Friendsgiving: Our Chosen Family
Please join us for this intergenerational worship service, where we will explore how sometimes our biological families are not there for us in the ways that we want, so we seek out friends to create “chosen families”. The FPUU Choir will be performing this morning. We will also distribute Guest at Your Table boxes to … Continue reading Friendsgiving: Our Chosen Family
Calendar
- Dec 21 - Hold for Event/Sanctuary
- Dec 20 - 8:00am-3:30pm - OFI/Vestry
- Dec 19 - 7:00pm-9:00pm - Executive Board Meeting/Zoom
- Dec 19 - 12:00pm-9:00pm - Eva/Voice Lessons/Sanctuary then Vestry
- Dec 19 - 8:00am-3:30pm - OFI/Vestry
- Dec 18 - 7:00pm-8:00pm - Annual Fund Drive Committee Meeting/Zoom
- Dec 18 - 2:30pm-4:30pm - (Cleaning)
- Dec 18 - 8:00am-3:30pm - OFI/Vestry
View the full list of upcoming events here
People Say
Ann Cunningham
I've been a member of this UU church since 2011. My connection to Unitarian Universalism, and to this church in particular, has had a deep influence on my spiritual life, on my personal understanding of death as part of life, and the power of prayer. (more…)
Cissy Hull-Allen
I am connected to this First Parish community. This one, right here. In the "crisis" times - the deaths, divorces, illnesses - I am more aware of our First Parish family. The emails and cards of support, offers of meals, rides to the doctor, are so tangible of our values, our care and respect. But, the special part I value most is the daily support I feel. Every day, I feel a safety net below me of interwoven arms of all the people in this community. For 17 years, First Parish has been the constant in my life of changes. (more…)
Sarah Zitoli
This past November, I watched a video online of a TED talk. This TED talk, given by Ash Beckham, was about coming out of the closet. In the opening of the talk, Beckham explains that the experience of coming out of the closet is not limited to the GLBTQ community, but rather, she suggests, that we all have closets, and that “all a closet is, is a hard conversation.” This definitely struck a chord with me. (more…)
Stev Hull-Allen
What did I gain from being part of a UU Church? I had a really hard time organizing this. I mean I knew what to say...just not how to say it. I am what I learned so maybe I’m just too close. So I looked for inspiration.
Tyler would say something about our fathers being our models for God and how we’re all God’s unwanted children.
Donnie is agnostic and would talk to me about the spectrum of human emotion and then ask me what I know about time travel. (more…)