Speaker: Rev. Tom Disrud

Music and Worship Service: All is Calm, All is Bright

Sunday, Dec. 8 2024 // 10:15 a.m. Rev. Tom Disrud

Rev. Thomas Disrud and Garrett Bond Join us for this service when we’ll explore the vastness and light in this, the darkest time of year. With music, readings and poetry … Continue reading Music and Worship Service: All is Calm, All is Bright

The Need to Belong

Sunday, April 21, 2024 / 10:30 a.m. Rev. Tom Disrud

Time for All Ages We all have a need to belong somewhere, to recognize that we are not isolated beings. How is it we find our place in the family … Continue reading The Need to Belong

Withered, We Come to Weather

Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 11am Rev. Tom Disrud

Overheard a conversation among a small group of people this week. “Happy New Year,” says one person, “at least we know 2022 will be better than the last two…” A … Continue reading Withered, We Come to Weather

Called to Task Divine

Sunday, June 7, 10:15 AM Rev. Tom Disrud

Eight minutes and 46 seconds. Hearing that in the abstract doesn’t sound like a whole lot of time. But then imagining that amount of time with a police officer’s knee … Continue reading Called to Task Divine

Coming Together By Staying Apart

Sunday, March 22, 10:15 AM Rev. Tom Disrud

Words of Wendell Berry: When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my … Continue reading Coming Together By Staying Apart

Feet of Clay

Sunday, February 9, 9:15 AM & 11:15 AM Rev. Tom Disrud

One of the privileges I have as a minister is officiating at memorial services. “That must be so hard,” people sometimes say to me. And yes, sometimes it is hard, … Continue reading Feet of Clay

Keep On Moving Forward

Sunday, January 19, 9:15 AM & 11:15 AM Rev. Tom Disrud

This weekend we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. He would have turned 91 years old were he still alive. And imagining what King would have to say … Continue reading Keep On Moving Forward

Fear and Courage

Sunday, October 20, 9:15 AM & 11:15 AM Rev. Tom Disrud

Thank you choir. To my knowledge that is the first time that Taiko drums have been here in this sanctuary. The poor and dispossessed take up the drums For civil … Continue reading Fear and Courage

My Country ‘Tis of Thee

Sunday, July 7, 10:15 a.m. Rev. Tom Disrud

This week, as our country was about to celebrate its 243rd birthday, a controversy developed over Nike’s decision to pull shoes that had the so-called Betsy Ross flag on them. … Continue reading My Country ‘Tis of Thee

We Are Not Our Own

Sunday, 9:15 & 11:15 A.M. Rev. Tom Disrud

Earlier this month the Washington Post Magazine decided to illustrate its cover about climate change in an unusual way. To mark the occasion of Earth Day—and the scale of the … Continue reading We Are Not Our Own

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First Unitarian Portland

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