Activities 2024
UUFBR enjoys hosting a great variety of activities for our members and friends.
Please contact either of our Co-Presidents if you would like information about any of our activities or would like to propose a new one.
If you would like to add your name to our regular email notifications for activities, please use this page to add your contact information.
🏳️🌈 Recognize Pride Month and Renew Your Wedding Vows at UUFBR 👨❤️👨👩❤️👩👩❤️👨
Every year, the month of June is recognized as Pride Month to honor the contributions to society made by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other people of diverse sexualities and genders (LGBTQ+). On Sunday, June 2, 2024, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton (UUFBR) offers a unique and heartfelt experience for same-sex couples and their opposite-sex allies. UUFBR invites LGBTQ+couples to celebrate their love by participating in a non-denominational mass wedding vow renewal ceremony.
The vow renewal ceremony provides a moment of romance and recommitment as UUFBR recognizes Pride Month. As we celebrate our LGBTQ+ community, we reaffirm the rights of every person to live free from discrimination and persecution based on who they are or who they love. This open and inclusive event encourages all couples, regardless of their background, to join in the celebration of love and unity before the beloved community.
The Reverend Kathy Tew Rickey, interim minister for UUFBR, expresses her enthusiasm, “I will always hold dear the memory of standing outside the Pittsford, New York Town Hall in the Summer of 2011. I was holding dozens of red roses and my calling cards. The roses I offered to same sex couples in celebration as they emerged, beaming with marriage licenses in hand. With my calling card I offered to officiate their wedding ceremony pro bono. I performed five same-sex weddings that summer, all joyous occasions.”
Renew Your Vows with Rev. Kathy Tew Rickey
The struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights started with the Stonewall Riots in 1969. Same-sex marriage has been an important milestone because a legal marriage provides over 1,000 rights, protections, and benefits to spouses. Thus, Unitarian Universalists have understood that marriage equality is the inherent right of every person.”
Today, our Unitarian Universalist principles call us to seek justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. Further, we are called to resist political barriers to marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights in states like Florida. Our Fellowship in Boca Raton is welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community. Please join us in celebrating PRIDE and marriage equality with our “We Still Do” renewal of vows event. RSVP now to Rev. Kathy at
Schedule: 10:30 AM Sunday Service, 11:30 AM Wedding Vow Renewals, 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM Coffee Service.
International Coastal Cleanup
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Join UUs in the International Coastal Cleanup on September 22nd at 12 noon. Sign up to volunteer in University Woodlands Park, 2501 St. Andrews Blvd. (off Glades Rd.) and the area surrounding the fellowship grounds to pick up litter and loose trash.
🛐 Enjoy the service, then enjoy Nature as we put the UU 7th Principle into practice: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. We believe in caring for our planet Earth, the home we share with all living things, by hosting cleanups of University Woodlands Park and playground (and parking lot of UUFBR).
🗑️ The UUFBR Ace of CUUPs, in partnership with Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, will provide trash bags, buckets, grabbers and gloves. Registration will take place during coffee service. You may pre-register for this event by requesting the Volunteer Registration Forms by email to
Calling all Snack Angels
☕ We need 2 volunteers to brew and serve coffee on April 28.
Volunteers need to arrive at 10 AM to start heating coffee water. Full instructions are in a folder near the coffee maker.
We all thank you for stepping up to make Sundays more welcoming and delicious. Contact Rona Solomon
New Volunteer Opportunities
Looking for a way to get involved? Check out our Volunteer page! We are especially looking for a Compassionate Card Sender, Ushers, Zoom Chaplains, Chatmeisters and Worship Leaders/Emcees.
Sunday Services
This is a summary of our regular Sunday activities with links to participate in the on-line service with interactive ZOOM. Past services are available via our Facebook and Spotify pages. The page is updated each week with current descriptions of services. You can bookmark this page as a ready way to join the service. Links for online service are active about 10:20 each Sunday and the service begins about 10:30 AM.
Small Group Ministry (aka Soul Matters)
Looking to go deeper on your Unitarian Universalist spiritual journey? There are several small group ministries meeting either in person or on Zoom. They will be based on the Soul Matters Sharing Circles curriculum. For more information contact Louis Merlin or Rev. Kathy.
UU Midweek Meditation
Join on Wednesday evening this half hour of music, time just to breathe together, and sharing of words to lift the spirit. This is meant to be a time of meditation, a time of prayer.
Pagan Study Group (BRAce of CUUPs)
🧙♀️ Wiccans welcome! Explore Earth-centered spirituality and paganism with fellow UUs. Meetings on 1st and 3rd Monday: the 1st Monday meeting of the month is virtual via Zoom, and the 3rd is in-person in the Parker Room.
The Forum
Engage in spirited group discussion of social and political issues on Saturday mornings. Weekly topics are emailed to regular participants weekly.
Healing Justice
Healing Justice is a small group that works together to counter racism wherever it occurs. We recognize that racism is complex and exists at all levels, from individual to societal. Action taken recently includes education for our own congregation about why we are considering incorporating a proposed 8th Principle. More direct recent action includes supporting UU the Vote as a precursor to upending structural racism in our nation. Healing Justice meets on the third Thursday of each month.
Movie Group
Never leave the comfort of your home. Make your own popcorn! Watch a movie that’s free on Netflix at any time during the week then join the group on Saturday afternoon for a sharing of views and discussion. The movies are suggested by group members and selections are by group vote. This page is updated weekly. You can bookmark it as a reference.
Book Club
The Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month to discuss a book selected by the presenter for that month. We read fiction and non-fiction and varied genres. It’s a great way to enjoy books and meet new people.
Friday Night Social
We wind down the week with a Friday Night Social. Meet new friends, share your week, kick back and relax!
Game Night - First Fridays
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us at UUFBR for a GAME NIGHT on the first Friday of each month from 7:00-9:00 PM.
We’ll provide pizza and water… and lots of games! Feel free to bring a favorite game and/or other food and beverages of your choice.
RSVP to Membership
UUFBR Ukulele Group
The UUkuleles are back!
Meeting on the second Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Fellowship.
New members welcomed.
Chalice Choir
🎼 Our Chalice Choir is open to all members and friends. Rehearsals are on Sundays mornings at 9:30 am just before the service, which begins at 10:30 am.
The choir helps lead Sunday morning worship each Sunday. The choir also participates in the Solstice and Christmas Eve services.
Endowment Fund
The Endowment Funds Committee takes charge of gifts and bequests to UUFBR for use for long-term development funds and special projects. Members of the committee are elected by the congregation for three year terms. The committee will routinely accept cash, stock, real or personal tangible property. It will invest funds and make grants. It has funded ministerial interns at UUFBR.
Share The Plate
The Share The Plate offerings made by congregants are evenly split between UUFBR and charities recommended by congregants in which they may have a special interest or involvement.
Sharex
| Sharex offers affordable meeting space including classrooms, a large hall with kitchen access , an outside patio and our sanctuary which has seating for 200 persons. Current Sharex partners include non profits and Tai Chi classes, Acupuncture, a symphony and other local organizations. | |
Updated Web Site
Our website update is a work-in-progress with our all-volunteer team. Some things are fresh, others are still awaiting a volunteer to step forward. Look for changes on an irregular basis.
Updated Member Service Database
Empower – This is a web-based program to improve member service and communication. The Member Portal provides easy access for members and friends to view and update contact information, view an on-line directory of members and friends, and additional information.