Welcome!

We create loving community
through worship and service to others.

Live Oak is a progressive spiritual community in the heart of Alameda. We walk diverse paths to find meaning and purpose, but are united by our belief in the worth and dignity of all, and the obligation to express our faith through acts of justice and compassion. Join us as we create a diverse, spirit-growing, justice-seeking community.

We look forward to welcoming you! Be our guest in our fully wheelchair accessible home: 1700 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda (in the Christ Episcopal Church building at the corner of Santa Clara and Grand).

Join us in the sanctuary for worship and music on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month (January through December). And meet with us in the Guild Room on 2nd Sundays of the month for "Soul Talk", our drop-in monthly adult discussion group. And we offer other occasional educational or recreational activities, too.s

Children and youth join the adults for the first 15 minutes of each worship service, which includes music and a story for all ages. Children and their teachers then head to their classrooms. Several times a year, the children stay and participate with the adults in a multi-generational service. Children are, of course, always welcome to stay with a parent in the service. And, of course, parents are always welcome to go into the classroom with their child(ren).

Accessibility is important to us. The spaces we use on Sundays (sanctuary, guild room, parish hall, kitchen, bathrooms, and courtyard) are all wheelchair accessible. We also offer assisted listening devices for use in the sanctuary and large-print Orders of Service (programs). Please let the greeter (just inside the front doors) know if any of these will be helpful to you. And please do tell us if you have other needs we might be able to accommodate.

Supper and more: Many friends and members stay after our worship services for conversation and a fellowship meal. Everyone is invited to stay to get to know us and to break bread together. We hope you, too, will join us.

For more details, please contact info@uuliveoak.org.

Next Worship Service: Sunday, January 19, 4:00 p.m.

Worship: Sunday, February 2, 4:00 p.m.
Worship led by Guest Worship Leader Kai Marks
20/20 Vision

There is no shortage of metaphors for clarity of vision and inspiration as we head into a new decade. Something about the change in decade or of nice round numbers seems to intrigue us and call us toward a clearer vision of who we may yet become. Helen Keller once said that the only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision, and George Washington Carver knew that where there is no vision, there is no hope. Join us as we explore what it means to have a sense of clarity and vision for ourselves and for the world.

Kai Marks is a writer, teacher, archetypal consultant, and spiritual director. We are pleased to welcome Kai, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Redwood City, back to preach at Live Oak UU again. Don't miss this service!

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