BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//First Unitarian Portland - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:First Unitarian Portland
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for First Unitarian Portland
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20260308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20261101T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20270314T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20271107T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T113000
DTSTAMP:20260423T111404
CREATED:20241127T213504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T222116Z
UID:10001376-1773569700-1773574200@www.firstunitarianportland.org
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/2026-03-15/
LOCATION:Main Sanctuary\, 1211 SW Main St\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Service
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T113000
DTSTAMP:20260423T111404
CREATED:20250509T213239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T223552Z
UID:10001420-1773569700-1773574200@www.firstunitarianportland.org
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-2026/2026-03-15/
LOCATION:OR
CATEGORIES:Learning Community
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260316T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260316T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T111404
CREATED:20250512T180448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T222140Z
UID:10001498-1773691200-1773693000@www.firstunitarianportland.org
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-2026/2026-03-16/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering & Connection
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T144500
DTSTAMP:20260423T111404
CREATED:20260123T000900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T000900Z
UID:10001894-1773842400-1773845100@www.firstunitarianportland.org
SUMMARY:Neighbor-to-Neighbor Interfaith Witness at ICE
DESCRIPTION: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 witness to our outrage\, deepen our relationships\, and build solidarity among our interfaith communities. Please dress accordingly for the weather. Please do not bring signs. We will provide whatever is needed for the ritual.\n\nThis series is supported by Together Lab\, which has been organizing interfaith clergy to be a daily moral presence at the ICE facility on Macadam and at the Federal Courthouse downtown\, as well as organizing neighbor-to-neighbor solidarity with teachers and families around Portland.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/neighbor-to-neighbor-interfaith-witness-at-ice/2026-03-18/
LOCATION:Portland ICE Facility\, 4310 S Macadam Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97239\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Justice
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T111404
CREATED:20260310T143120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T215843Z
UID:10001919-1773856800-1773864000@www.firstunitarianportland.org
SUMMARY:🌎 Ostara Ritual
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOn Wednesday\, March 18\, we will be celebrating Ostara\, the Spring Equinox\, through honoring the lessons we have learned this past winter\, and sending out wishes for the coming season and reemergence of the sun. Welcome the return of light and the season of new growth with an earth-based\, simple yet transformative community ritual. \nPotluck to follow! Please bring your favorite dish. \nNote: This event will take place in Buchan Hall. Please enter through the Salmon Street entrance (1226 SW Salmon St).
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/ostara-2026/
LOCATION:Buchan Hall\, 1226 SW Salmon St\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Service
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260407
DTSTAMP:20260423T111404
CREATED:20260217T223925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T184407Z
UID:10001915-1773878400-1775519999@www.firstunitarianportland.org
SUMMARY:Auction Donations (3/19 - 4/6)
DESCRIPTION:Because we bought our church property piecemeal\, we have many roofs of different ages\, and almost all are leaking now\, causing damage to floors below. That’s why this year’s auction—CREATING CONNECTIONS: MANY BELIEFS\, MANY ROOFS—wants your help to raise funds for roof repair and long-term maintenance. Consult with your friends to create an event—a group hike\, a fancy dinner\, your vacation home? Donations accepted online beginning March 19. Our motto is: “Bid High\, Keep Dry!” \n Donations start March 19 and continues through April 6. The Auction’s online bidding starts April 19 and ends May 3. More news to follow in later Front Steps editions. Stay tuned.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/auction-donations-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Special Notice
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260319T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260319T143000
DTSTAMP:20260423T111404
CREATED:20250917T235414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T235414Z
UID:10001831-1773925200-1773930600@www.firstunitarianportland.org
SUMMARY:Contemplative Practices Group
DESCRIPTION:First Thursdays in Channing (A101) \nThird Thursdays in Eliot Chapel \n  \nJoin 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. Facilitator is Patty C. We 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.
URL:https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/event/contemplative-practices-group-2-3/2026-03-19/
LOCATION:OR
CATEGORIES:Gathering & Connection
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260320T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260320T174000
DTSTAMP:20260423T111405
CREATED:20241127T211744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T222057Z
UID:10001590-1774026000-1774028400@www.firstunitarianportland.org
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/2026-03-20/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering & Connection
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR