Category: Personal & Spiritual Development
Creativity as Your Playful Companion
I spent fifteen years as an art teacher, instructing children, youth and adults how to express themselves using clay, a… More >
Our Big Art of Life
At what age did your creativity come the easiest? During childhood, I remember finger painting as a preschooler, designing and… More >
Sabbatical Pulpit Guest Rev. Ashley Horan
Everyone wants to be active in Social Justice work and we are so proud of our UU organized approach to… 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 >
No One Needs to Resist Alone
In the Soul Matters packet for this month’s theme of Resistance, Rev. Scott Tayler wrote, “None of us resist alone…. More >
Parents as Resisitors
It is the nature of children to push boundaries every day, and all the time. Growing humans learn by testing… More >
Sabbatical Pulpit Guest Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt Rescheduled
Unfortunately, due to a recent COVID exposure, Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt will not be able to visit us in Milwaukee… More >
First Sabbatical Pulpit Guest, Rev. Shari Halliday-Quan
After so much Sabbatical committee planning these last few months, we are excited to hear from our first Sabbatical pulpit… More >
Want to Become a Worship Associate? Apply by March 31!
Worship Associates (WA) help lead our Sunday worship services, collaborating with the ministers to reflect on meaning, purpose, and the… More >
Risk Being Fully Known
“Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human.” — James Luther Adams, Unitarian… More >
Practice Vulnerability in a Place of Trust
When we are acting competent, we may look calm and capable on the surface, while underneath we are paddling frantically… More >
Join First Church’s Own Buddhist Group
I joined the First Church “sangha” about 15 years ago. I had been thinking about it but was a bit… More >
Meet Assistant Sabbatical Minister Rev. Jim Foti
First Church has hired Rev. Jim Foti, a mid-career minister with 10 years of experience in a large Midwestern congregation,… More >
Loving Gift of Sabbatical
It is a gift of love for a congregation to send a minister on sabbatical and it is a gift… More >
Love Is the Ground of Our Faith
Dear First Church, Love is the ground of our faith as Unitarian Universalists: it is who we are at our… More >
Exciting Sabbatical Pulpit Guests Coming!
During Rev. Jennifer’s February – July sabbatical, we have an exciting line-up of pulpit guests offering new perspectives and wisdom… More >