SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
TENDING THE FALLOW SEASON
SERVICE STARTS
AT 10:30AM
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Tending the Fallow Season
10:30am, with livestream YouTube
Fallow ground isn’t empty ground — it’s ground that’s resting and being tended on purpose, so what grows next grows stronger. How do we do that in our individual lives and as a community? We begin to explore the work we’ll do together, the questions we’ll ask about ourselves and who we want to become, and how it all prepares the soil for the future. The service will be led by Rev. Connie Simon.
FRSUU Welcomes New Interim Minister!
Rev. Connie explains her approach to interim ministry on her website: “I’ve chosen to focus my ministry on transitional work because I genuinely love it. There’s something deeply meaningful about accompanying congregations through periods of change—helping them reflect on their history, clarify their identity, strengthen their leadership, and step intentionally into their future. Transitions are challenging, but they’re also extraordinary opportunities for growth, healing, and renewal.”
Read the full announcement HERE.
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Tour the FRSUU Campus and Buildings
Follow our drone footage as we fly to the top of FRSUU’s steeple featuring a glass-eyed gilded weathercock which overlooks downtown Newburyport and Merrimack River. From there, you’ll get a first-hand look at our campus grounds and the interior of our Meetinghouse and Sanctuary which dates back to 1801. Rev. Connie Simon, our Interim Minister, welcomes you and ALL who seek a place of spiritual community and faith here. Organ music provided by former Director of Church Music Justin Murphy-Mancini on our 1834 Joseph Alley organ. Piano music provided by Director of Church Music Nick Place. We close with a view of the bell from the foundry of Paul Revere and Sons bell.
