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  • *Registration Required* Good Grief: Navigating Personal Loss

    Good Grief: Navigating Personal Loss
    Gathering & Connection

    In this four-session class for people who are grieving the loss of a close family member, we will explore the nature of grief, offer the opportunity to share your own grief story, and conduct a ritual of remembrance. We will offer suggestions for coping with significant anniversaries and holidays. Resources will be provided. There is … Continue reading *Registration Required* Good Grief: Navigating Personal Loss

  • FUSE Forum: We All Need a Village

    FUSE Forums
    Buchan Hall 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States
    Gathering & Connection

    We All Need a Village: Weaving Community as We Age Join panelists from NW Villages to discuss aging in place and solo aging. Snacks & beverages provided. First Unitarian's Senior Engagement (FUSE) works to increase meaningful connections, help members experiencing loneliness, and enhance the spiritual well-being and centeredness of members.

  • Vespers

    Vespers
    Virtual
    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

  • 2026 Sewell Social Justice Lecture: AI as a Tool for Oppression and for Resistance & Liberation

    Main Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR, United States
    Program/Event

    Sylvester Johnson explores AI as a force that can entrench systemic control or catalyze human agency. Lecture 1pm; Optional Workshop 3pm. Register here! AI as a Tool for Oppression and for Resistance & Liberation: Lecture: 1-2:30 pm Join us in person to explore how AI can be both a force of control and a powerful ally in the fight for freedom. … Continue reading 2026 Sewell Social Justice Lecture: AI as a Tool for Oppression and for Resistance & Liberation

  • Children and Youth Learning Community

    Children and Youth Learning Community
    Learning Community

    The Learning Community, also referred to as R.E. (Religious Education), meets at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday mornings.  On the first Sunday of the month, children and youth start out in the main Sanctuary for our monthly “Together Time” before moving on to their classrooms in our Eliot Center/Buchan Building, right next door to our Sanctuary … Continue reading Children and Youth Learning Community

  • *Registration Required* Good Grief: Navigating Personal Loss

    Good Grief: Navigating Personal Loss
    Gathering & Connection

    In this four-session class for people who are grieving the loss of a close family member, we will explore the nature of grief, offer the opportunity to share your own grief story, and conduct a ritual of remembrance. We will offer suggestions for coping with significant anniversaries and holidays. Resources will be provided. There is … Continue reading *Registration Required* Good Grief: Navigating Personal Loss

  • Rumble on the River Data Centers Forum

    Main Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR, United States
    Program/Event

    As a follow up to our Sewell Lecture about AI as a Tool for Oppression and for Resistance & Liberation, First Unitarian is hosting a session on data centers in Oregon. Aside from providing limited long-term employment opportunities and receiving tax breaks, data centers demand extreme amounts of water, energy and land. The excellent panel … Continue reading Rumble on the River Data Centers Forum

  • 🌎 Beltane Ritual

    Earth-Based Rituals
    Buchan Hall 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States
    Service

    Join Rev. Charlotte Cramer for a series of earth-based rituals following the Wheel of the Year. These rituals will be simple and accessible to all, rooted in the earth and human experience, and for any faith background or belief system. Click here for more information about the full series. On Wednesday, April 29, we will … Continue reading 🌎 Beltane Ritual

  • Vespers

    Vespers
    Virtual
    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

  • 🥞 Pancake Breakfast

    🥞 Pancake Breakfast
    Buchan Hall 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States
    Gathering & Connection

    Join us for free, delicious pancakes in Buchan Reception Hall from 8:45 to 10 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month. We will have plain, blueberry, chocolate, and blueberry-chocolate pancakes fresh off the griddle. All are welcome! Hosted by the UU Men’s Community.

  • Children and Youth Learning Community

    Children and Youth Learning Community
    Learning Community

    The Learning Community, also referred to as R.E. (Religious Education), meets at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday mornings.  On the first Sunday of the month, children and youth start out in the main Sanctuary for our monthly “Together Time” before moving on to their classrooms in our Eliot Center/Buchan Building, right next door to our Sanctuary … Continue reading Children and Youth Learning Community

  • Monthly Board Meeting

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

    Congregants are welcome to join us in person (Buchan Reception Hall) or on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82930223125?pwd=nWHAO9V2u2GYaaNeMOcai3cKCsz4VU.1

  • Vespers

    Vespers
    Virtual
    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