Category: Personal & Spiritual Development
What Do You Need to Flourish?
It generally takes me a long time to wake up each day. I’m not a pop out of bed type… More >
Awakening Our Spirits
A congregant recently told me she is burnt out at work and in life. When she made a list of… More >
UUA Regional Assembly in April
April 30, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. First Church encourages participation and can pay registration. This regional conference of our… More >
Summer Service Proposals Wanted
Do you have a compelling message for our First Church community that would nourish, engage, and inspire? During the summer,… More >
Pledge Drive 2022
Remember, Rekindle, Renew The Pledge Team is asking members and friends to reflect on your own response to the words… More >
Returning to Our Physical Sacred Space
This may be too strong of a metaphor, but I often wonder if the physical separation from each other and… More >
We Gather to Renew Our Faith
I cannot imagine a better way to renew my faith than to gather with you in person in our sanctuary… More >
Want to Become a Worship Associate?
Worship Associates help lead our Sunday worship services, collaborating with the ministers to reflect on meaning, purpose, and the life… More >
GA 2021 “in Milwaukee” Videos
General Assembly (GA) is the annual national gathering of UUs and also the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association… More >
Sanctuary Re-Entry Ritual
Returning to in-person worship in March will be a sacred and emotional experience. We invite your intentionality in this moment,… More >
Widen the Circle of Love
At first, I attended church the way you might visit Urgent Care. When my heart ached, my spirit was tangled… More >
Soon, and Very Soon
It was only a plan, but a plan we counted on, to be able to open for in-person Sunday worship… More >
A “To-Be” List instead of “To-Do” List
“Living with Intention” is our theme for January. Not living with intentions plural, which we do all the time, often… More >
Intention During Pandemic – Opening Plans
What does it mean to live with intention? In January of 2022, the question feels like a Zen Buddhist koan,… More >
Joy: Resistance Against Despair
When asked, “What is joy?” Rev. Willie James Jennings of Duke Divinity School responds, “I look at joy as an… More >
Giving Tuesday & Joy
First Church will be participating in Giving Tuesday this year to help fund virtual access to our programs even when… More >