Reverend Alison Miller, our candidate for senior minister, will be in Portland May 15th – 22nd for Candidating Week, a time during which she will be meeting with many people and groups at church to introduce herself and begin establishing relationships with us all. She … read more.
You Can Never Lose a Thing, If It Belongs to You – Abbey Lincoln
This is a liminal time at First Unitarian. The candidate for the minister who will follow me has been announced, but Alison is not here yet. At the same time, the finish … read more.
Greetings,
We are all so excited to meet our candidate for Senior Minister, Rev. Alison Miller. She will be joining us for Candidating Week May 15-22. More details about her visit will be forthcoming from the Ministerial Search Committee.
Ballots for voting to call Rev. Alison will … read more.
The members of the Peace Action Group invite you to reflect on this timely and tender poem by the Irish poet John O’Donohue.Perhaps you could include the poem in your meditation practice.
For Peace
As the fever of day calms towards twilight
May … read more.
As we look to the end of our church year, I’m very much aware of the endings as well as the beginnings in our community. Rev. Bill Sinkford just preached his last Easter sermon here. He’ll be in the pulpit just two more times before … read more.
Before moving to Portland, I had been here only once. In the summer of 2015, I was an intern at the UUA Side With Love offices in Washington, DC, and we had business in Portland because our denomination’s General Assembly was here. As always, I … read more.
The UUA General Assembly is in Portland, June 22-26. We need 19 delegates to represent First Unitarian, Portland. Participation is possible both in-person and virtually. Are you ready, willing, and able?
Are You Ready – Can you devote three hours to Association business on Thursday, Friday, … read more.
by Curtis Bell, UUs for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME)
A plea for greater involvement of the UU community in the international struggle for peace, the rule of law, and respect for the human rights of all people.
As I write this … read more.
The Daffodils are starting to droop a bit. The flowering trees are giving up their spectacular colors to carpet the streets and paths near my house. The Camellias remain in riotous bloom but the signs of spring have been with us for some time.
Still, the … read more.
For the month of April, we share our plate with the Braided River Campaign, a community-based organization dedicated to environmental justice for communities in the North Portland Harbor, from the Broadway Bridge to Sauvie Island. Braided River refers to the natural course of an … read more.
