Events Calendar
- No events scheduled for January 7, 2025.
The Alliance Presents “Homelessness in Portland: Upstream Causes, Downstream Effects, and Finding the Pathways Home”
Eliot Chapel 1011 SW 12th Ave, Portland- No events scheduled for January 9, 2025.
- No events scheduled for January 11, 2025.
Week of Events
🥞 Pancake Breakfast
🥞 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.
🌀 Labyrinth
🌀 Labyrinth
This year, as we explore the church theme “Join the Journey,” we will have monthly opportunities to deepen our spiritual practices and focus on our inner journeys through the Labyrinth. The Labyrinth will be set up in Fuller Hall on the first Sunday of most months from 9:30 a.m. to noon. We’re always looking for … Continue reading 🌀 Labyrinth
Children and Youth Learning Community: Together Time
Children and Youth Learning Community: Together Time
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: Together Time
🌞 Sunday Worship
First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour **Registration Required**
First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour **Registration Required**
This specific class is limited to 15 people. Please RSVP to Jen Thomas to join. First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour is a welcoming monthly event held on the first Sunday, 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, … Continue reading First Steps Orientation and Campus Tour **Registration Required**
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
The Alliance Presents “Homelessness in Portland: Upstream Causes, Downstream Effects, and Finding the Pathways Home”
The Alliance Presents “Homelessness in Portland: Upstream Causes, Downstream Effects, and Finding the Pathways Home”
On any given night in the United States, more than 650,000 people experience homelessness. West Coast states, including Oregon, are among the most significantly affected. Why? And what are we doing locally to help more of our neighbors find pathways home? Speaker: Ryan Deibert, Interim Director of Multnomah County's Homelessness Response System. To join us for the … Continue reading The Alliance Presents “Homelessness in Portland: Upstream Causes, Downstream Effects, and Finding the Pathways Home”
Wednesday Night Meditation
Wednesday Night Meditation
This group is open to all mindfulness and Buddhist-based meditations and beginners. We meet Wednesday evenings from 7:00 – 8:30. The format includes a thirty-five-minute meditation followed by a member-led discussion to increase understanding and integration of Buddhist principles into our daily lives. Questions? Want a Zoom link? Contact Robert.
Vespers
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