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 … Continue reading Candidating Week Information
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 … Continue reading You Can Never Lose a Thing, if it Belongs to You – Abbey Lincoln
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 … Continue reading Moderator’s Letter – April 2022
From Peace Action Group (PAG) 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 … Continue reading For Peace
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 … Continue reading To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
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 … Continue reading Connecting GA to First U: An Invitation
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 … Continue reading General Assembly Delegates Sought
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, … Continue reading Unitarian Universalists & International Peace: We Can Do 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 … Continue reading The Progress of Spring
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 … Continue reading Braided River Campaign: April
