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SUMMER Sunday Service starts this weekend at 10am!
SUMMER Sunday Service starts this weekend at 10am!
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Summer Service Schedule
Summer has arrived! And that means we're moving to our summer Sunday service schedule. Beginning THIS Sunday, July 3, we'll have one service at 10 a.m. Please join us!

Join us for Sunday Worship
Sunday, July 3, 2022  //  10 a.m. PT

No Family Service. Childcare is available during the Sanctuary Service for children three and under (located in the nursery).
Livestream Our Service Here

No Matter What

From Carter Smith, Summer Minister
The saving message of our Universalist heritage: all people are worthy of love and care, are whole members of this human family, and nothing we do can take it away. What implications does this have for our shared life together in the wider world?

This Sunday's Order of Service
PLEASE NOTE!  We won’t be offering beverage service after this Sunday’s worship. Please feel free to socialize in the lobby before and after the service.

Featured News & Events

Timestamps are Pacific Time (PT) unless stated otherwise.
Check out our Events Calendar for First U PDX gatherings.
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NEW! - Summer Pick-Up Choir

Sunday Mornings at 8:30 a.m.
From DeReau Farrar, Director of Music
Summer is here, which means we welcome the return of our annual Summer Pick-Up Choir beginning this week!
The choir is open to anyone who would like to participate on a week-to-week basis. If interested, simply show up to the sanctuary on the Sunday mornings of your choice at 8:30 a.m. Music will be provided when you arrive, and we'll all learn together for the 10 a.m. service.
For more information, please reach out to DeReau. Thank you!
No experience necessary.
NEW - Vigil for Troubling Times
Monday, July 4 & 11  //  8-8:30 a.m.
From Members of the Spiritual Directors Guild 
Join us in inspirational music and readings to hold a prayerful time of quiet comfort in community. You may listen in private contemplation, without conversation or expectation, as we respond to grief with the faith, hope and love we cherish in our tradition.
Register Here // More Info

Adult Programs

Check out our full list of offered Adult Programming to register.
ON SUMMER BREAK! - Loving Kindness Meditation 
They will resume in September.
These sessions offer a moment each week to extend Loving-Kindness to yourself, to those around you and to the world. Surround yourself in the blessings from those who have loved you and those who love you now.
May all beings be happy, may we be surrounded by those we love, may we know peace.
SUMMER UPDATE! - Vesper Prayer Service
Prayer Vespers will be on summer break on:
  • July 1 and 8; August 19 and 26; and September 2
More information:
  • We will begin fall/winter weekly services on September 9.
Register Here // More Info

Learning Community

Discover more about our Learning Community here.

Social Justice

Learn more about our Social Justice Programming here.

In the Community

Community Milestones, Joys, & Sorrows
Please email us here if you have any joys or concerns to share. 

Leadership News

June Moderator’s Letter

From the Board of Trustees
Last Sunday was a bittersweet goodbye to Rev. Bill. Many of you had an opportunity to say goodbye as Rev. Bill took time over the last month to visit for the last time with many groups in the church. At the goodbye reception we celebrated the many things we have accomplished during our shared ministry with Rev. Bill...continue.

Do you have a reason to celebrate? Say it with flowers!
This Sunday's flowers are sponsored by Isabel Sheridan in loving memory of her father, Alexander Sheridan Grass. 
Do you have a birth in the family, a graduation, an anniversary, a memorial, or other reason to celebrate? You can acknowledge it to the entire congregation by sponsoring a floral bouquet. As we reconnect with friends, say it with flowers on the Chancel.
Questions? Contact Marsha.

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Submission deadline is noon on Tuesdays.
Sunday Livestream 
& Summer Schedule
Sanctuary Service –10 a.m.
In-Person & Livestream
Virtual Social Hour –11:15 p.m.
DONATE
July Shared Plate
For the month of July, First Unitarian Portland shares our plate collection with Lift Every Voice Oregon (LEVO), the statewide interfaith coalition that seeks to reduce gun violence across Oregon. LEVO volunteers, including First Unitarian justice activists, have been collecting signatures to get the Statewide Initiative Petition 17 on to the November Oregon ballot.
Whether or not LEVO is able to secure the number of signatures by the early July deadline for the 2022 general election, they will continue to mobilize to reduce gun violence. We are grateful for LEVO's long-term, public advocacy and organizing to make our communities safer.
Sharing Our Bounty
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