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.

Parish Hall Q&A (Hybrid)

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LMH Main Room 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport

Sunday, March 9, LMH Main Room, 9:30-10:30am. The Capital Campaign planning group will hold Q&A sessions on Sunday, March 9 at 9:30am (hybrid) and on Wednesday, March 12 at 7pm (Zoom only). These sessions are intended to provide an opportunity to ask questions regarding the warrant for the Special Congregational Meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 16 after church services.

Sunday Worship Service

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FRS Church 10 Main Street, Newburyport

Join us for services at 10:30am on Sundays, from the Sunday after Labor Day through late spring. Experience elements of the world religions, including our Christian roots and humanism. Find inspiration in choral and instrumental music (including organ), congregational singing, a time for children, readings, an offering, and meditative silence. Hear a sermon on social justice, spirituality, dealing with life’s challenges, or other issues. We may celebrate a holiday, act out a skit, hold a coming-of-age ceremony, or hear a member’s Journeys of Faith. Services end around 11:30am and are usually followed by a 30-minute fellowship gathering. For a relaxed service with music from the jazz tradition, come to a Jazz Vespers. Our Christmas Eve service and Christmas Candlelight service are community traditions.

Young Church

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LMH Main Room 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport

Young Church is for children up through 8th grade. Children sit with their families for the beginning of worship service (about 15 minutes), and then head downstairs to the Lower Meetinghouse with volunteers and the Director of Youth and Children’s Ministry, Mara Flynn. We offer nursery care for children under age 5 – and “littles” are also welcome to join us in Young Church with a parent/guardian in attendance. Our Young Church programming engages and allows our K-8th grade children to experience and create meaningful connection through: Ritual, stories, crafts, games and joyful community building Special guests, activities and projects that support curiosity and spiritual growth Explorations of the 7 UU Principles and social justice engagement If your child will be attending, please fill out our registration form HERE Questions? Email Mara Flynn, Director of Youth and Children’s Ministry at mara.flynn@frsuu.org.

The Immigration Crisis: What Can We Do?

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Parish Hall 1st Floor

Sunday, March 9, Parish Hall 1st Floor, noon. Join in a discussion and planning session on how we will respond to the threats against the immigrant community. What will we do and how will we do it? Come share your thoughts and strategies. Our church has a history of working on immigration issues including becoming a Level Two Sanctuary Church, supporting the woman in sanctuary in Amesbury, marching outside the ICE office in Burlington, and welcoming the Afghan family into our Parish Hall.