By Emilie Jarrett and Adrienne Brayman
Emily
Living in Belgium as an expat, it is easy to forget or ignore Belgium’s colonial past. Yet, as we as UUs seek to explore our relationship to white supremacy and to become truly anti-racist, it seems essential to start with understanding … read more.
by Adrienne Brayman
Echoing the protests that we’ve witnessed the past few weeks spreading around the US and indeed the world, on Sunday, June 7, there was a Black Lives Matter protest in Brussels. Allowing it to go ahead was a bit controversial, as gatherings such … read more.
By Adrienne Brayman
For the past several years, the Brussels fellowship has carried out a social action project every December. This first started because one of our former members who now lives in the US, Sheryl Abrahams, volunteered regularly with the same organization, Oasis. Oasis works … read more.
by Rebecca Balogh
Photo by Ryan McGinn
On Sunday November 10th, Rev. Thandeka led a service for the Brussels UUFellowship. The 15 or so attendees were gently invited to “greet the stranger who is your self.” In a service which started with a recording of one of … read more.
The Brussels Fellowship invites you to a special service with Rev. Thandeka, our guest speaker at the upcoming retreat in Bad Homburg.
Scroll down for video with Rev. Thandeka.
The Rev. Thandeka
One week before the retreat, on Sunday November 10th, Rev. Thandeka will lead our November service, … read more.
Sigrid Van Eepoel reports that following Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s climate leadership, Brussels’ teens have skipped school for the first five Thursdays of 2019 to march through the streets of the capital of Belgium and the EU. Their call for political action on climate change … read more.
by Adrienne Brayman
Although the Brussels fellowship is small, we’ve always managed to keep things afloat, even when Vicki and Scott, who led the fellowship for twenty years, retired to the States and many thought the group would fade. I’ve always thought this has largely been … read more.
Check out the new article about Brussels activities in the Social Action section of the website.
UU Brussels is happy to welcome the Rev. Diane Rollert to Brussels. Join us for worship on June 24.
The Humble Leader
Rev. Diane Rollert
Rev. Diane Rollert
Lao-Tzu once said that if you avoid putting yourself before others you can become a great leader among the people. What … read more.
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