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  • Justice Delayed, Finally Gained: EDPA2 Update

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

    Justice Delayed, Finally Gained: How Portland Families Displaced by Urban Renewal Won Restitution Ms. Byrd, the founder of Emanuel Displaced Persons Association 2 (EDPA2), with whom our congregation has been long connected, returns to recap and update the efforts that led to their remarkable settlement with the City of Portland last year. Under Byrd’s determined and … Continue reading Justice Delayed, Finally Gained: EDPA2 Update

  • *Registration Required* Writing Life Stories: Trying New Approaches

    *Registration Required* Writing Life Stories: Trying New Approaches
    Program/Event

    Why join a writing group? Maybe you’ve been trying to make sense of the confusing event in your past or a puzzling family member. Maybe you want to write down and self-publish family stories to share with family and friends. Maybe writing stretches your brain and you like the feeling. Our general process will be … Continue reading *Registration Required* Writing Life Stories: Trying New Approaches

  • 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.

  • 🌀 Labyrinth

    🌀 Labyrinth
    Fuller Hall 1211 SW Main St, Portland, OR
    Gathering & Connection

    Our 7-circuit canvas labyrinth will be available in Fuller Hall for walking meditation from 9 a.m. until noon this Sunday, March 1. A labyrinth is “a spiraled sanctuary where your old ways fade, the ego begins to molt, and outlived stories fall away. Like the caterpillar in chrysalis, you may feel undone, uncertain, unformed – … Continue reading 🌀 Labyrinth

  • 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

  • “The Water Factor” Author Reading

    Classroom B304
    Program/Event

    A reading and discussion with author Marilynne Eichinger Join members of Community for Earth for a reading from The Water Factor, a near-future eco-thriller set in the Oregon High Desert, and a discussion of what happens when something as sacred as water is treated as a commodity instead of a human right. Light refreshments provided. … Continue reading “The Water Factor” Author Reading

  • Considering Membership Class

    Channing, A101
    Gathering & Connection

    Every community is like a tapestry—each person adding their own color and texture to the whole. If you’ve been attending First Unitarian Portland and are feeling ready to become a woven part of the fabric of this congregation, we invite you to our Considering Membership class. In this one-session gathering, you’ll learn about the commitments and joys … Continue reading Considering Membership Class

  • The Alliance Presents “Stories of Lan Su”

    The Alliance Presents
    Eliot Chapel 1011 SW 12th Ave, Portland, OR +1 more
    Program/Event

    Weaving Together Portland Communities: Stories of Lan Su - Revealing the Untold Tales of Portland's Chinese Garden Join Venus Sun, Senior Director of Experience at Lan Su Chinese Garden, as she traces the roots of Portland's one-of-a-kind classical Chinese garden with its profound identity as a living expression of art, philosophy, and tradition, and its … Continue reading The Alliance Presents “Stories of Lan Su”

  • Neighbor-to-Neighbor Interfaith Witness at ICE

    Neighbor-to-Neighbor Interfaith Witness at ICE
    Portland ICE Facility 4310 S Macadam Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    Neighbor-to-Neighbor Interfaith Witness at ICE is an opportunity for faith communities to be in solidarity, declaring our moral outrage at the cruel practices of abducting community members, terrorizing communities, and separating families, in the name of an inhumane political agenda. We will demonstrate that neighbors show up for neighbors. We will be shoulder-to-shoulder to bear … Continue reading Neighbor-to-Neighbor Interfaith Witness at ICE

  • 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

  • Carol Touchet Celebration of Life

    Buchan Hall 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States
    Memorial

    Long-time member Carol Touchet died in February 2026 at home. Carol joined the church in 2001 and was a faithful member of the Alliance, helping with memorials; an active member of our "T" Time group; and an usher for many years. Join us in Buchan Hall at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 6, to celebrate … Continue reading Carol Touchet Celebration of Life

  • 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

  • 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