1 Benevolent Street
(Corner of Benefit and Benevolent)
Providence, RI 02906
401-421-7970
Our buildings are handicap accessible via the parking lot on Benefit Street, and the sidewalk entrance on Benevolent Street. For more information, click here.
We all have our paths in life. Lisa, like many of us, has traveled a path with many twists and turns, hills and valleys along the way. She is looking back from this vantage point and realizes that, for all the challenges along her unique … read more.
This summer’s poetry service will draw upon the art of Irene Allen, a long-time member of First U who shared so much of herself with this community including many of her paintings, through which she sought to capture the “energy and excitement and mystery” of … read more.
Join the First U LGBTQIA+ Soul Circle in examining and celebrating the significance and beauty of our diversity, as well as the amazing gifts of inclusivity and strength our community can cultivate.
Music by members of the Circle. If you can’t be with us in person, … read more.
On August 23, 1966, lightning struck the First U steeple. The resulting fire caused extensive damage to the steeple and the Meeting House. Over the next 2 1/2 years, Providence architect Irving B. Haynes led a team of 40 contractors, church leaders, and experts in … read more.
