We invite you to tend to your spirit each Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. by joining us for this brief (~20 minute) midweek time of meditation. All are welcome!
While Sunday services have resumed in person, Wednesday meditation continues to be offered online only.
Webinar ID: 117-312-320.
Dial in: 1-312-626-6799 and enter the webinar ID.
Join us this Sunday, November 14 as we welcome new members into our company. Our new members will be formally welcomed during our second service while our first will offer a renewal of membership and a blessing to those joining. Whichever service you attend, we invite you to “re-member” what it means to cast our lot with this congregation, day after day, week after week, as we affirm again the threads of connection that bind us to those who came before, and make and remake our faith for the world that is coming.
Offering: Simpson Housing Services
(give here) or text firstuniv to 73256. You’ll receive a link to a secure form where you can enter your information. Select the “Offering Plate” fund from the dropdown menu.
Care Companions: in person, after each service
We know that worship can take us into deep and surprising places. If you find yourself needing to talk with someone about what is stirring for you after worship, please speak with one of our care companions in a confidential zoom room after the service. This is how we care for one another.
Join Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10 for a time of meditation, silence, song, the colorful poetry of Rumi, and shared company.
We encourage you to tend to your spirit each Wednesday evening by coming together with your church community for this brief midweek time of meditation. All are welcome!
While Sunday services have resumed in person, the Wednesday worship experience continues to be offered online only.
Webinar ID: 117-312-320.
Dial in: 1-312-626-6799 and enter the webinar ID.
Join us in whatever way feels right for you this Sunday, November 7 – in person at 9 or 11am – or online at 11am – as we continue to build a new way of being together as a church community. The choir will sing – with some guest appearances you won’t want to miss; children and youth will be with us and we’ll share in a story for all; we’ll join in meditation and prayer and care, and we’ll ask each other – Can you feel a brand new day? Is today a day when you can feel it? Is today a day when you feel something else – worry or fear or sadness or grief? Is today a day the community can hold the hope of a brand new day with and for you? Does this day – like all days – hold it all?
Offering: (give here) or text firstuniv to 73256. You’ll receive a link to a secure form where you can enter your information. Select the “Offering Plate” fund from the dropdown menu.
Care Companions – in person, after each service
We know that worship can take us into deep and surprising places. If you find yourself needing to talk with someone about what is stirring for you after worship, please speak with one of our care companions in a confidential zoom room after the service. This is how we care for one another.
First Step – in person, immediately after each service (option to zoom in after second service)
Facilitated by one of our members, First Step is a brief, casual orientation to Unitarian Universalism and First Universalist Church. During this 40-minute class, participants will learn about the foundations of our faith tradition and opportunities to get involved. If you attend First Step, please fill out the Visitor Connect form so we can follow up with you! Thank you!
First Step meets in person every first and third Sunday of the month after each service- roughly 10:05 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. On the first Sunday of the month, there’s an option to join via zoom after the second service- roughly 12:05 p.m. If you join us in person, look for the facilitator holding a “First Step Meets Here” sign at the front of the sanctuary after the worship services. We look forward to welcoming you!
Wednesday, November 3 at 7 p.m., Julica Hermann de la Fuente and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout will lead us in a short time of meditation and reflection, with readings and songs to guide us and the altar to departed ancestors that we co-created this past Sunday as our backdrop.
We encourage you to make time and space to tend to your spirit each Wednesday evening by coming together for this brief time of meditation with fellow community members.
While Sunday services have resumed in person, the Wednesday worship experience continues to be offered online only.
Webinar ID: 117-312-320.
Dial in: 1-312-626-6799 and enter the webinar ID.
Care Companions Space ~ 7:30 p.m.
We know that worship can take us into deep and surprising places. If you find yourself needing to talk with someone about what is stirring for you after worship, please speak with one of our care companions in a confidential zoom room after the service. This is how we care for one another.
On Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m, Julica Hermann de la Fuente and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout will lead us in a short time of meditation and reflection, with readings and songs to guide us and the altar to departed ancestors that we co-created this past Sunday as our backdrop.
We encourage you to make time and space to tend to your spirit each Wednesday evening by coming together for this brief time of meditation with fellow community members.
While Sunday services have resumed in person, the Wednesday worship experience continues to be offered online only.
Launch the Wednesday Worship Zoom here (Webinar ID: 117 312 320) between 6:55 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3 and we’ll get started at 7 p.m. To join by phone (audio only), dial 1-312-626-6799 and enter the webinar ID. The Care Companions Zoom gathering after the service will open at about 7:15 p.m.
