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SUMMARY:Auction Bidding (4/20 - 5/4)
DESCRIPTION:The latest edition of “Creating Connections: Welcome In!” is here! With over 120 exciting events\, services\, and vacation homes up for grabs\, this year’s auction is not to be missed. Place your bids through the online catalog until May 4.\n \nNew this year\, you can view items in a calendar format for easier browsing by switching between Grid View and Calendar View below the Bidding Tips section.\n \n Click here to bid now!\n\n \n\nEveryone must register to bid! Even if you participated in last year’s auction\, you’ll need to register again to bid in Auction 2025. Don’t miss out on the chance to win incredible items – register here now!\n \nFor questions\, contact the Auction committee.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/auction-bidding-2025/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Special Notice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T101500
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SUMMARY:🕯️ Sunday Worship
DESCRIPTION:In-person\nSanctuary\n1211 SW Main St.\nPortland\, OR 97205 \n  \nJoin us on livestream here
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/sunday-worship/2025-04-27/
LOCATION:Main Sanctuary\, 1211 SW Main St\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Service
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SUMMARY:Children and Youth Learning Community
DESCRIPTION: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 building.  Stop by the R.E. Information Desk in the Eliot Center if you need to register your children or youth\, or have questions for us.  All are welcome! \nClick here to view more information about our Learning Community.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/learning-community-2025/2025-04-27/
LOCATION:OR
CATEGORIES:Learning Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T120000
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SUMMARY:Congregant Budget Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled from April 13. \nJoin other congregants to learn about the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year\, which begins on July 1. Church Finance Committee and Executive Team members will walk folks through the numbers and the basis for decisions made. This budget will be presented to our Voting Members at our May election. \nJoin us in Eliot Chapel or watch online.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/congregant-budget-meeting-april2025/
LOCATION:Eliot Chapel\, 1011 SW 12th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205
CATEGORIES:Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T093905
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SUMMARY:Loving Kindness Meditation
DESCRIPTION:The teachings of Loving Kindness\, or Metta\, are about finding a path with heart. Jack Kornfield says\, “It’s about undertaking a path that transforms and touches us in the center of our being. To do so is to find a way of practice that allows us to live in the world wholly and fully from our heart.” \nWith this Spiritual Practice\, one can cultivate feelings of happiness\, dispel loneliness\,  let go of fear and anxiety. If you are feeling stuck\, this practice can help you enjoy a more compassionate life for yourself and others. \nJoin us on Zoom on Monday evenings to extend Loving-Kindness to yourself\, to those around you and to the world. \nNo previous meditation practice is necessary\, and new participants are always welcome.  Join on an ongoing basis\, or drop in as you’re able. \nMay we be at peace and keep our hearts open. \nContact Katie R. for more information. \nClick here to join.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/loving-kindness-meditation-2025/2025-04-28/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering & Connection
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T203000
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CREATED:20250411T000315Z
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SUMMARY:Communications/Governance Committees Info Session: Proposed Bylaws Changes
DESCRIPTION:Join the Board of Trustees Communications and Governance Committees to hear about the proposed bylaws changes on the May ballot. \nClick here to join on Zoom.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/communications-governance-committees-info-session-proposed-bylaws-changes-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250501T130000
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SUMMARY:Contemplative Practices Group
DESCRIPTION:First Thursdays in Channing (A101) \nThird Thursdays in Eliot Chapel \n  \nThe Contemplative Practices Group is returning! Join with us on the first and third Thursdays of the month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. to sit together in silence. Connect to your inner self as well as something bigger than yourself. Bring more peace and joy into your life\, increase mindfulness and develop more perspective. \n“Contemplative spirituality is about slowing down and relaxing our action\, our striving\, and all of our ‘doings.’ In order to ‘wake up’ to the Reality in which we are already immersed\, we must slow down and gently transition ‘from doing to being.’ “ – Keith Kristich \nThis is a drop-in group. Any silent sitting practice is welcomed and no prior meditation experience is needed. If you would like to learn a contemplative practice for use during the group\, let the facilitators know and they will meet with you half an hour before the group sit begins. \nEach group meeting consists of a 20-minute meditation\, a check-in on a spiritually oriented topic\, and deep discussion of a poem or short reading.  Facilitators are Patty C. and Ron W. They look forward to being with you! \n— \nPatty has been a UU since childhood and has attended First Unitarian for 20 years. She has taught spiritual practice classes and been involved with Wellspring\, the Labyrinth and other church programs. She learned meditation in college and has had a daily meditation practice since joining First Unitarian. She has been an active Spiritual Director since 2012. \nRon is a spiritual director and has been a lay minister\, Wellspring facilitator and taught in the learning community at First Unitarian. He has maintained a centering prayer and lectio divina practice for over twenty years.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/contemplative-practices-group/2025-05-01/
LOCATION:Channing\, A101
CATEGORIES:Gathering & Connection
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SUMMARY:Vespers
DESCRIPTION:Our Lay Ministers will offer inspirational readings\, guided meditation\, and quiet music in a contemplative program at week’s end. \nCongregants 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 a time to join in prayer not only for our community but also for the world. \nWe look forward to sharing this time of quiet reflection with you when we are all holding so much in our hearts. \nDetails: Fridays\, 5 – 5:40 p.m. \nJoin here (SAVE THIS LINK! It works every Friday.) \nhttps://tinyurl.com/Vespers-1stU
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/vespers/2025-05-02/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering & Connection
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