Worship Services & Videos

Led by Rev Dr. Kharma Amos For the month of February, our theme is Justice & Equity (two of the values in the new UUA Article 2 proposal which will face final vote this summer). Today, we’ll begin our reflections by jumping directly into questions of Class. What should we be thinking about and doing […]

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos No exploration of Love, especially the liberating kind, is complete without an explicit focus on the form of love we call compassion.  This weekend is International Holocaust Memorial Day, when people around the world will be remembering one of the most tragic times in modern human history.  Our reflections

Led by guest speaker, Dr. Carla Sherrell In this service, we’ll reflect on the challenge of liberating love — i.e. setting Love free!  We’ll focus on the ways that love needs liberating inside ourselves and in the world. This requires that we resist minimizing the realities of oppression internally and externally, and that we be

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos  As we prepare to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, let’s revisit the Beloved Community that was central to his dream for a new global reality. You’ll hear UUs using this phrase “Beloved Community” quite a lot, and it is rooted in King’s use of the term.  What is

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos About many things, we are ignorant (i.e., we simply don’t know). Consequently, we spend a lot of time making up stories or projecting assumptions. How we do this can either be helpful or harmful to us and our relationships, and it definitely impacts our quality of life. Let’s talk

CANCELLED due to snowstorm Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos As we kick off a month of reflections on the Gift of Liberating Love, we’ll start closest to home by asking how and if Love has Liberated Us, individually?  In the wisdom of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, being able to receive love (or perhaps

Led by members of the UUCB Worship Committee Music by Ann Hartzler

7 pm  As we hear again the well-known story of the birth of Jesus, let’s ponder together the mysteries of incarnate love. More importantly, let’s take this opportunity to be intentional about how WE will incarnate/embody love in this world. Louise Gephart will provide gathering music on her harp before the service Music will be

Led by Rev. Dr. Kharma Amos and Toben Cooney-Callnan, Music by Derek Herzer. Gathering Music by the Caswell Family before the service As we hear again the well-known story of the birth of Jesus, let’s ponder together the mysteries of incarnate love. More importantly, let’s take this opportunity to be intentional about how WE will

Led by Rev Dr. Kharma Amos Later this week, nestled between the end of Hanukkah and the steady progression of Advent, we will observe the Winter Solstice. How appropriate, as we continue our thematic exploration of the Gift of Mystery, to consider the wisdom of the earth in winter! Today, our intergenerational orchestra will provide