We Belong, Together.
We are building a community of hope with a joyful, wide embrace.
Join us as we seek to follow where love calls us next.
Sunday Worship
Sunday, April 19: The Overview Effect
Two services:
9 a.m. in person
11 a.m. in person and livestreaming
To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Astronauts know this experience as the overview effect – an experience of awe, wonder, and unity; the dissolution of political boundaries and human imposed borders of thought and country; the reality of Earth’s place in a vast and unknown universe. What they are describing is something we might know as a spiritual experience brought on by a change in perspective. “You come home,” Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover says, “and then you have a choice…Are you going to try to live your life a little differently? Are you going to really choose to be a member of this community of Earth?” As we celebrate Earth Day together, how might we shift our perspective and know a bit of that feeling of wonder and awe that just might encourage us as we live into our place as members of this community of Earth?
Community Wide
We The People… Singing & Speaking Truth
Sunday, May 3 at 4 p.m.
At First U and via livestream
At a time when truth, justice, and democracy are being challenged, artists continue to help us make meaning, build connection, and call each other forward.
Join us for a powerful afternoon of spoken word and music rooted in resistance, reflection, and hope. Featuring texts from voices like Martin Luther King Jr., Amanda Gorman, Maya Angelou, and foundational documents such as the Constitution and Declaration of Independence—woven together with music that has long inspired movements for change.
Commit to Community
Winter/Spring Membership Classes
In community, participants explore the practical and spiritual sides of what relevant, sustainable church membership means to them. Even if you’re a lifelong UU interested in membership, we ask that you take the membership class at First Universalist as it helps orient folks to this congregation and helps build community.
We are offering the following classes:
Class 1 COMPLETED: Thursdays, February 19 and 26, 6:00-8:00 pm
Class 2 COMPLETED: Saturday, March 21, 9:00am-1:30 pm (potluck)
Class 3: Tuesdays, April 21 and 28, 6:00-8:00 pm, RSVP
Coming up at First Universalist
Latest Updates
SmorgasBoard: April 16, 2026
April 16, 2026
Board President Marc Gorelick shares updates about First U generosity and giving.
Worship this summer at First U
April 16, 2026
Over the Summer, we shift our Sunday morning rhythm and worship together with one service at 10 a.m. offered both in-person and livestreamed. Our Summer worship schedule begins this year on Sunday, May 10 (Mother’s Day) and continues through Sunday, September 13 (Water Communion).
Start with the medicine.
April 16, 2026
This coming Sunday, we will intentionally welcome and embrace the powerful medicine of wonder and awe as we gather to celebrate Earth Day together.