U Bar U Retreat & Conference CenterAbout U Bar U
U Bar U Retreat & Conference Center is a religious and educational retreat facility located on 142 rugged acres in the storied Hill Country near Kerrville, Texas. The site has been used over time by the standard retinue of Texas critters and creatures, including the human variety. In the not distant past, it has succored roving bands of Comanches. It has been part of a ranch complex called, rather \modestly, Cielo Grande. Recently its history has been the tale of an intentional Quaker community passing the torch of stewardship and sacred trust on to a group of Unitarian Universalists.
The Center is owned and operated by the Unitarian Universalist Friends Retreat Foundation, a non-membership corporation. The mission of the Center is to serve as a facility for religious retreats and educational programs within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Leadership, the Foundation’s Board of Directors, is drawn from fellowships and congregations located throughout the Southwestern Unitarian Universalist Conference.