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.
With Brown’s Medical School commencement exercises taking place on our campus, we have been invited to worship with fellow UUs at Bell Street Chapel.
No Sunday School classes.
Bell Street Chapel is located at 5 Bell Street, off Broadway, on the West … read more.
Our annual recognition of eighth-grade Coming of Age honorees will be the centerpiece of the service. With mentors by their sides, the class will share reflections about their individual beliefs, and the congregation will celebrate and affirm the beginning of the next stage of their … read more.
In honor of Mother’s Day, first founded as a holiday for non-violence, our service this year will again be part of a local interfaith coalition. All over the country, people of faith are rising up to demand gun control and the increased safety for houses … read more.
We often refer to truth as it if is some kind of clear and absolute value or quality. That’s a very logical, modernist perspective. But as postmodernism has made confusingly clear (yes, that was – kind of – a joke), the truth about truth is … read more.
Youth are shapers of our UU living tradition. We honor our graduating seniors for the perspectives they bring as part of this community. We believe in them as they face the uncertainties of a future they cannot know. We bless them as they move into … read more.
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It may not have been the actual first time I heard about Jesus, but my first memory of learning about Jesus is from when I was a very little girl. I … read more.
A sermon by Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay, delivered by Neil Bartholomew
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The great American philosopher William James once wrote, “A great many people think they’re thinking when they’re merely rearranging … read more.
Lisa Garcia-Sampson is a graduate of Boston University’s School of Theology and currently serves as the ministerial intern at First Church in Boston. Lisa first discovered Unitarian Universalism at First U and forever considers this to be her spiritual home, and, more importantly, her family.
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Kevin Carson was a member of First Unitarian before entering seminary. He is currently serving as our Ministerial Intern for Pastoral Care. In his “regular” job, he works at Hasbro, Inc.
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Text of Homily by Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay
Purim is a holiday in the strangest sense – a sense of joy that comes from fighting despair, from choosing to uplift and … read more.
