{"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-19407 uu_services type-uu_services status-publish hentry uu_service_speaker-worship-committee\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small service-meta\"><time class=\"service-date\" datetime=\"2026-09-06T10:00:00-04:00\">September 6, 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\/bodies-of-water-ingathering-for-a-water-celebration\/\"><h3>Bodies of Water Ingathering for a Water Celebration<\/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\/worship-committee\/\" rel=\"tag\">Worship Committee<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We invite you to bring waters from travels or from precious places to gather ourselves for a year of community, wonder, and exploration.\u00a0 There will be some waters to share if you forget, and some waters to take with us in a different way.\u00a0 From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/bodies-of-water-ingathering-for-a-water-celebration\/\"><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-19409 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=\"2026-09-13T10:00:00-04:00\">September 13, 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\/forgive-jesus\/\"><h3>Forgive Jesus<\/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>Do you find it hard to forgive certain people? \u00a0How about yourself? \u00a0There are lots of clever quips about forgiveness &#8211; we\u2019ll share some of those. \u00a0But we\u2019ll also consider actions and thoughts that will enable us to loosen our grip on the past and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/forgive-jesus\/\"><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-19415 uu_services type-uu_services status-publish hentry uu_service_speaker-cuups-at-the-crossroads\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small service-meta\"><time class=\"service-date\" datetime=\"2026-09-20T10:00:00-04:00\">September 20, 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\/changing-of-the-leaves-and-our-lives-an-autumnal-equinox-service-cuups-2\/\"><h3>Changing of the Leaves and Our Lives: An Autumnal Equinox Service CUUPS<\/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\/cuups-at-the-crossroads\/\" rel=\"tag\">CUUPS at the Crossroads<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How are generosity, pluralism, and interdependence related to gratitude?\u00a0 The Fall Equinox offers us a chance for reflection on the changing of our lives and the importance of living gratefully as we face our challenges.<\/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-19413 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=\"2026-09-27T10:00:00-04:00\">September 27, 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\/lord-of-the-rings\/\"><h3>Lord of the Rings<\/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>In today\u2019s world it is easy to hide from the things we don\u2019t want to face. How do you avoid difficult situations and conversations? Avoidance and procrastination seldom end well, but we keep slipping that ring on our finger to disappear for a time. 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