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Providence, RI 02906
401-421-7970
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A Sermon by Nancy Smith Worthen
Nancy has lived in Rhode Island all her life. Her spiritual journey moved from Christianity in the Congregational Church to pagan worship and now Buddhist and Unitarian practice. She has worked in nonprofits as an administrator and volunteer coordinator, … read more.
A sermon by Nancy Shand
Nancy Shand has been a member of First Unitarian since moving back home to Tiverton, Rhode Island, about 10 years ago. She has made friends here along the way by singing with the choir for several years and working with … read more.
A Sermon by Jim Cowan
Jim Cowan is a retired engineer, physician, and businessman, who tries to use evidence of the senses, fact, and reason to do the right thing. Sometimes he fails.
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A Sermon by Bruce Boucek
Bruce is the Social Sciences Data Librarian at Brown University. He has been one of the senior high youth group advisors for the past seven years. A third-generation Unitarian Universalist, he has many thoughts about what that means.
To listen to the … read more.
We frequently don’t know how to do something until we do it. And then there are those times when we don’t know what we are creating until we’ve created it. Cy will share his experiences as a founding member of the Providence Village, a community … read more.
As we round out the regular church year, we’ll celebrate the great UU tradition of Flower Communion (please bring a flower). We’ll learn its history, explore what it meant and what it means, and share the joy of the season with each other in this … read more.
We think of blessings as lofty, as religious, as formal; sometimes also as immediate, secular, and intimate – the blessing of a child, the blessing of a reprieve with a good medical result. But between the sublime and the mundane is another space and another … read more.
First Unitarian is warmly invited to worship at Bell Street Chapel, as Brown University Medical School will hold commencement exercises in our Meeting House. There will be no Sunday School classes.
“Jesus and the Debate about Peace” is the sermon topic by Rev. Richard Trudeau, Minister … read more.
Introduction by Cathy Seggel, Director of Religious Education
I am honored to introduce our 2018 Coming of Age honorees. In a minute we will witness them share some of their beliefs as they transition to senior high and the next stage of Unitarian Universalist faith development. We … read more.
A Sermon by Rev. Elizabeth Lerner Maclay
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Good morning again! Special welcome to our Mother’s Day service which, this year, is an interfaith observance we are holding together with Muslim, Jewish and Christian friend and neighbor congregations across this … read more.
