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Baja 4
2020-2021 Worship Season

Sunday Service

Fellowship

Online Baja 4 Sunday Services 
Our Baja 4 congregations here in Southern Arizona have joined together through the pandemic to craft worship that speaks to our souls in these days of social distancing and social uprising. 
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Use the links below to watch!
Virtual BUU Fellowship Hour
Join Borderlands UU on Sundays 11am to noonish for a time of sharing using the Zoom communications application.

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Your link to join Fellowship will be here on Sundays
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ALL are welcome!

Your invitation to our next Fellowship will be posted here
by 10am, Sunday, each week:
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 >CLICK HERE!<

​Your password for Fellowship
is in the email sent out Sunday morning.

Covenant in Times of Uncertainty
Practice of Covenant
January 17

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In these uncertain times, our Unitarian Universalist faith calls us to the practice of covenant. Our Baja 4 Worship Team, invite us to that practice in today's worship.

​Rylee  invites us to the Beloved Community. Rev. Matthew (and Magnus) tell a story of calling one another to covenant. Rev. Samantha and Shekela share a litany of atonement. Rev. Bethany reminds us that that together we live in the risky in-between space where we grow.Rev. Tina offers us a blessing. And Chris, Brian, Shekela and special guest, Andrew (MVUU), call to our hearts with sweet music.

CLICK HERE to watch
or ​click on the video above.

Covenant in Times of Uncertainty
January 10

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Designed by Rev. Matthew with wonderful assistance by our Baja 4 Production team, this worship starts a new arc concerning the cornerstone of our faith, covenant.

BUU's Beloved Conversations Pod members, Kristin, Julie & John, Patsy & Jerry, each give an escalator speech sharing their experience of this racial justice program.

and, John serenades us with "Hallelujah" while Juile's art graces us for the Musical Meditation.

CLICK HERE to watch
or ​click on the video above.

Baja 4 Vigil
January 7

In response to the January 6 insurrection at our nation's capitol and at the government buildings in many US states, our Baja 4 community joined together for a vigil. Click on the image above to watch the rough cut of this online vigil.

If you would like to view Rev. Matthew's response to these events from January 6, CLICK HERE.

Our Best of 2020
January 3

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This Sunday is a retrospective of song and story. Orchestrated by Chris Tackett, our Baja 4 Music Coordinator, we share in the sounds and images crafted within our collaboration during 2020.

CLICK HERE to watch
or ​click on the video to the right.

And HERE to find videos
of stories from worship
​from 2020.

BUU New Year Ritual

If you are missing BUU's annual tradition of ringing out the year and bringing in the new, you can find a taste of this ritual in our self-guided New Year Ritual. CLICK HERE to find the music, memories, and motivation to make a resolution for 2021.

Season of Waiting
Journey to the Fire
December 27

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The Baja 4 concludes 2020 with a journey to the fire. A new year-ending ritual led by Rev. Lisa, Rev. Karla, and Rev. Christiane, our Community Ministers, Rev. Matthew and Rev. Bethany, join in to ask: what will you be transformed by and what will you let go of in the fire of 2020?

CLICK HERE to watch
or ​click on the video to the right.

Season of Waiting
In the Bleak Midwinter
December 20

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To Watch the December 20
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video to the right.

Season of Waiting
The Wisdom of Hanukkah
December 13

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To Watch the December 13
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video to the right.

Season of Waiting
Gift of Abundant Love
December 6

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To Watch the December 6
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video to the right.

Season of Waiting
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November 29

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To Watch the November 29
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video to the right.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Into the Neighborhood
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November 22

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To Watch the November 22
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video to the right.


Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Faith to Imagine
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November 15

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We return to the "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" worship arc with a trip to the neighborhood of dream and imagination.  In this ever shifting world, what are our dreams and images of our future? What are we called to create together? Our Baja 4 worship team invites you to join them in exploring these questions and more!

To Watch the November 15
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Finding Your Ground
November 8

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The Baja 4 pauses our theme "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" this week, so that we all might find our ground. Much more than a space that we can call our own, the ground we find as Unitarian Universalists is one rich with relationship. 

