Events Calendar

  • All-Church Summer Picnic

    Off Campus: Peninsula Park 700 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland, OR
    Gathering & Connection

    Join friends — old & new — for a relaxed afternoon at Peninsula Park, one of Portland's most beautiful parks! Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic lunch, your summer spirit, and a friend. We'll have ice cream, popsicles, and games for all ages. All are welcome! Sponsored by our Good Times Committee and the … Continue reading All-Church Summer Picnic

  • 🕯️ Sunday Worship

    🕯️ Sunday Worship
    Main Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR, United States
    Service

    Click here to join us on livestream, or join us in person in our Sanctuary: 1211 SW Main St Portland, OR 97205 Stay afterward for our Social Hour, where we mingle and build community. PLEASE NOTE: Masks are welcome in our sanctuary but not required.   Upcoming service topics || Past service topics  

  • The Alliance Presents “Leach Botanical Garden: A Hidden Gem in East Portland”

    The Alliance Presents
    Eliot Chapel 1011 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR
    Program/Event

    Michael Crosbie will present on Leach Botanical Garden. He is the Leach Garden Friends Board Secretary and has been a volunteer since 2020. "We have such a hidden treasure in East Portland that most folks are unaware of and I'd love to help bring more attention to the Garden and help them experience its beauty." … Continue reading The Alliance Presents “Leach Botanical Garden: A Hidden Gem in East Portland”

  • Board Meeting

    Board Meeting
    Buchan Hall 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States +1 more
    Meeting

    The Board of Trustees meets on the first Wednesday from September through June, 7 - 9 p.m. Meetings are open to all congregants. Join us in Buchan Reception Hall (B102), or click here to join on Zoom. Meeting ID: 829 3022 3125 Passcode: DaisyB# Or join by phone: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

  • Contemplative Practices

    Contemplative Practices Group
    Channing, A101
    Gathering & Connection

    Join with us to sit together in silence. Bring more peace and joy into your life, increase mindfulness, and develop more perspective. First Thursdays and third Thursdays in the Channing Room (A101) from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. This is a drop-in group. Any silent sitting practice is welcomed and no prior meditation experience is needed. … Continue reading Contemplative Practices

  • Vespers

    Vespers
    Gathering & Connection

    Our Lay Ministers will offer inspirational readings, guided meditation, and quiet music in a contemplative program at week’s end. Congregants and visitors are invited to bring their prayer requests to be held during the service. They are received in real-time through the Zoom chat box, seen, and read aloud anonymously by the hosts. This is … Continue reading Vespers

  • 🕯️ Sunday Worship

    🕯️ Sunday Worship
    Main Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR, United States
    Service

    Click here to join us on livestream, or join us in person in our Sanctuary: 1211 SW Main St Portland, OR 97205 Stay afterward for our Social Hour, where we mingle and build community. PLEASE NOTE: Masks are welcome in our sanctuary but not required.   Upcoming service topics || Past service topics  

  • *Registration Required* The Writing Well

    *Registration Required* The Writing Well
    Virtual
    Program/Event

    The Writing Well invites writing for fun and inspiration. Each of us has a deep well of creativity and writing is one way to access the treasures from that well. A few places are still open for the fall program. “Writing alone, together,” we’ll meet on Zoom the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, September 8 through … Continue reading *Registration Required* The Writing Well

  • Vespers

    Vespers
    Gathering & Connection

    Our Lay Ministers will offer inspirational readings, guided meditation, and quiet music in a contemplative program at week’s end. Congregants and visitors are invited to bring their prayer requests to be held during the service. They are received in real-time through the Zoom chat box, seen, and read aloud anonymously by the hosts. This is … Continue reading Vespers

  • 🕯️ Sunday Worship

    🕯️ Sunday Worship
    Main Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR, United States
    Service

    Click here to join us on livestream, or join us in person in our Sanctuary: 1211 SW Main St Portland, OR 97205 Stay afterward for our Social Hour, where we mingle and build community. PLEASE NOTE: Masks are welcome in our sanctuary but not required.   Upcoming service topics || Past service topics  

  • 🥣 Souper Sunday

    🥣 Souper Sunday
    Fuller Hall 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR
    Gathering & Connection

    On the second Sunday of most months, we offer two different soups as part of our Social Hour, including at least one gluten-free option and at least one vegetarian option. To learn what type of soups will be offered at the next Souper Sunday, subscribe to our Front Steps e-newsletter. If you are able, the suggested cost … Continue reading 🥣 Souper Sunday

  • Contemplative Practices

    Contemplative Practices Group
    Channing, A101
    Gathering & Connection

    Join with us to sit together in silence. Bring more peace and joy into your life, increase mindfulness, and develop more perspective. First Thursdays and third Thursdays in the Channing Room (A101) from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. This is a drop-in group. Any silent sitting practice is welcomed and no prior meditation experience is needed. … Continue reading Contemplative Practices

  • Vespers

    Vespers
    Gathering & Connection

    Our Lay Ministers will offer inspirational readings, guided meditation, and quiet music in a contemplative program at week’s end. Congregants and visitors are invited to bring their prayer requests to be held during the service. They are received in real-time through the Zoom chat box, seen, and read aloud anonymously by the hosts. This is … Continue reading Vespers

  • 🕯️ Sunday Worship

    🕯️ Sunday Worship
    Main Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR, United States
    Service

    Click here to join us on livestream, or join us in person in our Sanctuary: 1211 SW Main St Portland, OR 97205 Stay afterward for our Social Hour, where we mingle and build community. PLEASE NOTE: Masks are welcome in our sanctuary but not required.   Upcoming service topics || Past service topics  

  • *Registration Required* Multi-Generational Book Club

    Buchan Room B201
    Gathering & Connection

    Change is the one constant in life. Join our multi-generational book club as we read Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes by William and Susan Bridges and explore how people of all ages navigate endings, uncertainty, and new beginnings. Whether you're graduating, launching a career, balancing family transitions, facing new opportunities or challenges, or reflecting … Continue reading *Registration Required* Multi-Generational Book Club

  • Social Justice Kick-Off

    Buchan Hall 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States
    Program/Event

    All congregants are invited to the hybrid Social Justice kick-off event of the new church year! There will be snacks starting at 11:45 followed by a conversation about how we can collaborate to find synergy among our groups and the needs of our wider community. During the second half of the Kick-Off event we will … Continue reading Social Justice Kick-Off

  • Free Faith Yom Kippur Evening Service

    Eliot Chapel 1011 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR
    Service

    As Unitarian Universalists, we honor multiple strands of wisdom from various faith traditions. The Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur offers practices of reflection and renewal as we enter the fall and a new year together. This is an opportunity for members with and without Jewish heritage to gather, to learn, and to honor this important … Continue reading Free Faith Yom Kippur Evening Service