Virtual Community
Want to schedule a virtual team meeting or virtual community space? Click the button and complete the form for all virtual meeting requests. A staff member will be in touch to confirm.
| Gatherings listed here are open to the whole community! Monday, April 12th 10:00am – 11:00am ~ Monday Meditation Weekly meditation led by members of the BUUF community. Meeting ID: 874 750 248 Password: chalice Tuesday, April 13th 11:00am – 12:00pm ~ Restorative Yoga with Mark Free Restorative Yoga session with Mark Zimmerer. All are welcome. Meeting ID: 668 308 475 Password: chalice 6:30pm – 7:30pm ~ Monthly Drop-In Poetry Workshop All levels of experience are welcome because we all learn from each other. This is a non-threatening approach to short creative writing in response to a prompt. Most prompts work well to help us write poetry, but you don’t have to remember any of those poetic terms you may have once known. Each session will include mild instruction, sharing, and a period for writing. Meeting ID: 956 027 597 Password: chalice Wednesday, April 14th 9:00am – 10:30am ~ Wake-Up! Coffee Circle Join your Racial Justice Ministry Team for conversations on race and racism. Meeting ID: 852 7192 7329 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 8:00pm ~ The Beginner’s Sangha If you would like more experience in Buddhism and consider yourself a beginner, come join Sharon BarlowPalm as we approach enlightenment with help from the book No Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners, available through Rediscovered Books. Buddhism is something we practice, not something we just read about. Sharon does not consider herself an expert but a guide to getting you started. Meeting ID: 893 3781 6073 Password: chalice Thursday, April 15th 11:00am – 12:00pm ~ Restorative Yoga with Mark Free Restorative Yoga session with Mark Zimmerer. All are welcome. Meeting ID: 668 308 475 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 8:00pm ~ BUUF Community Virtual Social Hour! An evening check-in to share what’s on your mind, share the good, be supported, and support others with the challenges of life and the pandemic. The only agenda is to be together! Meeting ID: 828 1432 5359 Password: chalice Friday, April 16th 9:00am – 10:00am ~ Morning Coffee & Tea Chat Conversations and Fellowship with Rev. Sara. Meeting ID: 594 679 176 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 9:00pm ~ Travel Bugs: “Visiting the Dolomites- A Multi Season Destination” Join Janette Young and Wendell Martin as they recount their ski adventure in the Dolomites (Cortina d’Ampezzo and Alta Badia) in February of 2020. In addition, Wendell will share his Rhodes Scholar bike trip and his hiking trip in the Dolomites in June 2018. You’ll enjoy the contrast of the seasons and the variety of things to do in this beautiful location. All are welcome. Meeting ID: 822 9201 1610 Password: chalice Sunday, April 18th 9:15am – 9:45am ~ Sunday Morning Meditation Weekly meditation led by members of the BUUF community, starting with a reading and followed by a 20 minute meditation. Meeting ID: 874 0348 5585 Password: chalice Sunday Worship! 10:00am ~ “Thriving with Our Planet” EARTH MONTH 2021 With Rev. Sara LaWall and the Climate Action Team Meeting ID: 982 807 5151 (no password required) 11:30am – 12:30pm ~ Inquirers Series for Newcomers: “Membership 101” Join us for this 5-week series to learn more about what it means to be a UU. Inquirers will begin after the Sunday service. Meeting ID: 982 807 5151 (no password required) 11:30am – 12pm ~ Children’s Fellowship Join Gem for a half hour social check-in and games, in the main worship room after service. Meeting ID: 982 807 5151 (no password required) Monday, April 19th 10:00am – 11:00am ~ Monday Meditation Weekly meditation led by members of the BUUF community. Meeting ID: 874 750 248 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 8:00pm ~ Racial Justice Action Team Join us and do something about racism. Meeting ID: 835 2481 0645 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 9:00pm ~ Climate Action Team Monthly team meeting and discussion. Planning for Earth Month. Meeting ID: 848 9517 3815 Password: chalice Tuesday, April 20th 11:00am – 12:00pm ~ Restorative Yoga with Mark Free Restorative Yoga session with Mark Zimmerer. All are welcome. Meeting ID: 668 308 475 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 9:00pm ~ Men’s Covenant Group All persons who identify as male are welcome to join this fellowship group. Meeting ID: 881 7333 0031 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 9:00pm ~ Where’s The Beef: The Road to a Plant-Based Diet EARTH MONTH 2021 For Earth Month 2021, the Climate Action Team is presenting a 3-part series on learning more about a plant-based diet. We have some very experienced guides to help us in this adventure. John and Paula Warren have embraced a full plant-based diet for the last 7 years. It didn’t happen overnight and it wasn’t always easy, so they are going to share their story and their wisdom with us. Meeting ID: 820 0876 9364 Password: chalice Wednesday, April 21st 9:00am – 10:30am ~ Wake-Up! Coffee Circle Join your Racial Justice Ministry Team for conversations on race and racism. Meeting ID: 852 7192 7329 Password: chalice 7:00pm – 8:00pm ~ The Beginner’s Sangha If you would like more experience in Buddhism and consider yourself a beginner, come join Sharon BarlowPalm as we approach enlightenment with help from the book No Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners, available through Rediscovered Books. Buddhism is something we practice, not something we just read about. Sharon does not consider herself an expert but a guide to getting you started. Meeting ID: 893 3781 6073 Password: chalice |
How to Join Our Virtual Community
1) All virtual gatherings are held via Zoom. Download the zoom application onto you computer, tablet, or phone by clicking here: https://zoom.us/download
2) You do not need to create an account, but if you do, it is free.
3) You can join our BUUF virtual gatherings in two ways:
- If the application has been downloaded, you can click the meeting link directly from our event calendar. OR,
- If you open your zoom application, you can click the “Join a Meeting” button and enter the unique meeting ID listed above. You will then be prompted for the password.
4) Follow to prompts to connect your audio and video. For the safety and security of our virtual community, all participants are automatically muted when entering a new meeting.
Tips for participants:
- Keep yourself muted. It helps reduce background noise. Ensure the red slash is over your microphone icon.
- For worship, concerts, big meetings, etc., you can choose “stop video” which will turn off your video camera, but you’ll still be able to see the gathering. This is the camera icon next to the microphone at the bottom of your app.
- The chat is a fun way to connect with folks while not disrupting the presenter or worship leaders.
- When links are shared in the chat, you can just click on them to open the window in your web browser and then come right back to zoom saving the link to look at later!
If you have any additional questions, please email administrator@boiseuu.org
Zoom also has wonderful walk-throughs and video tutorials. Check there support page here: support.zoom.us
To request a zoom meeting room, fill out the form below.