled, unavoidable reality of loss? The oldest story ever written down is our guide through.

Senior Salon
2025-01-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-05 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Offsite/Zoom
Senior Salon is an open discussion group for seniors. We meet “in-person” in the Sunshine Canyon Room, at Fraiser Meadows Retirement Center (350 Ponca Place, Boulder) on the second Wednesday of each month; from 10:00 – 12:00 am.

There is no lower-age attendance criteria; members simply self-select. Existing members declare that “The purpose and mission of the UUCB Senior Salon is to openly, respectfully and lovingly share among ourselves, relevant stories, and information about facing and thriving in the later stages of life.”
Senior Salon also meets (via Zoom) on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. from 10:00 – 11:00 am. (See the most recent Messenger for the link) It is very informal, with a chalice lighting and reading thrown in, just to remind us we are UUs.
Contact seniorsalon@uuchurchofboulder.org for more information, or to get involved.

Single Women Aging with Grace (SWAG)
2025-01-15 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
We will meet in the Earth Room. We offer support and connection around a relevant topic.

Young Adult Group Meetup
2025-01-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | UUCB Teen Room, 5001 Pennsylvania Avenue, Boulder, CO, 80303-2739, United States
Young adults (ages 18-35-ish) – join us for a potluck and bring a dish if you are able! Email rachel.peterson.5683@gmail.com for the address and/or to get looped in to the young adult group communications for more opportunities to connect!

Men’s Group Monthly Meeting
2025-01-15 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Member’s Home
Potluck dinner and conversation to share life experiences and offer support and nurturing. At the home of Reed Bailey.

We’ll use our standard format: 6-7 pm is drinks (bring something you like) and conversation. 7-8 pm is a traditional potluck dinner. Bring a favorite dish to share. From 8-9 pm, we have ‘pass the talking stick’ where each man has the opportunity to tell us something about what’s going on in his life.

Guests and visitors are most welcome!

Sign up at :
http://imgonnago.com/groups/clubs/UUCB_Men/
so we know how many hungry men to expect.Cheers,
Michael and John
(303) 704-5414‬ and (720) 252-3272

Online-Only Due to Weather - Uncommon Wisdom for Uncertain Times
2025-01-18 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Update: please note that due to bad weather, the 1/18 session will be online-only on Zoom. Check your email for a link from Paula!

Coach, spiritual teacher, and UUCB member Paula Staffeldt leads this 4-week introduction to a psycho-spiritual understanding that shines a light on the threads of peace, love, and wisdom that can guide us through our current world.

This particular class, introductory in nature, shares a psycho-spiritual contemporary wisdom teaching that helps people discover/restore a calmer and wiser state of mind, so they can be more at ease in their lives and in the world. Additionally, Paula speaks about her own experience of a spiritual awakening that changed the way she looks at and participates in life.
The first two classes relate 2 particular understandings that, when recognized, shift the way people experience the world. The last 2 classes follow a Q & A format. There are simple homework assignments (no reading or writing required:) between classes.
The classes are interactive with small/large group personal sharing, and as part of UUCB’s Adult Education program, are free of charge.

RSVP to Paula (pstaffeldt@gmail.com) to sign up or for more information.

9:00am Service - No Resolutions
2025-01-19 09:00 - 22:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Let us jump OFF the resolution urge that comes in January! Join Rev. Ruth Rinehart as she explores resisting the white supremacy culture of our heritage, including Puritans and Calvinism, with their orientation towards productivity and shame. January brings a new world that we now inhabit; where do we go from here?

Rev. Ruth Rinehart is a community minister, affiliated with Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, where she lives in her suburban permaculture homestead with her partner, David Hurlbut, their daughter and son-in-law and four cats. She founded the first-in-the-country queer recovery residence that welcomes all genders, Just Living Recovery, in Lakewood. Currently, she is recovery coach for Whitian House, outpatient treatment center in Lakewood, serving incarcerated folx living in community corrections.

UUCB Justice Fair
2025-01-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-19 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Join our Justice Teams during the 10:00am and 12:30 pm coffee hours as they share information on their work and ways to get involved. Our Climate, BASIC Immigration, Community Garden, Tipi Raisers, and Racial Justice teams will each have an information table staffed by team members to share information and answer all of your questions.

11:00am Service - No Resolutions
2025-01-19 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder

Meet and Greet Happy Hour
2025-01-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Member’s Home
We will meet at the home of Mary Pierce for a strictly social affair. Please bring a snack for 6-8 or your choice of beverage, if desired. Address and directions will be provided on Sunday.

