Events Calendar
Week of Events
Sunday, October 5, 2025
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October 5, 2025 -🥞 Pancake Breakfast
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October 5, 2025 -🕯️ Sunday Worship
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October 5, 2025 -Children and Youth Learning Community
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October 5, 2025 -First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour
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October 5, 2025 -Accompaniment Workshop
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October 5, 2025 -*Registration Closed* How to Write Your Ethical Will
🥞 Pancake Breakfast
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.
🕯️ Sunday Worship
In-person Sanctuary 1211 SW Main St. Portland, OR 97205 Join us on livestream here
Children and Youth 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
First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour
First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour is a welcoming regular event held on the first Sunday of most months, designed for new and returning members of First Unitarian Portland (First U PDX). This session offers an overview of the church’s history, core values, and vibrant community, encouraging participants to explore their connection and discover ways … Continue reading First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour
Accompaniment Workshop
Please join Heather Vickery from the UU Service Committee after the service in Eliot Chapel for a workshop on "Accompaniment." In these times, members of our community — including immigrants, trans and nonbinary kin, and houseless neighbors — are often pushed to the margins and treated as "other." This workshop will explore how we can … Continue reading Accompaniment Workshop
*Registration Closed* How to Write Your Ethical Will
How can you pass on the values and experiences that have given your life its deepest meaning? An Ethical Will can complement a traditional will, and can be written as a letter or in several other formats. Through facilitator presentations, class discussions, sharing in pairs, writing in and outside of class, and sharing writing (if … Continue reading *Registration Closed* How to Write Your Ethical Will
Monday, October 6, 2025
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October 6, 2025 -Loving Kindness Meditation
Loving Kindness Meditation
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 … Continue reading Loving Kindness Meditation
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
No events on this day.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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October 8, 2025 -Monthly Board Meeting
Monthly Board Meeting
Congregants are welcome to join us in person (Buchan Reception Hall) or on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82930223125?pwd=nWHAO9V2u2GYaaNeMOcai3cKCsz4VU.1
Thursday, October 9, 2025
No events on this day.
Friday, October 10, 2025
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October 10, 2025 -Vespers
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October 10, 2025 -Public Grids and Rumble on the River #26
Vespers
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
Public Grids and Rumble on the River #26
"Portland's Future: It's In Our Hands" Join our Economic Justice Action Group (EJAG) for a panel featuring Rumble on the River and Public Grids, a national organization empowering people to ensure that our utilities serve the public and the planet. This conversation will include guests who are a part of transformative, grassroots campaigns here and … Continue reading Public Grids and Rumble on the River #26
Saturday, October 11, 2025
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October 11, 2025 -Toni Paget Celebration of Life
Toni Paget Celebration of Life
Longtime member Toni Paget died on the morning of September 4 at the age of 85 after living with cancer in her last year. Toni was a retired school teacher and here at the church she was a part of our Quilts of Love group as well as the Alliance. She was a faithful attender … Continue reading Toni Paget Celebration of Life