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First Universalist Church of Minneapolis Will Be CLOSED Sunday, March 15, 2026, due to heavy snow in the forecast.

We will give staff a much-needed day of rest—no Zoom church!

This month, we are practicing grace in the midst of it all. If it feels nurturing, share a photo or video on social media of your chalice at home, your spiritual practice, or the snow! Use the hashtag #firstunivsnowday when you post.

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At First Universalist, we embrace the reality that in the course of our lives it is likely that all of us will experience some challenge with our own mental health or that of a loved one. This Sunday, March 8, join us for a return to our annual Mental Health Sunday worship service. Join Rev. Laura and congregants Keith Washington, Sherry Merriam, and Martha Bird, as we share reflections and speak about why it matters that faith communities work to destigmatize mental illness and ensure that everyone has access to the mental health care resources they need.

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As we begin our exploration of this month’s worship theme: Truth, Power, and Repair we’ll look to the intersection of these three powerful concepts. We’ll introduce a shared spiritual practice to ground us throughout the month, keeping an eye out for the repair aka grace/healing/restoration/joy that is happening even within these days. We’ll remember our shared power and creativity, trusting that together when we share what we have we can all have what we need.

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We continue our exploration of Love at the Margins with an experience of worship rooted in the Love that lives beyond binaries, gender binaries in particular. Hear from members of our community whose lives bust open the binaries so many have been taught to live inside and find the love that meets us there. This will be a celebration of what is possible no matter what power dictates as norms.

This is a Common Ground Sunday! Children and youth will begin the service in the sanctuary with their families, and then all ages will move together to the Cummins Room for programming.

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On this second Sunday in our February worship theme of Universalist Love at the Margins – on this Superbowl Sunday – we’ll remember that there are many ways to do gender and we’ll explore the variety of ways that masculinities take shape in life-affirming ways in Unitarian Universalism and in our lives. In a faith tradition that expects us to learn and grow, explore and choose how we live in alignment with our values and our deepest selves – what does it look and feel like to intentionally choose what masculinity means for each of us?

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In this moment of pain and lament, we come together to grieve and to remember our power and purpose. We continue to lean into the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his final book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, and answer together with clear resolve. Through it all, we’ll focus on our monthly worship theme of Resilience, Rest, and Justice – three practices we surely need to orient and ground ourselves in for these times and the days to come.

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