Join us for our Sunday Worship Services Welcome! Are you looking for a community, fellowship, or a place to explore and perhaps deepen your spirituality? At First Unitarian you will find all of this and more. Come ... be our guest. Find what you are seeking.
What to Expect
One of our greeters will likely meet you and answer questions as you come in. If you complete our guest form, we'll also send you a few copies of our newsletter.
Our services are about an hour in length, and include music, hymns, readings, and a sermon. After the service, we invite you to join us for coffee hour, a time for discussion and making friends. This is also a great time to inquire about the many activities we have going on and to visit our Welcome table.
In the meantime, browse our web site, meet our ministers, check out our education programs for children and adults. Or listen to some sample sermons. Questions? What to wear? What we believe, etc.? Review our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.
Our faith, Unitarian Universalism, is spiritually alive and justice-centered.
Unitarian Universalists search for truth along many paths. Instead of centering our religion on specific beliefs, we gather around shared moral values that include the inherent worth and dignity of every person.
With its historical roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions, Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion that keeps an open mind to the religious questions people have struggled with through the ages. We believe personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in religion, and that in the end, religious authority lies not in a book or person or institution, but in ourselves.
To learn more about Unitarian Universalism's religious roots and theologies, visit the Unitarian Universalist Association's "Beliefs Within Our Faith." For other information about the denomination, visit the web site of the Unitarian Universalist Association. You can also check out Wikipedia's description of Unitarian Universalism and learn about our congregation's principles and purpose.
Are you a Unitarian Universalist and just don't know it yet? Try this quiz about what you believe.
Suggested Reading for Newcomers
Worship Services & Times
Please join us for Sunday worship services. We recommend you attend 3-4 services to really “try us out.” And be sure to come into Wendte Hall (adjacent to our sanctuary) for fellowship and refreshments after the service. We look forward to welcoming you and getting to know you.
Sunday Worship Services
Our Sunday Worship services are at 9:15 am and 11:15 am. We would be delighted to have you join us.
Most Sundays we also hold a special 30-minute family service for adults and children of all ages at our intergenerational service at 10:30 am. For information on the Religious Education program offered for school aged children, please see the Children's Religious Education page.
Directions
We are located at 685 14th Street in Oakland, CA. Check out our directions page for maps, parking and transportation information.
Still have questions? Please contact us.