Creatives for Compassionate Communities join Urban Sanctuary for our quarterly Arts and Spirituality Mini Retreat - Reaching Across the Story In this simple storytelling mini-retreat, we will invite you to step into playful and creative ways to explore stories other than your own. This creative exercise is not necessarily about becoming a storyteller. It’s about […]

This week’s poems are: November by Lynna Odel. Of Politics, & Art by Norman Dubie Holy Liberation by Julie Fehrenbacher Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 Poems:  SpiritualPoetryClass 46_ 3-17-2021

All God's Children: Becoming Authentically Multi-Cultural Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Congregational member, Victor Aught, and Pastor Dana discuss the challenging journey toward being an authentically multi-cultural community. Do we have friends across racial, cultural, and economic differences? What can a church that is mostly white, learn from the PBS series on the Black Church? Click here […]

This week’s poems are: I Go Back to May 1937 by Sharon Olds. The Booksigning by James Tate Sifter by Naomi Shihab Nye PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #47 24March2021 Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824  

All God's Children: Becoming Authentically Multi-Cultural, Part Two Guest speaker: Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones Rev. Nancy is the Minister at our neighboring First Unitarian Church and co-author of the book Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multi-Culturalism As Urban Sanctuary takes our learnings from recent deep dives into conversations on racial justice, we will […]

In-person outdoor service Church Courtyard 10 a.m. Due to capacity limits and safety protocols an RSVP is required RSVP to Lorraine Glick at [email protected]   A Pre-recorded online Easter Service available by request Email [email protected] and we will send you the link to the service

This week’s poems are: My Einsteinicityby Lynne Thompson The Chaos Song by Robert Graves A Poem for Mysel fby Etheridge Knight Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #50 14April2021    

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Vibrant Conversations and Communities Special Guest Rev. Sandhya Jha, Founder of the Oakland Peace Center As we embark on our series The Future of […]

This week’s poems are: Burlap Sack by Jane Hirshfield The Guest House by Rumi The Supple Cord by Naomi Shihab Nye Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual […]

Theme: Speaking Truth in Love: A People of Covenant, Hospitality, Unity, and Reconciliation Scripture: Ephesians 4.1-16 With the emphasis on verses 15-16: “But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament […]

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Jesus and the Rising of the Next Generation Special Guest Rev. Sandhya Jha, Founder of the Oakland Peace Center As we embark on our series The Future of Spiritual Communities we're reading some of the rising stories in the gospels. In Mark 5:21-43 Jesus gets distracted by other demands […]

This week’s poems are: Ars Poetica #100: I Believe by Elizabeth Alexander. The Afterlife by Louis Jenkins. Remember by Joy Harjo. Zoom link: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824 PDF of Poems: Spiritual Poetry Class #52 28April2021