First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
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At our society, we celebrate an authentic and inclusive community that spans generations, ethnicities, and differences. We believe in the power of togetherness, nurturing one another as we build a strong spiritual community.
Rami Bar-Niv performs his piece, Breezy Rider Rag, during the November 9, 2025 worship service. #ragtimepiano
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November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Rami Bar-Niv performs his piece, Breezy Rider Rag, during the November 9, 2025 worship service. #ragtimepiano
Want to learn more about our faith community? Connect here: www.uusf.org/newcomer-inf...
Want to learn more about our faith community? Connect here: www.uusf.org/newcomer-inf...
🌱✨ Join us on **Nov 16, 2025, at 10:50 AM** for a transformative service by **Rev. Kevin Alan Mann**! Discover nature's wisdom for resilience and unity in our fight against oppression. Let’s explore emergent strategies for thriving together! 🌍✊ #RootsAndWings #EmergentWisdom #UUCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🌱✨ Join us on **Nov 16, 2025, at 10:50 AM** for a transformative service by **Rev. Kevin Alan Mann**! Discover nature's wisdom for resilience and unity in our fight against oppression. Let’s explore emergent strategies for thriving together! 🌍✊ #RootsAndWings #EmergentWisdom #UUCommunity
A prayer for Día de los Muertos... Take a moment to honor your beloved ancestors with a prayer for Día de los Muertos from our Ministerial Intern Mark Caswell.
Want to learn more about our faith community? Connect here: bit.ly/uuconnection...
#fuusf #díadelosmuertos #unitarianuniversalist
Want to learn more about our faith community? Connect here: bit.ly/uuconnection...
#fuusf #díadelosmuertos #unitarianuniversalist
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A prayer for Día de los Muertos... Take a moment to honor your beloved ancestors with a prayer for Día de los Muertos from our Ministerial Intern Mark Caswell.
Want to learn more about our faith community? Connect here: bit.ly/uuconnection...
#fuusf #díadelosmuertos #unitarianuniversalist
Want to learn more about our faith community? Connect here: bit.ly/uuconnection...
#fuusf #díadelosmuertos #unitarianuniversalist
To nurture gratitude, one has to find ways to be present to the world around them, take stock of what is in their life, and look at the journey they are on. We will actively contemplate these themes and consider what might be on our lists to be thankful for.
November 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
To nurture gratitude, one has to find ways to be present to the world around them, take stock of what is in their life, and look at the journey they are on. We will actively contemplate these themes and consider what might be on our lists to be thankful for.
Join us as we navigate this season of remembrance, bring a photo memento to honor those we've lost and reflect on how their lives have shaped ours. Let's gather to celebrate the connections that transcend the veil between life and death. #MemorialService #Legacy #HonoringLives
October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Join us as we navigate this season of remembrance, bring a photo memento to honor those we've lost and reflect on how their lives have shaped ours. Let's gather to celebrate the connections that transcend the veil between life and death. #MemorialService #Legacy #HonoringLives
RALLY & MARCH
Thursday, October 22
5PM Embarcadero Plaza, SF
ICE has touched down & is gathering their forces. We are gathering to show united opposition and that we are ready.
Thursday, October 22
5PM Embarcadero Plaza, SF
ICE has touched down & is gathering their forces. We are gathering to show united opposition and that we are ready.
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
RALLY & MARCH
Thursday, October 22
5PM Embarcadero Plaza, SF
ICE has touched down & is gathering their forces. We are gathering to show united opposition and that we are ready.
Thursday, October 22
5PM Embarcadero Plaza, SF
ICE has touched down & is gathering their forces. We are gathering to show united opposition and that we are ready.
Join us for the Immigrant Recognition Festival on Saturday, October 25th, from 11 am to 5 pm at St. Mark's Square! Celebrate immigrant contributions with music, food, crafts, workshops, and activities for kids. Co-sponsored by local organizations.
October 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Join us for the Immigrant Recognition Festival on Saturday, October 25th, from 11 am to 5 pm at St. Mark's Square! Celebrate immigrant contributions with music, food, crafts, workshops, and activities for kids. Co-sponsored by local organizations.
We've seen many changes over time—our meeting places, theology, worship styles, and diversity among ministers. Yet, some things remain constant, especially one important role we play that often goes unmentioned. Join us for service, the luncheon, celebration, and auction!
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We've seen many changes over time—our meeting places, theology, worship styles, and diversity among ministers. Yet, some things remain constant, especially one important role we play that often goes unmentioned. Join us for service, the luncheon, celebration, and auction!
Organist Reiko Oda Lane plays Pachelbel's Ciacona in d-minor during the Sunday, October 5 worship service. To hear more Reiko, visit our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@UUSFMedia.
#organ #uuchurch #pachelbel
#organ #uuchurch #pachelbel
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Organist Reiko Oda Lane plays Pachelbel's Ciacona in d-minor during the Sunday, October 5 worship service. To hear more Reiko, visit our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@UUSFMedia.
#organ #uuchurch #pachelbel
#organ #uuchurch #pachelbel
We celebrate our 175th anniversary with a visit from Diane Miller, our first woman minister, who served in 1976. She will share unique insights from her ministry. Diane later became UUA Director of Ministry from 1993 to 2001. A special coffee hour with birthday cake and a surprise guest will follow.
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We celebrate our 175th anniversary with a visit from Diane Miller, our first woman minister, who served in 1976. She will share unique insights from her ministry. Diane later became UUA Director of Ministry from 1993 to 2001. A special coffee hour with birthday cake and a surprise guest will follow.
