U-Bar-U is a Unitarian Universalist Retreat and Conference Center located on 142 rugged acres in the storied Hill Country near Kerrville, Texas.  The land 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 Cielo Grande. Recently its history has been the tale of an intentional Quaker community passing the torch of stewardship and sacred trust to the Unitarian Universalists.

 The Center is owned and operated by the Unitarian Universalist Friends Retreat Foundation, a non-membership corporation. U-Bar-U serves UU congregations and other groups consistent with the mission 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 UU congregations located throughout the Southwestern Unitarian Universalist Conference.