On this the last regular service of the church year, we will thank everyone who helped us get to where we are today at FPUU and look forward to what comes next. We will show our gratitude for all of the staff, committee chairs, and executive board members who have shown such strong leadership and … Continue reading Overflowing with Gratitude
As we celebrate Pride Month, come join us for this service where we honor LGBTQIA+ folks. During this service, we will hear testimonials from folks showing pride in their gender identity, gender expression, and sexuality. For regardless of who you love or how you identify, this is a congregation that welcomes all of who you … Continue reading Pride Sunday
During this worship service, we celebrate the abundance and beauty of the season by bringing flowers gathered from gardens or roadsides to share with others in the congregation. In addition, we will welcome new members to our congregation. Please bring some flowers from your garden to share with the congregation. Zoom access here.
Join us for this shared worship service with the First Universalist Society of Franklin, where we will be on retreat at Ferry Beach, in Saco Maine. During this multi-generational, outdoor service, there will be time for personal sharing, reflecting, and of course lots of singing. No Zoom access.
During this intergenerational service, we will hear from our teenagers and their mentors who have been part of our Coming of Age program. This year-long program has helped our youth learn more about Unitarian Universalism and how to articulate their own beliefs. Come hear them share their statements of personal belief and what our faith … Continue reading Coming of Age
Our lives are always in transition. Even if we want things to remain the same, change is inevitable. Someday our children will leave our homes, our friends will move away, our jobs will change, our relationships will end, and those we love will die. This Sunday we will explore how to say goodbye to one … Continue reading Transitions Are Never Easy
Today there is still the conversation about the impact that gender stereotyping is having in considering women for top leadership positions. This conversation about women in leadership is not new, of course, and so on this Sunday we will look back to the Post-Civil war era and reflect on those women who dared to enter … Continue reading The Prophetic Sisterhood
“I’m so busy” seems to be a universal refrain. According to Wayne Muller, “we say this to one another as if our exhaustion were a trophy, our ability to withstand stress a mark of character.” Perhaps it is time to reconsider the biblical injunction to “keep the sabbath.” Isn’t this something we all need? A … Continue reading Keeping the Sabbath
The story of Easter has been a source of strength for nearly two thousand years. What in our own lives might need resurrection, and how is resurrection already happening around us? Come join us for this intergenerational service where we explore all that might be beginning again in our lives. Zoom access here. Order of … Continue reading Beginning Again
Walk into any house of worship, whether it be a synagogue, church, temple, or mosque, and take a look around at what you see. Likely you will see people deeply engaged in a religious practice that goes back centuries, helping them grow and transcend their mundane physical existence. With all of the suffering happening in … Continue reading Transcending Faith
