News & Views
COVID Update: In-Person Sunday Services Delayed
Dear First Church Members and Friends, We are sorry to share the disappointing news that we are temporarily postponing our… More >
Circles of Support Opportunities
I want to thank the 10 members of First Church who met last year over 40 times with ex-incarcerated returning… More >
EJM Joins Coalition on Lead Emergency
First Church’s Earth Justice Ministry (EJM) is becoming a member of the Coalition on Lead Emergency (COLE), furthering its environmental… More >
Intention Together
Lock in Intention Living with Intention is hard for me, and one of the reasons I value church. I’ve an… More >
Volunteer for In-Person RE in February
As we welcome 2022, we welcome a long-anticipated return to being together in our church building, and religious education classrooms… 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 >
Share the Plate January-Project RETURN
Project RETURN is our January 2022 Share the Plate partner. Project RETURN (Returning Ex-incarcerated people To Urban Realities and Neighborhoods)… More >
Christmas Eve Offering Recipients 2021
Every year, our congregation gives the entire Christmas Eve offering away. This year, we are giving the offering to two… 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 >
Share the Plate Dec – Maroon Calabash
Maroon Calabash is our December Share the Plate recipient. Maroon Calabash is a Black-led nonprofit organization that provides a space… More >
The Future of our Seven Principles
Do you know the Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism may be revised? The Seven Principles are part of our Living… 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 >
Holiday Giving Tree
We have a short window to be a part of our local Holiday Giving Tree through United Way this year,… More >
Behold Your Joy
It doesn’t seem like joy should be complicated, but sometimes it is. Opening to joy, our theme for December, indicates… More >
Opening Christmas Eve Services with Joy
This December, we will explore the joys and challenges of “Opening to Joy.” With great joy, we will open the… More >