A message from Rev. Jen Crow, Senior Minister
February 19, 2026

A Message of Gratitude: Welcoming the UU Trauma Response Ministry Team

We are profoundly grateful to be welcoming four members of the Unitarian Universalist Trauma Response Ministry (UUTRM) team to our community this weekend. Members of the team are joining us from the larger UU world to offer specialized care and support as we navigate the ongoing impacts of the…

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February 12, 2026

Explore the world with our First U children

K-5th grade RE volunteers build upon each other’s strengths and share our collective wisdom to create a magical space for our children to learn, grow, evolve, and then to teach us what we did not know that we needed to know.

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February 12, 2026

February 14: Wear Red & Join the MMIR March

Beloveds, Relatives –  I hope this message finds you as spiritually well as we can all be during these times.  As we continue to witness the kidnapping of our relatives across the cities, it seems appropriate to recognize the Minneapolis Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and…

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A message from Rev. Jen Crow, Senior Minister
February 12, 2026

NEW: Building Hosts Team!

We are creating a team of Building Hosts, church members who can offer a welcoming presence and be a first point of contact to support group leaders and church staff should any urgent situations arise.

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February 5, 2026

Where your joy meets your power: Spiritual growth programs at church

Beloveds, Where do your joy and your power meet the needs of our communities right now? It’s a question many of us at First Universalist are quietly holding—especially as so many in our congregation are showing up again and again in resistance to state violence, surveillance, and occupation. The work…

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January 31, 2026

Rev. Ashley in Mother Jones news video

Rev. Ashley Harness, Assistant Minister at First U, along with Rev. Ashley Horan, a First U member and Vice President for Programs and Ministries at the Unitarian Universalist Association, were interviewed by Mother Jones Magazine while offering chaplaincy at the Whipple Building.

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