In preparation for our formal reopening and return to two services on Sunday, November 7, we’ll be hosting an open house-style “soft reopening” this Sunday, October 31, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with an online option offered via Zoom at 10:30 a.m.
If you’re joining us in the building, we invite you to drop in for a “build your own adventure” of tours, activities for all ages, and a short ritual (a mini worship service) in the sanctuary. If you’re joining us online, we’ll take you on a tour of our newly renovated spaces and then bring you into the 11 a.m. ritual in the sanctuary.
Families
In the Education Wing, we’ll have crafts and activities for preschoolers through 6th graders and their families (bring some colorful Fall leaves to contribute to a shared project if you can!), a dedicated space and activities for 7th–12th graders (in our lovely new Senior High lounge!), and board games for all ages. Families with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are invited to gather, play, and acquaint themselves with our bright new spaces for our littlest ones.
Rev. Karen Hutt will be leading active social games for all ages in the Social Hall.
Rituals
Instead of our usual hour-long worship service, we invite you to join us in the sanctuary for one of three 20-minute rituals — at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and noon — with music by Franco as the centerpiece.
In the Cummins Room, Julica will share a sacred part of her heritage as we co-create an altar in the tradition of Dia de los Muertos. Together we will make a beautiful space that marks this season when the veil between the worlds is thin and many cultures honor their ancestors. You are invited to bring and leave on the altar a copy of a photo of a loved one you’re remembering this season. (If you do not have a copy you feel comfortable leaving, you can use the photocopier in the office.)
The altar we create together during the Open House will be part of our Wednesday worship service on November 3.
BIPOC Folks
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) folks of all ages are invited into the space that has been designated as “BIPOC priority space” (Room 201) to help articulate the vision for the space and to co-create what the space might look/feel/be like. We have a lovely blank canvas; how shall we honor our cultural heritage?
Tours
You are welcome to explore the spaces on your own between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. For those who would like a guided experience, tours will be offered at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. You’ll learn about the changes that were made during renovations to improve the accessibility, radical welcome, and sustainability of our building and have an opportunity to ask questions.
Join Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout on Wednesday, October 27 at 7 p.m. for a midweek worship experience for adults and older youth. Dr. Rideout will lead us in 15 minutes of meditation and reflection, using the poetry of e e cummings to inspire and guide us.
We encourage you to make time and space to tend to your spirit each Wednesday evening by coming together in this virtual place with fellow community members, led by our Director of Worship Arts Ministries.
Webinar ID: 117-312-320.
Dial in: 1-312-626-6799 and enter the webinar ID.
Care Companions Space ~ 7:30 p.m.
We know that worship can take us into deep and surprising places. If you find yourself needing to talk with someone about what is stirring for you after worship, please speak with one of our care companions in a confidential zoom room after the service. This is how we care for one another.
“…sometimes, it can take a long time to sound like yourself.” -Miles Davis
This Sunday, Oct. 24, we invite you to a family-friendly service at 10:30 a.m. in which Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout and Rev. Arif Mamdani will lead a journey of creative prayer practices. There is no one way to pray, or a specific word you must remember. There are many ways to focus the mind and tune the heart to love.
We’ll share music and stories. We’ll have fun together, making space to call the wisdom in each of us, until we hear the singing from within.
Rumi writes:
God picks up the reed-flute world and blows.
Each note is a need coming through one of us.
Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated,
And let your note be clear.
Be your note.
Offering:
Make a gift to the offering plate here or text firstuniv to 73256. You’ll receive a link to a secure form where you can enter your information. Select the “Offering Plate” fund from the dropdown menu.
Care Companions ~ 11:30 a.m.
We know that worship can take us into deep and surprising places. If you find yourself needing to talk with someone about what is stirring for you after worship, please speak with one of our care companions in a confidential zoom room after the service. This is how we care for one another.
Join Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout on Wednesday, October 20 at 7 p.m. for a midweek worship experience for adults and older youth. This service is a brief time (20-30 minutes) of connection, centering, and reflection to help us find and keep our balance.
Webinar ID: 117-312-320.
Dial in: 1-312-626-6799 and enter the webinar ID.
Care Companions Space ~ 7:30 p.m.
We know that worship can take us into deep and surprising places. If you find yourself needing to talk with someone about what is stirring for you after worship, please speak with one of our care companions in a confidential zoom room after the service. This is how we care for one another.
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