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.
This service will begin our consideration of our month’s theme with a few different reference points, including two popular references, the 1980’s move Network News, and the 2000’s internet production Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. We can’t technically require homework as prep for worship, and synopses … read more.
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown, the 29th, and ends October 1. It is the Jewish new year, which corresponds with the beginning of our new program year…“Literally ‘the day of shouting,’ Rosh Hashanah is the first of the high holy days of the Jewish year,and … read more.
One of the most important things a congregation offers its members is a sense of connection, and the strength which can be found in shared community. Today we will explore the rich diversity within our small group ministry, and reflect on what it means to … read more.
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Yesterday, I did a memorial service for a 90-year-old man I must have known at least 40 years, up in Massachusetts. He was a pillar of my home church, … read more.
In a beloved tradition, we’ll gather together at the front door of our Meeting House in our fullest community – all ages, members, friends, and visitors – and enter our church as one as we embark on the fresh church year. We’ll hear and make … read more.
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Ministry – the giving of care to another, the giving of time and soul to what calls us – is one of the greatest privileges we can receive and … read more.
This richly beautiful UU tradition offers us all a chance to revel in the beauty of flowers and be reminded that people are also beautiful in all our infinite variety. Our worship will feature music, readings, and, of course, our Flower Communion ceremony as we’ve … 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.