To Watch the November 8
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Beyond Voting
November 1

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Janine Gelsinger returns to our Baja 4 worship to lift up in love the truths she has learned through this election and her vision of what comes next for us. Alongside her our Baja 4 worship team weaves a service to hold and guide us now and in the days to come. 

To Watch the November 1
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Radical Welcome
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​October 25

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Alex Kapitan offers a message of radical welcome this week as our Baja 4 worship continues to deepen what it means to neighbor. Who do we imagine we welcome? What transformation opens us to live into our vision of a beloved neighborhood? Join us in worship and learning.

To Watch the October 25
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Democracy, Through My Eyes
​​October 18

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The Rev. Anthony Johnson is our guest preacher this week, as our Baja 4 deepens what it means to neighbor in these challenging times. Together we explore the potential in democracy as we live into our faith lifting up individual conscience through the secular ritual of voting.

To Watch the October 18
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
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October 11

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The Baja 4 worship team brings us a deep dive into the question "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" for the start of a new worship arc. Through song, story, ritual, and conversation among Rev. Matthew, Rev. Tina (SIUU), Rev. Bethany (UUCT), and Rev. Samantha (MVUU) we engage our need for neighbors through these challenging times.  

To Watch the October 11
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Gather in Spirit!
Mountain Vista UU
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October 4

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Our Baja 4 journey to gather the spirit concludes with our arrival at Mountain Vista UU. Rev. Samantha and MVUU folks lead our worship and invite us to envision what occurs as we mix the uniqueness of our four congregations in the Baja 4. 

To Watch the October 4
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Gather in Spirit!
UU Church of Tucson
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September 27

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Our Baja 4 road trip continues
as we visit the UU Church of Tucson!
Rev. Bethany and the many members and friends of UUCT host this Sunday's
worship and pose the question:
Why to you go to church?

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To Watch the September 27
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Gather in Spirit!
Borderlands UU
September 20

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The Baja 4 is on the road!
This week we visit BUU to share the spirit of our people and place.
Rev. Matthew heads up the Baja 4 worship leaders while BUU members and friends share their thoughts about what it means to B(e) UU today!

To Watch the September 20
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Gather in Spirit!
Sky Island UU Church
September 13

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The Baja 4 goes on the road to visit Sky Island UU in Sierra Vista, AZ! Rev. Tina and her congregation share what they have been learning as we move through these times. 

To Watch the September 13
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Gather in Spirit!
September 6

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Our Baja 4 ministers return this week to gather in spirit! Rev. Matthew, Rev. Bethany, Rev. Tina, and Rev. Samantha share in a conversation of what they've been learning this summer.

To Watch the September 6
Sunday Service

CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Songs & Hymn of UU Principles
​Summer of 2020

This July and August the Baja 4 shifts to a summer program similar to BUU's summer worship. Members from all of four congregations will be stepping onto your screen offering their thoughts and reflections using the music of our seven principles. 

Click on the titles below to watch our Baja 4 Sunday Service

Heartsongs, July 5    Introduction

Hymns & Songs of Affirmation, July 12    1st Principle 
(click title above to see our own Diane Farone leading worship)
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Hymns & Songs of Covenant, July 19    2nd Principle

Hymns & Songs of Growth, July 26    3rd Principle
(click title above to see our own Nancy Murphy and Martha House leading worship)

Hymns & Songs of Searching, August 2    4th Principle
(click title above to watch BUU's Martha House and Diane Farone)

Hymns & Songs of Conscience, August 9    5th Principle

Hymns & Songs of Community, August 16     6th Principle
(click title above to see our own Nancy Murphy sharing a story and personal reflection)

Hymns & Songs of Interdependence, August 23    7th Principle
(click on the title above and see our own Matilda and Evelyn participate in the story)

Hymns & Songs of Wholeness, August 30    8th Principle
(click title above to watch BUU's Martha House)

You can view our
Baja 4 2019-2020 Worship
CLICK HERE

  
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​520-648-0570
email: OfficeManager.BorderlandsUU@gmail.com   
 P.O. BOX 23,  
AMADO, AZ 85645