Unitarian Universalists of Basel

“Slaying the God of Rationality”

Im Lohnhof 8, Basel 11:00AM. Please arrive before service. Doors open at 10:45

Mathematician Matt Cook leads service, and explores the questions: Do we fool ourselves into believing we choose our beliefs rationally? What roles are played by our relationships with others and with our own emotions?

12:15 We share a meal together. You are invited to bring a homemade dish or something else to share.
13:15-14:30 We'll have a facilitated discussion about the service.

Unitarian Universalists of Basel is a small community supporting one another in their quest for meaning and understanding. We respect different practices and explanations for all that is, united by common values. Here is a list of values recently adopted by the UUA:

*Generosity:* Giving freely of time, talents, and resources.
*Pluralism:* Honoring the diverse beliefs and experiences within the community.
*Transformation:* Embracing change and growth, both individually and collectively.
*Interdependence:* Recognizing the interconnectedness of all beings and working for the common good.
*Justice:* Actively working to dismantle systems of oppression and create a more equitable world.
*Equity:* Ensuring everyone has access to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

“Humaning Well” – Overcoming the Bugs in our Human Operating System with Matt Gilsenan

Humans have been magnificently programmed to solve problems, but we are prone to do so in ways that lead to new problems and create unproductive conflict.

However, there are concrete ways to work around the bugs in the Human Operating System. Matt Gilsenan, who has been working with the human operating system as an Executive Coach and Intercultural Trainer for nearly two decades, will lead service.

After service, we will enjoy a shared meal from 12:15-13:15. Please bring a plate to share.

From 13:15- 14:30 we will have a facilitated discussion about the Human Operating System. Time will be set aside for a Sociocratic process to choose a common read for our upcoming four fourth-Sunday meetings.

On the upcoming four fourth Sundays we will convene to discuss a common read. Matt nominates “Integral Buddhism and the Future of Spirituality” By Ken Wilber. There are many other worthy books. We ask for your nominations on this coming Sunday.

11:00 Service

12:15 Please bring lunch to share.

13:30 Workshop

"Bring in the Clowns"

The Reverend Art Lester joins us from Croydon, UK on Sunday June 9th, Im Lohnhof 8 in Basel. Doors open at 10:30.

11:00 Service begins
12:15 Please bring lunch to share.
13:30 Workshop discussion with Art

Rev. Lester grew up reluctantly in the American South before working as a newspaper reporter, supermarket clown, fire tower operator, taxi driver and carnival worker. After several attempts at university, he ran a counter-culture Mexican restaurant that hosted Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the literary hero of his youth, Jack Kerouac.

During the eighties, Art worked as a village-level volunteer in Kenya, Botswana and the Dominican Republic, becoming a speaker of Swahili and Spanish. In 1992 he finished his ministry training in Britain, and since has been minister to Unitarian congregations in London and Dublin. He has been at Croydon Unitarians in London for sixteen years.

His book, Seeing with Your Ears: Spirituality for Those Who Can’t Believe, won a prestigious US self-published book competition. Another book, The Coffee Table Book of Doom (with Steven Appleby), is published by Random House in the UK and by Penguin in the US. A recent work, Letters in a Bottle, is also available on Amazon.

Art is a joint citizen of the US and the UK. He is married to Gilly Fraser, a script writer and former playwright in residence at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

This Sunday at UU Basel
Im Lohnhof 8, Basel
Doors Open at 10:30

De-mystifying Mysticism: God 4.0 with Lesley Andrews

As the inspirational core of religion, mystic experience is possibly more cloked in dated metaphor and obscure language than other spiritual subjects. The study of physiology and neurology in the last 100 years demonstrates how mystical altered states are rooted in human nature. The proposition Robert Ornstein makes in God 4.0 is that current and developing knowledge of altered states of consciousness can be the basis to update our knowledge and use of such experiences.

You are invited to bring food to share. After service we will have a shared meal at the Lohnhof, followed by a discussion on the topic.
11:00 Service, Im Lohnhof 8 (doors open 10:30)
12:15 Shared Meal of your contributions. Please bring a dish to share.
13:15-14:45 a workshop discussion

https://thedividedbrain.com
Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning

In our last meeting, we saw a documentary on the work of Psychiatrist, Neurology researcher and Philosopher Ian McGilchrist.

This upcoming service, Matt Gilsenan will lead us on an exploration of the two ways of seeing the world McGilchrist proposes, their effect on humanity's search for truth and meaning, and how he brings a 21st century perspective to the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Enjoy the service on its own, or you may choose to familiarise yourself with McGilchrist's work by downloading the movie (small fee)

You are invited to bring food to share. After service we will have a shared meal at the Lohnhof, followed by a discussion on the topic.

11:00, Im Lohnhof 8 (doors open 10:30)
12:15 Shared Meal of your contributions. Please bring a dish to share.
13:15-14:45 a workshop discussion

If you're unavoidably delayed we'd love it if you'd enter as quietly as you can.

Upcoming events
24 March: Sanctuary
12-14 April: EUU Retreat in Saarbrücken
The

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RETURNING TO OUR SPIRITUAL CENTRE

This Sunday 11 Feb, at 11:00 AM Im Lohnhof 8 Basel
Doors open at 10:30

In an increasingly divided world, we will explore ways in which spiritual practices, alone and together, can help us reconnect with our ‘spiritual centre’ and weather the occasional storms of daily life.

12:15 Shared Meal of your contributions. Please bring a dish to share.
13:15-14:45 a workshop discussion
After lunch, Rev. Kate Dean will offer a taster session, using the structure taken from her forthcoming book and spirituality course for small groups: Soul Deep: Exploring Spirituality Together, which is due to be published in April.
Through poetry, meditation and gentle individual activities, we open ourselves up for deeper sharing of our stories and connection in small groups.

