In worship this Sunday, July 30, Paolo Dubuque and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout will talk about re-imagining musical ensembles and using collaborative music to change the world. We’ll make music together for a finale of sorts we’re calling We are the ones, after June Jordan’s famous end to her poem, “Poem for South African Women.” Together, we will make music as a community (that’s right–the featured artist is you! But shhhhh…it’s a surprise.), we explore the rich relationships and stories of American singing over centuries, across cultures. You’ll hear reflections on the Music Listening Session results. And we’ll embrace the calling of this new day–for communities of justice to know the power of their own voice, and to build up beauty in the world starting from within.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

Masks are welcome but not required in the sanctuary. Read our COVID policies for gathering.

Find information about childcare and Sunday morning options for children and youth here.

Each Sunday in July, worship will feature artists and musicians sharing their craft and some reflections on how their art is connected to their spirituality. We continue this worship series with musician, composer, and First U Member, Ellis Delaney. Ellis is at once funny and wise, thoughtful and uninhibited, with a captivating voice that is matched by tender, sometimes funny, uplifting lyrics. Their music is transformational; leaving audiences feeling better, with softened edges & opened hearts. Join us for worship this Sunday, July 23 at 10 a.m.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

Each Sunday in July, worship will feature artists and musicians sharing their craft and some reflections on how their art is connected to their spirituality. We continue this worship series with two artists who meditate on rhythm, form, repetition, and healing in this world and in worlds beyond our initial perceptions: musician Davu Seru and sculptural basketweaver (and First U member) Martha Bird. Join us for worship this Sunday, July 16 at 10 a.m.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

This Sunday, July 9, we continue our July worship series with musician Dean Magraw. We will enjoy performance and conversation, learn about ancient human rites that we still practice today, and travel the paths of empathy and understanding. Join us this Sunday at 10 a.m.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

Each Sunday in July will feature a different local musician sharing their music and reflection on how their art connected to their spirituality. Join us for worship this Sunday, July 2 as we begin our July worship series with our own vocalist in residence, Aimee K. Bryant.

ORDER OF SERVICE: available as a google doc and on this page (screen reader & mobile friendly version) by Friday.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

This Sunday, June 25, we have the unique opportunity to join with our larger Beloved Community at the General Assembly of the UUA in Pittsburgh for worship, “Ever Willing: Becoming the People Our World Needs.” Our own Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout is serving as Director of Music for the ministers convergence happening alongside the assembly. In the words of the UUA worship team, “The pandemic has wrought change and created uncertainty for institutions, like our Unitarian Universalist congregations, and our wider world. Who and what are we becoming, individually and collectively? Our GA Sunday service explores these themes as we gather in community to celebrate the best of who we UUs are.” While normally we use zoom for our online services in addition to livestream, the service on June 25th is available online as a livestream and can be found here at 10am CT. We’ll gather in the sanctuary to participate as a congregation with Rev. Jen Crow and Rev. Ashley Harness hosting the livestream.

ORDER OF SERVICE: available as a PDF here.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

Masks are welcome but not required in the sanctuary. Read our COVID policies for gathering.

Find information about childcare and Sunday morning options for children and youth here.

On and on, the circle of love, welcome, learning and inclusion expands. What spiritual practices, orientations of the heart, imagination and shared work is needed if we are to move with and continue to stretch that circle? Join us Sunday, June 18 as Lauren Wyeth, Director of Spiritual Growth for All Ages, shares stories and reflections on her learning, and her charge, for us as she prepares to depart.

ORDER OF SERVICE: available as a google doc (screen reader & mobile friendly version) by Friday.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

Join us for worship on Sunday, June 11 as we continue exploring our June worship theme, Freedom is Coming (oh yes, I know.)

ORDER OF SERVICE: available as a google doc and on this page (screen reader & mobile friendly version) by Friday.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

This coming Sunday, June 4, we’re celebrating Flower Communion, and we could use your help! Bring a flower to share with the community (don’t worry: we’ll have more flowers available if you don’t have one). We’ll make a beautiful arrangement with whatever flowers come! At the end, we each get to take a different flower with us as a gift and reminder of beauty in our unity and difference. This special ritual has been performed for years here at First Universalist. And this year marks the 100th anniversary of the very first Flower Communion ever!

ORDER OF SERVICE: available as a google doc and on this page (screen reader & mobile friendly version) by Friday.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.

Our humanist roots encourage us to believe in “the common good” as reliably universal–a value that, deep down inside, we all share. What do we do when our experiences of life challenge this idea? The humanist influences of our faith date back centuries to African, Chinese, South Asian and European philosophers. But what kind of humanism do we need in America today? Join us for worship this Sunday, May 28 as we continue our May worship theme, Carry the Flame.

ORDER OF SERVICE: available as a google doc and on this page (screen reader & mobile friendly version) by Friday.

OFFERING: Give via our online giving portal, or CashApp. Make sure to designate that it’s for the “Offering Plate” fund.