FRSUU Events Calendar
This calendar lists FRSUU activities inside our buildings and in the community. It also shows when FRSUU spaces are being reserved by outside groups. Click on an event to see its location and more information.
If you need to reserve space for your meeting or event, please fill out [this form].
For questions regarding church ministry related events and meetings, please contact the Church Administrator at diane.carroll@frsuu.org.
For external inquiries including private events and rentals please contact nick.place@frsuu.org.
Join us for "Sanctuary in the Sanctuary" Election Week daytime service from 12:00-1:00pm on Monday, November 4th through Wednesday, November 6th. The noon time services will be quiet, simple, contemplative services designed to calm the nerves, create solidarity and build community.
Monday Night Meditation at 6:30pm in Lower Meeting House (enter via Unicorn Street entrance). These weekly sessions are led by Joyce Haydock, Senior Dharma Teacher with the International Kwan Um School of Zen. She has been with the school since 1989. This FRSUU Monday group was established over ten years ago. Our sessions consist of two or three chants, two readings/teachings and 30 minutes of sitting meditation. Beginners are welcome. Contact Joyce at 978-363-5457 or email joycehaydock@outlook.com to be added to our list and receive access information.
Meets in the Hayward Room
Join us for Spirit Strong: Election Week Services Monday, November 4th through Wednesday, November 6th from 7:00-8:00pm. The Monday service will be intergenerational, and Tuesday and Wednesday services will be led by Rev. Rebecca. There will also be a Sanctuary in the Sanctuary Service daytime offering from 12:00-1:00pm. The noon time services will be quiet, simple, contemplative services designed to calm the nerves, create solidarity and build community. Come together with your FRS community for strength, solidarity, and peace. *Note there will no longer be a Mystic and Contemplative Circles and Services meeting held on 11/5. This will replace that gathering. Evening services: Monday, Nov. 4. Reverends Jane Tuohy and Laurel Gray, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Rev. Rebecca Bryan, Wednesday, Nov. 6. Rev. Rebecca Bryan Noon time contemplation services: Monday Nov. 4. Rabbi Alex Matthews, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Rev. Stan Barrett ( Sufi teacher), Wednesday, Nov.6. Rev. Jane Tuohy, Buddhist teachers Barbara Dowd, Carolyn Davis
Please join NSIMC guiding teacher Matthew Daniell for a four-week Monday night series in November, held in partnership with the First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, in Newburyport When: Monday evenings, 7-8:30 pm, Nov. 4, 11, 18, & 25 Where: First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall Cost: $85 for the series ($80 cash or check) Description: To breathe is to live. This is an anatomical fact, but it can also be a powerful tool to support our inner life, and find a quiet place of rest, renewal, and resilience, inside. In this four-part series, we will draw mainly from the ancient and modern meditative wisdom traditions to explore how mindful breathing can be a simple gateway to living a fuller, more emotionally skillful and more spiritually rich life, in the here and now. There will be meditation periods (15-25 minutes) with instruction and silence, along with reflections and time for discussion in each session, as well as exercises to bring into daily life. This series is appropriate for beginners as well as those with more meditation experience. People of all traditions are welcome, breath is common to all that lives. Matthew Daniell is the guiding teacher of NSIMC. He has been practicing Buddhist meditation since the 1980s, including over a decade in Asia, where he practiced Zen intensively in Japan, Tibetan Buddhism in India, and Insight meditation in Burma, India, and Thailand. Read more about Matthew on his teacher page. The fee for this program is $85 ($80 cash or check). To register and pay online, just click below; to pay by cash or check, email northshoreimc@gmail.com.