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.
All are welcome!

Your link to join Fellowship will be here on Sundays

Your invitation to our next Fellowship will be posted here
by 10am, Sunday, August 9:
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CLICK HERE!


​Your password for Fellowship
is in the email sent out the morning of August 9.

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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

Hymns & Songs of Interdependence, August 23    7th Principle

Hymns & Songs of Wholeness, August 30    8th Principle

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Heartsongs 
​July 5

Rev. Bethany, Rev. Tina, and Rev. Matthew lead this introduction to our summer of the music of our shared values. Come ready to sing and dance! 

To Watch the July 5
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

Reinventing Church: Outside Our Walls
​June 28

Our Baja 4 Affiliated Community Ministers take the lead this week as we conclude our "Reinventing Church" arc. Join Rev. Lisa from BUU, Rev. Karla from UUCT, and Rev. Christiane from MVUU as they take us outside our walls.

To Watch the June 28
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Reinventing Church: Who?
​June 21

This week our Baja 4 Sunday Service looks back to our ancestors to see who we are becoming. Rev. Bethany, Rev. Tina, and Rev. Samantha, as well as the rest of the team bring us music and memory on this Juneteenth and Fathers' Day weekend.

Rev. Matthew has this week off - or does he? (Listen closely throughout and stay to the last moments to find out.) 

To Watch the June 21
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Reinventing Church: Why?
​June 14

Within the pandemic and witnessing the social uprising for racial justice, the Baja 4 Worship Team asks, "Why reinvent church?"

​As an answer, this Sunday Service is both story-driven and ritual-filled. Join us as Jamili leads us through the story of the "Broken Vessell." Rev. Samantha, Rev. Tina, and Rev. Matthew each share parts of a ritual that invites you to speak the truth of your heart at this time.

To Watch the June 14
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

Reinventing Church: Where?
​June 7

As the arc of Baja 4 Sunday services continues to examine the reinventing of church, this week the question is WHERE?

Through ritual, reflection, and song the Baja 4 churches seek to answer this in the midst of a pandemic and our uprising for racial justice. Rev. Matthew looks to our hearts, Jamil and Rev. Samantha look to our homes, and Rev. Bethany seeks to seek where our faith is emergent in the public square.

To Watch the June 7
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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Reinventing Church: What?
May 31

This Sunday join Rev. Tina, Rev. Matthew and most of the Baja 4 Sunday Service team in a reflection the "What" of reinventing church arc. (Rev. Bethany has this Sunday off.)

To Watch the May 31
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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Reinventing Church: When?
May 24

​This Sunday the multi-church Baja 4 team continues the arc of "Reinventing Church." Join all the ministers and staff of the Baja 4 churches in exploring how we are called to reinvent church in this time of global crisis. This week, Rev. Samantha and Rev. Bethany lead the Baja 4 to ask and answer: When Are We Reinventing Church?

To Watch the May 24
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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500 Year Rummage Sale
​May 17

To Watch the next May 17
Sunday Service
CLICK HERE 

This Sunday beings a new arc of Baja 4 services by our multi-church team. Join all the ministers and staff of the Baja 4 churches in exploring how we are called to reinvent church in this time of global crisis. Rev. Bethany and Rev. Tina get us started with their reflections on the "500 Year Rummage Sale."

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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Nurturance
​May 10

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service for May 10
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Join Rev. Matthew, Lud Hallman, and the rest of the Baja 4 ministers and staff on Sunday, May 10th to explore the facets of nurturance on Mothers' Day. From the first Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870 by Unitarian Juila Ward Howe, to the recent reimagining of the 23rd Psalm by Bobby McFerrin, to what we will share in the gratitude for the nurturing that each has been given and that each in our own way returns.

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

"Bright Morning Stars"
A Special Gift for Mother's Day 2020

"Dedicated to all mothers and those who nurture children.  Sometimes all we can really do is plant seeds.  :)"
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​- Kellie Walker Hart

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Beltane
​May 3

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service for May 3
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The Southern Arizona Covenant of UU Pagans (SAZCUUPS) leads the Baja 4 in a multigenerational celebration of Beltane. Rev. Matthew and the other Baja 4 ministers and staff follow along in learning about and practicing this May Day celebration of fire. You can prepare yourself by gathering a candle and lighter, a piece of bread, and a glass of wine or juice. When you are ready join in the celebration!

The Baja 4 Virtual Choir debuts in this Sunday Service singing "There is a Love." It is wonderful!

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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Unmasking Love
April 26

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service for April 26
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Rev. Matthew and Rev. Tina lead us to look deeply into our experience within this pandemic and unmask what we are finding. Rev. Bethany, Rev. Samantha, Jamili Omar, UUCT Director of Lifespan Faith Development, and Lud Hallman BUU's Music Director share their voices and wisdom.

BUU's Jerry Leggett is a special guest offering his original song "Be a Hero Now."

Quoted during the service:

Rev. Ranwa Hammamy,
UUJMCA ,

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​and Janine Gelsinger,
UUJAZ. 

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Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

In this service, Rev. Matthew reminds that the Baja 4 is creating together. You can see what the Baja 4 has been making and sharing by CLICKING HERE.

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Justice in the Time of Pandemic
April 19

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service for April 19
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Janine Gelsinger, Executive Director of UUJAZ, invites us to imagine the possibilities of justice today. Rev. Matthew, Rev. Samantha, and Jamili Omar, Lifespan Faith Development Director at UUCT, share in envisioning the world as it can be, and working together to create it.

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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STAY AWAKE
April 12

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service for April 12
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Rev. Samantha and Rev. Matthew lead our Easter worship orienting our lives today to the Easter story. Jamili Omar from UUCT leads in story and Shekela Wanyama from MVUU in song, so we can stay awake and witness what is happening among us and within us.

CLICK HERE
for the full Truth Mandala ritual

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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CELEBRATING OUR CORE
April 5

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service for April 5
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Rev. Tina and Rev. Bethany lead our Baja 4 congregations in worship this week. Rev. Tina invites us to see into the core values our communities are living into today. Rev. Samantha, Rev. Matthew and the staff of MVUU and UUCT join together to lift up the core of community.

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES
March 29

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service for March 29
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Rev. Bethany and Rev. Tina lead our Baja 4 congregations into a reflection opening us all to the possibility and opportunity of this moment. Rev. Matthew, Rev. Samantha, and the staff of MVUU and UUCT join in to share what they are finding. 

(And for a laugh watch all the way to the end!)

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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COMING to the WELL
March 22

To Watch the Baja 4 Sunday Service
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On March 22nd, our Baja 4 congregations join together to craft our first ever online worship! Rev. Bethany (UUCT), Rev. Samantha (MVUU), Rev. Matthew (BUU) and Rev. Tina (SIUU) along with musical talent of Shekela Wanyama, Choir Director (MVUU), Brian Moon, Music Director (UUCT), and Chris Tackett, Pianist (UUCT) have crafted an inspiring service for the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Arizona. Enjoy!

Or to listen,
​click on the video above.

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