Services
We meet together every second and fourth Sunday of the month at 10am as a fellowship of reasoning and spiritual individuals to nurture our spirit. You are invited to join from 9.45 am for the service.
The service on the second Sunday of the month is generally in-person at the TS Society building (Wickham Terrace, Brisbane), with a Zoom link for people who can’t join us face to face. (This Zoom link is best efforts!)
The service on the fourth Sunday of the month is online by Zoom only. Up to date advice on the next service and the Zoom link details are published mid-week before the next service by email and on our Facebook Page.
If you are not on our email distribution list, you can be added by emailing info@brisbaneuu.org.au.
Meeting Structure
- Welcome and Opening Words
- Words of Reconciliation
- Music / Songs
- Lighting of the Chalice
- Sharing of personal joys and concerns
- Meditation
- Address / Main presentation
- Closing Music / Songs
- Extinguishing the Chalice
- Announcements
2024
| Date | Service Topic | Service Leaders |
| 11 February | Begin Again – Water Service (in-person) | Lynn Kelly & Renee Hills |
| 25 February | Breathing the Spirit of Life (by Zoom) | Sally Mabelle (Taupo UU Fellowship) |
| 10 March | Inclusion through the lens of International Women’s Day (in-person) | Renee Hills |
| 25 March | The joys and challenges of being part of a lay-led community (by Zoom) | Carol Maciel (Rio De Janerio UU) |
| 14 April | Death and Memory (in person) | Neville Buch |
| 28 April | A Geological Perspective on What Matters (Online service) | George Shaw |
| 12 May | Reflections on the Meaning of Work (in person & ZOOM) | Lynn Kelly |
| 26 May | The Convenience of Contempt (ZOOM service) | Rev Tet Gallardo |
| 9 June | TBA (in person) | |
| 23 June | Online service | |
| 14 July | TBA (in person) | |
| 28 July | ANZUUA all Australia and NZ Service at 1pm (ZOOM) | |
| 11 Aug | TBA (in person) | |
| 16 – 18 Aug | BUUF Retreat – at Springbrook Retreat Centre Arrive after 3pm Friday, depart after lunch Sunday | Our Community |
| 25 Aug | Online service | |
| 8 Sept | TBA (in person) | |
| 22 Sept | Online service | |
| 13 Oct | TBA (in person) | |
| 27 Oct | Online service | |
| 10 Nov | TBA (in person) | |
| 24 Nov | Online service | |
| 8 Dec | Final service for 2024 – in-person, Christmas lunch |
2023
| Feb 12 | Welcome to BUUF 2023! Water Communion service | James Hills |
| Feb 26 | Wisdom: The last of the Stoic Virtues | Marta |
| Mar 12 | Wear shoes ladies, there’s glass everywhere: the glass ceiling in the digital space | Renee Hills |
| Mar 26 | On unconditional love | Marta |
| Apr 9 | Spiritual Resilience | Lynn Kelly |
| Apr 23 | Earth Day – investing in ourselves, our communities & our earth | Marta |
| May 14 | Mother Earth | Gill Eastgate |
| May 28 | Beyond the stoics: exploring the virtue of faith | Marta |
| Jun 11 | Unitarian Universalism is a living tradition – for better or worse | Lynn Kelly |
| Jun 25 | Embracing Winter’s Wisdom: Finding Meaning and Transformation in the Season of Stillness | Marta |
| Jul 9 | Exploring Connections with our Ancestors, Ourselves, Our Communities and All That Is | Renee Hills |
| Jul 23 | A righteous anger – what motivates one to change the world | Marta |
| Aug 13 | Supporting the Indigenous Voice to Parliament: A Unitarian Perspective | James |
| Aug 27 | Everyday philanthropy: from little things, big things grow | Marta |
| Sept 10 | Shit happens; What Buddhists and Stoics can teach us about how to be happy anyway. | John Kelly |
| Sept 24 | Staying soft in a hard world | Marta |
| Oct 8 | The Life and Thought of Fr Thomas Merton: Shared Values and Inspirations. | Alfred Schmidley |
| Oct 22 | Holy or Holey… or maybe just Wholly? | Marta |
| Nov 12 | Building our Spiritual Toolbox: lessons from the Unitarian College of the UK Worship Studies course | Lynn Kelly |
| Nov 26 | Embracing Tomorrow: Stepping Forward Without Regret | Marta |
| Dec 10 | Christmas get together, lunch | Wendy |
2022
| Jan 23 2022 | The 1st service this year will be a Water Communion service | Renee and Marta |
| Feb 13 2022 | Living with Intention | Lynn Kelly |
| Feb 27 2022 | A most wonderful garden | Marta |
| March 13 | Women hold up half the sky | Renee |
| March 27 | A most wonderful garden | Marta |
| April 10 | Sympathy, Empathy, and Compassion | Lynn Kelly |
| April 24 | Celebration of the Earth to commemorate Earth Day (22 April) | Marta Browne |
| May 8 | The mother: honoring the divine feminine between the maiden & the crone | Marta |
| May 22 | All things bright and beautiful… and all the rest | Marta |
| June 11 | Charity in Islam – Fear and Purity | Juanita |
| June 26 | Solitude | Mahesha |
| July 10 | The four most important words | Marta |
| July 24 | Altruism | Mahesha |
| August 14 | Why is there Something instead of Nothing? | Andrew |
| August 19-21 | Retreat – https://www.brisbaneuu.org.au/retreat2022.pdf | Community |
| Aug 27 | Room for both: Why we need darkness as well as light | Marta |
| Sept 11 | The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully | Lynn Kelly |
| Sept 25 | The 6 types of courage | Marta |
| October 9 | Living our Values | Lynne Hurst |
| October 23 | Exploring Temperance as a Stoic Virtue in Daily Life | Marta |
| Nov 13 | Right Relations | Jennifer Dunkle |
| Nov 27 | Justice in all its forms | Marta |
| Dec 11 | Christmas get together |