{"id":5100,"date":"2017-11-02T18:53:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T22:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruu.org\/?page_id=5100"},"modified":"2025-12-07T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:08:10","slug":"coming-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/coming-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel panel-default cls-panel cls-ale-class\" data-heading-level=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-body\">\n<p><strong>Three choices on how to view our services<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In-Person<\/strong>: Everyone is invited to attend services in-person; we are a welcoming congregation. We sit in traditional wooden pews inside our building, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary soon.\u00a0 There is full access to the Fellowship Hall on the first floor and the Sanctuary on the second floor, using an elevator.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zoom<\/strong>: Everyone is invited to attend the services via Zoom. Send e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:bruuservice@bruu.org\">bruuservice@bruu.org<\/a> to get the Zoom link. \u00a0The link and number for our worship service will go live beginning at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li><b>Review past services: <\/b>If you find it better for you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/about-us\/podcasts\/\">watch recordings of past services<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Sunday Services are 10:00-11:00AM.\u00a0 Each service can be quite different.\u00a0 If you are checking out BRUU to see if it &#8220;melts your butter,&#8221; please plan to attend several services.<\/p>\n<div class=\"uua-services uu-service-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"featured post-19203 uu_services type-uu_services status-publish hentry uu_service_speaker-rev-david-brown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small service-meta\"><time class=\"service-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-05T10:00:00-04:00\">July 5, 2026 at 10:00 am<\/time><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/power-of-two\/\"><h3>Power of Two<\/h3><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entrymeta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"speaker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/speaker\/rev-david-brown\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rev David Brown<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What we need is a constant disruption in our life \u2013 a constant reminder of what is happening \u2013 an interruption that reminds us that we are not alone \u2013 that we don\u2019t have to manage this by ourselves \u2013 a reminder that there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/power-of-two\/\"><strong>&#8230; read more<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"featured post-19205 uu_services type-uu_services status-publish hentry uu_service_speaker-rev-david-brown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small service-meta\"><time class=\"service-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-12T10:00:00-04:00\">July 12, 2026 at 10:00 am<\/time><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/pursuit-of-happiness\/\"><h3>Pursuit of Happiness<\/h3><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entrymeta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"speaker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/speaker\/rev-david-brown\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rev David Brown<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Searching for happiness is a fool&#8217;s errand &#8211; but living life with certain principles results in happiness. Let&#8217;s discuss 8 principles for happy living<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"featured post-19207 uu_services type-uu_services status-publish hentry uu_service_speaker-lee-simon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small service-meta\"><time class=\"service-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-19T10:00:00-04:00\">July 19, 2026 at 10:00 am<\/time><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/three-thoughts-on-war\/\"><h3>Three Thoughts on War<\/h3><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entrymeta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"speaker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/speaker\/lee-simon\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lee Simon<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lee Simon will speak about why people go to war; why past, present and future wars are against their interests; and include an excerpt from the book Johnny Got His Gun, with additional quotes from famous thinkers and warriors.  His goal is to increase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/three-thoughts-on-war\/\"><strong>&#8230; read more<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"featured post-19209 uu_services type-uu_services status-publish hentry uu_service_speaker-rev-david-brown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small service-meta\"><time class=\"service-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-26T10:00:00-04:00\">July 26, 2026 at 10:00 am<\/time><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/five-remembrances\/\"><h3>Five Remembrances<\/h3><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entrymeta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"speaker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/speaker\/rev-david-brown\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rev David Brown<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Buddhists have a teaching they call the Five Remembrances. It may seem counterintuitive, but when someone frightens us, we need to face it, explore it with curiosity, and ultimately accept it. 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