Kate Dean, minister for Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, an open-minded spiritual community in Hampstead, North West London, holds an MA in Abrahamic Religions. With a creative, earth-centred approach cultivated by a childhood in rural Somerset, and having studied product design at University, Kate had a number of careers in toy and games design, project management and youth work, organising creativity and spirituality groups, before embarking on her training for ministry.
She has also served on the planning panel for the Hucklow Summer School, an all-ages Religious Education programme for Unitarians, where she first co-led engagement groups, several of which she leads at her ‘home’ congregation in Hampstead. Kate lives in Hampstead, with her husband and young son.

Directions: Nearest tram stop: Musicakademie, #3 tram. From SBB, take any tram going thru Bankverein, then switch there to the #3 in the same direction.

If you're unavoidably delayed we'd love it if you'd enter as quietly as you can.

Seeds for the New Year, a Sanctuary and Fellowship Circle to usher in 2024, this Sunday at UUB 11AM Im Lohnhof 8. Basel.

What seeds are you planting for the new year?

How are you weaving your magic into your relationships with others?

How can we center beauty and goodness and love in all that's ahead?

We'll have a sanctuary service at 11:00 followed by lunch together at a local restaurant. We will return at 13:30 for a workshop to choose actions we would like to take in 2024 that honor our individual and community values.

"This (UU) faith is about dialogue, about being open to learning from each other as well as recognizing that there is something greater than ourselves." -Rev Diane Rollert

This month in Basel, im Lohnhof 8, service will be held on the 4th Sunday, October 22.

We are pleased to welcome back the UUA Ambassador to the European Unitarian Universalist fellowships, the Reverend Diane Rollert of Montreal. https://www.ucmtl.ca/our-minister

Diane will be speaking on the topic "Love with Limits."

Service begins at 11:00, followed by a shared meal at 12:15 and a workshop discussion from 13:30-14:45.

Save this date as well as Nov 12 when we welcome Eva Kortekaas from Amsterdam, whose sermon is titled: "Drawing from the Well: Sources for our Search for Truth and Meaning."

Our Minister — Unitarian Church of Montreal In 2006, Reverend Diane Rollert became the 11th settled and first female minister of the Unitarian Church of Montreal since its founding in 1842.

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This Sunday June 11 at 11:00, join us as Rev Art Lester visits UU Basel from the UK to deliver his message “Six Degrees of Separation.”

Rev Art Lester grew up reluctantly in the American South before working as a newspaper reporter, supermarket clown, fire tower operator, taxi driver and carnival worker. After several attempts at university, he ran a counter-culture Mexican restaurant that hosted Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the literary hero of his youth, Jack Kerouac.
During the eighties, he worked as a village-level volunteer in Kenya, Botswana and the Dominican Republic, becoming a speaker of Swahili and Spanish. In 1992 he finished his ministry training in Britain, and since has been minister to Unitarian congregations in London and Dublin. He has been at Croydon Unitarians in London for sixteen years.
His book, Seeing with Your Ears: Spirituality for Those Who Can’t Believe, won a prestigious US self-published book competition. Another book, The Coffee Table Book of Doom (with Steven Appleby), is published by Random House in the UK and by Penguin in the US. A recent work, Letters in a Bottle, is also available on Amazon.
Art is a joint citizen of the US and the UK. He is married to Gilly Fraser, a script writer and former playwright in residence at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

Unitarian Universalists of Basel Sunday April 23 at UU Basel Posted on April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 by Lesley Andrews Sunday, April 23 Im Lohnhof 8, Basel 11:00 Sunday Sanctuary led by Sharon 12:15 We’ll go out to lunch13:30 Informal Board discussion 2nd Sunday 14 May Mother’s Day 11:00 Service “Standing at the Threshold – ...

UU Basel is hosting a special event with Sudhakar Dass on the evening of Saturday the 20th of June. Please RSVP in Messenger or at the email below. See you there!

This coming Sunday, 23 April, Sharon will lead Sanctuary at 11:00. We'll break for lunch in a nearby eatery and reconvene at 13:30 for an informal discussion with the board.

"Standing at the Threshold - Crisis as Gift in Spiritual Seeking" with Elise Goldstein

Sunday May 14 at 11:00 I'm Lohnhof 8 Unitarian Universalists of Basel

Elise's talk will be part of a 1 hour service including music, prose and poetry.

at 12:15 we invite you to a potluck lunch, followed by a workshop discussion on the topic at 13:30.

Elise Goldstein is an archetypal analyst, researcher and artist, presently living in Brittany, France.
She is a specialist in intra-personal communication, the study of how inner dialogue shapes the creation of self, identity, and perception of the world. In addition to her psychoanalytic practice, Elise has been a lecturer, panelist, and workshop facilitator across Europe for the last 12 years on the subjects of artistic research, ritual therapy, love-studies, and eco-spirituality.
At the start of 2021, Elise founded La SOURCE Centre de Recherche & Création in Brittany, France - the first international research center dedicated to Love-Studies - where she presently serves as Director. Research fellows at La SOURCE are invited to engage in "Integrative Inquiry" and "Radical Creative Practice" in order to unearth, shape, and transmit the deepest treasures born of our connection to self, others, our environments, and spirit.

Unitarian Universalists of Basel Sunday April 23 at UU Basel Posted on April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 by Lesley Andrews Sunday, April 23 Im Lohnhof 8, Basel 11:00 Sunday Sanctuary led by Sharon 12:15 We’ll go out to lunch13:30 Informal Board discussion 2nd Sunday 14 May Mother’s Day 11:00 Service “Standing at the Threshold – ...