Churches of all denominations are targets for scams, especially the ones that use our trusting and helpful nature against us. We want to remind our Starr King community that nobody from the church, including our minister, will ever ask you for money or gift cards or make vague requests for help that require you to … Continue reading How to Handle Email Scams
We have become aware that persons in our congregation have been diagnosed with COVID. The following will continue to guide our work: Values of love, inclusion, justice, safety, and to do no harm Protection of the vulnerable among us: we will not contribute to community spread of COVID-19 Belief in Good Science, continuing to review … Continue reading COVID GUIDELINES: Caring for One Another
WHY ARE WE PARTYING THIS STEWARDSHIP SEASON? Great question! Community is a vital and precious aspect of our church life. Whenever we poll the congregation, Community ranks very high as an important blessing for each member. Community means shared values, coming together for worship, and caring for one another, our children and the earth. Community … Continue reading Why Are We Partying This Stewardship Season?
“If you haven’t been to General Assembly yet, you’ve missed a treat. At GA we get to join thousands of other UUs, meeting, connecting, worshiping, witnessing, learning, and doing the business of our Association, the UUA. I love it! I’ve been to 3 in person and 3 virtually.” Ben Ogilvie, church secretary What is General … Continue reading General Assembly: A Profound UU Experience
DRUUMM 2023 Census Survey DRUUMM — Diverse and Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries — is the oldest and largest Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) collective in Unitarian Universalism. DRUUMM organized in 1997 for mutual support and to advance an anti-racist, intersectional, multicultural faith. In August of 2023, DRUMM launched a pilot program to … Continue reading We Count What Matters
Stewardship – the protection of something considered worth caring for and preserving. Something precious. Have you noticed a new energy in our church? I have. You can see it in budding flowers and budding bushes, cottage meetings, congregational conversation sessions, laughing out of doors, singing without masks, and laughing at jokes from the pulpit, to … Continue reading Stewardship Season Begins
From Jeffrey Melcher, our Religious Education consultant: Dear SKUU community, There is always more to say, to write, and to care about. My time with Starr King UU Church has been a rewarding and engaging experience for me. It has reminded me of why I love being involved with UU communities and those passionate about engaging in … Continue reading Religious Education Report 2023
By Bob Britton Today, Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022, at 3:15 pm the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will hold a “Special” Board meeting to discuss the parameters of a potential Sheriff Oversight ordinance. Please speak at the meeting in support of strong independent sheriff oversight. You can speak at the meeting over zoom. A coalition … Continue reading Board of Supervisors Meeting on Sheriff Oversight
We have said our good-byes to our summer garden. We are so grateful to her for all the harvest gifts this year. Now it is time for our winter garden, carrots, beets, broccoli, and a sweet-pea tee-pee. The children will be able to sit inside and experience the garden from the inside out. SoUUlful Family … Continue reading Goodbye, Summer Garden
These poems are part of our annual Labor Day service this year. This tradition, started in 2003, is centered on social justice and HOPE. Poetry is one way we connect with the despair of injustice and our hope for a more just future. 2022 Labor Day Poems Old South Meeting House by January Gill O’Neil … Continue reading Labor Day Poems 2022
