14/11/2025
Dear Friends,
It is the time of year when we are called, more than ever to be thankful.
As Robin Wall Kimmerer puts it:
“We are showered every day with the gifts of the Earth, gifts we have neither earned nor paid for: air to breathe, nurturing rain, black soil, berries and honeybees, the tree that became this page, a bag of rice, and the exuberance of a field of goldenrod and asters at full bloom.”
and
“Thriving is possible only if you have nurtured strong bonds with your community.”
With that spirit in mind, we have good news: our UU Saturday is just one week away!
When & What:
1) Chalice Circle: We’ll have a service on Gratitude at 11 am in the Church room of the Haus of Religionen (Europaplaz)
2) We’ll have our annual business meeting over Eritrean brunch at that Haus of Religion at 12:30 (please confirm if you are coming so I adjust the reservation)
and
3) We’ll lead the neighborhood in a spiral dance as part of the light festival: https://www.frieden.refbern.ch/agenda/lichterfest-fuer-alle-kulturen-religionen-und-generationen-2416x.html?date=19083 (from 15h - 17h, after the Camerata concert and before the Parade) in the -2 floor (underground) of Holligerhof 8.
For the service please bring a poem that inspires you. This may be our last service of our year of poetry - we shall see if we continue! (2026 plans are to be decided in our business meeting - come with your ideas and calendar).
For info, we are terminating our relationship with meet up this week. If you use meetup, please instead come join our mailing list on the google group :
https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/unitarian-universalist-fellowship-of-bern
You can also find us advertising on facebook or instagram, but email is still the best way to communicate.
Website: https://uubern.wordpress.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uubern.ch/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UUbern
Also remember that we have 2 more films scheduled for 2026:
22nd January – No Impact Man - E/d - the Beavan Family abandons their high-consumption lifestyle in a search to live completely in tune with nature; by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280011/)
5th March - Nathalie - Dialect, F/d,f - Nathalie struggles to provide for her family with few resources in wealthy Switzerland, by Tamara Milosevic (https://www.filmbringer.ch/nathalie/)
And our first chalice circle in 2026 in January 10th at 11, at Haus der religionen.
We hope to see you soon!
Best,
Our chalice circle is a small group of individuals who gather once per month to reflect, share, and inspire.