[Updated] Climate Action Ministry Team Meeting
2025-01-22 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
[Update – this meeting is now on Zoom. Please contact Susan at sasecord3@gmail.com for Zoom link.]
The UUCB Climate Action Ministry (CAM) is focused on enacting justice by educating our members and the community on the impacts of climate change and its solutions, and by providing opportunities for our members and friends to act to solve it. Each year, we plan a cycle of activities which might include advocacy and direct action, education for the congregation and community, and tools to make tangible change.
We meet monthly, August – May, usually the fourth Wednesday of each month. All are welcome!
Contact rachel.peterson.5683@gmail.com to be put on our mailing list to receive meeting notices and/or to let us know that you are planning to attend an upcoming meeting so that you can be notified of last-minute schedule changes due to weather or otherwise.

Uncommon Wisdom for Uncertain Times
2025-01-25 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Coach, spiritual teacher, and UUCB member Paula Staffeldt leads this 4-week introduction to a psycho-spiritual understanding that shines a light on the threads of peace, love, and wisdom that can guide us through our current world.

This particular class, introductory in nature, shares a psycho-spiritual contemporary wisdom teaching that helps people discover/restore a calmer and wiser state of mind, so they can be more at ease in their lives and in the world. Additionally, Paula speaks about her own experience of a spiritual awakening that changed the way she looks at and participates in life.
The first two classes relate 2 particular understandings that, when recognized, shift the way people experience the world. The last 2 classes follow a Q & A format. There are simple homework assignments (no reading or writing required:) between classes.
The classes are interactive with small/large group personal sharing, and as part of UUCB’s Adult Education program, are free of charge.

RSVP to Paula (pstaffeldt@gmail.com) to sign up or for more information.

Millenial-ish Group Potluck
2025-01-25 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
We invite folks in their 30s and 40s to join us for a potluck, conversation and connection. Family friendly, childcare provided for children under 5.

9:00am Service - Possible Futures
2025-01-26 09:00 - 22:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
As we enter a new season as a nation, the story that we tell ourselves about who we are shapes who we will become as a country. The possible futures ahead of us rest on conflicting notions of what counts as reasonable, fair, and normal.

UUCB Opportunities Fair
2025-01-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-26 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Curious about different groups and teams at UUCB and how to get involved? Join us for an Opportunities Fair during coffee hour following both the 9:00am and 11:00am services. UUCB’s groups and teams will each have an info table and sign-up sheets.

11:00am Service - Possible Futures
2025-01-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder

[Update: Fixed Link] Circle Singing Workshop - CircleSongs with Francisco Ruiz
2025-02-01 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
[Update:
Sorry about issues with that registration link!
Please click this link to register.]
CircleSongs is an immersion in sound, creativity, and community. It is a group singing technique that involves creating music through improvisation and collaboration, challenging all participants to play, sing, invent, imagine, and explore.
CircleSongs involves creating spontaneous vocal compositions in a group setting, often in a circle or semicircle, with each individual contributing through call and response, their own unique vocalizations, global rhythms, soaring melodies, lush harmonies, funny noises, invented language, silence, prayers, and laughter. In the circle, we make music, build trust, take risks, and embrace life to the fullest. Every song, every voice has a place in the circle.
Francisco brings his gorgeous voice, love of improvisation, and spiritual grounding to his embodiment of the principles of CircleSongs. All ages and abilities are enthusiastically welcomed as we create something wholly beautiful, spontaneous, and vibrant. We can’t do it without you!
This workshop is free! Register by scanning the QR code below.

9:00am Service - Share the Laughter, Bare the Pain
2025-02-02 09:00 - 22:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
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.

Exploring UUCB
2025-02-02 10:00 - 10:45, 2025-02-02 12:15 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Scott, our Community and Connection Manager, Rev. David and members of the congregation lead a monthly 45-minute introduction to Unitarian Universalism and the UU Church of Boulder. These are on the first Sunday of each month in the Listening Room.

Community Vegetable Garden: Winter Planning Meeting
2025-02-02 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
All are welcome as we figure out the plan for next season!

11:00am Service - Share the Laughter, Bare the Pain
2025-02-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder

State of the Congregation Informational Meeting
2025-02-02 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Hear updates from our staff team, the Board, Finance Team, and Endowment Team on what’s happening at church this year and what’s ahead. There are so many different things going on in so many different areas of church life. This meeting gives a look across what’s been happening and what’s ahead for the rest of this year and beyond.

Youth Group
2025-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
6th-12th graders enjoy dinner, connection, and spiritual practice.

Women's Spirituality Circle: Hygge, Cozy Comfort
2025-02-05 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
We welcome all who identify as women. Please join us at 6:30 pm for gathering and social time and we will begin our circle at 7:00 pm. We will explore HYGGE this month. In both Danish and Norwegian, hygge refers to being “cozy and comfortable”, or “a form of everyday togetherness”, “a pleasant and highly valued everyday experience of safety, equality, personal wholeness and a spontaneous social flow”. We will have hot chocolate and hot tea. Bring a cozy snack if you wish. Dress in your most cozy comfortable clothes, pajamas are ok!. If you’d like, bring a blanket, cozy sweater, pillow, stuffie. We will relax and connect. Questions? call/text Debbie Davies at 720-233-3922