An excerpt from Rev. Laura Shennum's sermon, "Building Belonging in the Midst of Differences" #fuusf #buildingbelonging #belonging #unitarianuniversalist
September 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
An excerpt from Rev. Laura Shennum's sermon, "Building Belonging in the Midst of Differences" #fuusf #buildingbelonging #belonging #unitarianuniversalist
September 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As we approach roadblocks, stop signs, detours, and potholes on the path to belonging, what spiritual technology can we employ to continue along the path? Who or what stands in the way of naming our belonging in a community? Is internal repair needed to meet the welcoming road ahead?
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As we approach roadblocks, stop signs, detours, and potholes on the path to belonging, what spiritual technology can we employ to continue along the path? Who or what stands in the way of naming our belonging in a community? Is internal repair needed to meet the welcoming road ahead?
"Building Belonging in the Midst of Differences"
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 10:50 am
Let's explore how to build belonging amidst our differences and learn to call each other into covenant. Together, we’ll develop new skills to help us create belonging.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 10:50 am
Let's explore how to build belonging amidst our differences and learn to call each other into covenant. Together, we’ll develop new skills to help us create belonging.
September 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"Building Belonging in the Midst of Differences"
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 10:50 am
Let's explore how to build belonging amidst our differences and learn to call each other into covenant. Together, we’ll develop new skills to help us create belonging.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 10:50 am
Let's explore how to build belonging amidst our differences and learn to call each other into covenant. Together, we’ll develop new skills to help us create belonging.
"Revisiting Stories: The Prodigal Son and Belonging"
Sunday, September 14, 2025, 10:50 am
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister, preaching
Sunday, September 14, 2025, 10:50 am
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister, preaching
September 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Revisiting Stories: The Prodigal Son and Belonging"
Sunday, September 14, 2025, 10:50 am
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister, preaching
Sunday, September 14, 2025, 10:50 am
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister, preaching
We will be regathered into community for another year in our annual Water Communion Service this Sunday. Separateness is an illusion. We were meant to meet and merge and make a life together. Bring your waters from your travels, your garden spigot, or the ocean around the corner, or use some of ours
September 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We will be regathered into community for another year in our annual Water Communion Service this Sunday. Separateness is an illusion. We were meant to meet and merge and make a life together. Bring your waters from your travels, your garden spigot, or the ocean around the corner, or use some of ours
The labor anthem Solidarity Forever asks, "Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight?" UUs value democracy, peace, and equitable treatment for all. What will it take to transform our values into effective resistance to fascism? Let's explore this question this Labor Day weekend.
August 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The labor anthem Solidarity Forever asks, "Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight?" UUs value democracy, peace, and equitable treatment for all. What will it take to transform our values into effective resistance to fascism? Let's explore this question this Labor Day weekend.
Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology and expert in the study of emotion, has been focusing on the human experience of wonder. What is its power? Where and how do we find it? Why is it worth making room for? His book "Awe" will be our September Minister's Book Group book!
August 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology and expert in the study of emotion, has been focusing on the human experience of wonder. What is its power? Where and how do we find it? Why is it worth making room for? His book "Awe" will be our September Minister's Book Group book!
In Episode 5 of the "Pod and Country" podcast "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," we feature personal stories from individuals affected by immigration policies. Listen here: [Pod and Country Episode 5](podandcountry.podbean.com/e/r-e-s-p-e-...).
Pod and Country Ep.5 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T | Pod and Country
Last month, we interviewed Professor Bill Ong Hing, founder of the Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic. Professor Hing had a lot to say about our broken immigration system. He suggested things ...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In Episode 5 of the "Pod and Country" podcast "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," we feature personal stories from individuals affected by immigration policies. Listen here: [Pod and Country Episode 5](podandcountry.podbean.com/e/r-e-s-p-e-...).
Students in Rev. Laura Shennum's Love at the Center class share what they've learned about love. #unitarianuniversalism #radicallove
August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Students in Rev. Laura Shennum's Love at the Center class share what they've learned about love. #unitarianuniversalism #radicallove
Open Door Legal and UUSF need volunteers for a garden renovation on Saturdays in September (9/6, 9/13, 9/20) from 9 AM to 3 PM. Three volunteers plus an alternate are needed each day. Sign up and bring gardening gloves if possible. Go to www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EAD... to volunteer
Open Door Legal Garden Cleanup
Open Door Legal, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco (https://opendoorlegal.org), provides free legal services to low-income residents, covering over 35 legal areas to ensure universal access to...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Open Door Legal and UUSF need volunteers for a garden renovation on Saturdays in September (9/6, 9/13, 9/20) from 9 AM to 3 PM. Three volunteers plus an alternate are needed each day. Sign up and bring gardening gloves if possible. Go to www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EAD... to volunteer
Our musicians this week have a ministry companioning those through death and dying. We will sit with what it means to be with those on the journey across the threshold to death. How can music be a part of it? How does our sense of dying inform the way we live in ways that are liberating and joyful?
August 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Our musicians this week have a ministry companioning those through death and dying. We will sit with what it means to be with those on the journey across the threshold to death. How can music be a part of it? How does our sense of dying inform the way we live in ways that are liberating and joyful?
Enjoy this snippet of the "All for One and One for All" sermon at UUSF last Sunday. The full sermon and worship service can be found on our YouTube channel.
#fuusf #unitarianuniversalism #universalism
#fuusf #unitarianuniversalism #universalism
August 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Enjoy this snippet of the "All for One and One for All" sermon at UUSF last Sunday. The full sermon and worship service can be found on our YouTube channel.
#fuusf #unitarianuniversalism #universalism
#fuusf #unitarianuniversalism #universalism
We will pick up our conversation from July and explore the remaining themes from the book, "Love at the Center." Participants from the class will share their reflections on what they learned about and what they currently believe about love.
August 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We will pick up our conversation from July and explore the remaining themes from the book, "Love at the Center." Participants from the class will share their reflections on what they learned about and what they currently believe about love.