Reserved for Piano Practice
2025-02-27 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FRS Sanctuary, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Thursdays, Sanctuary, 2-4pm, Gay Pearson

PEG Center: Community Art Project Kickoff
2025-02-27 17:00 - 20:30 | Parish Hall 1st Floor
Thursday, February 27, Parish Hall 1st Floor, 5-8:30pm.
Join The PEG Center at FRS UU PARISH HALL as we launch our most important Community Art Project yet. Through the generous funding of Cultural Councils in Newburyport, Newbury, West Newbury and Salisbury, you are invited to help us create an aspirational mural of what social, human and climate justice could look like in our communities along the great Merrimack. Muralist, environmentalist, humanist Jenn Houle will lead us in activities that will help us express what we want for our communities, whether environmentally, through diversity, economic equity, etc. Jenn will be using exercises from The Earth Charter Vision. www.earthcharter.org.

This first evening will be a gathering of members from all surrounding communities for dialogue and activities. Refreshments will be served. In March, Jenn will return with our sketched-out mural for painting by the Community. In April we will display the mural and then travel it! ALL AGES!
Register at www.thepegcenter.org.
A $10 Love Offering would be most appreciated.

Adult Choir
2025-02-27 19:00 - 20:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Thursdays, LMH Main Room, 7-8:30pm

Reserved for Piano Practice
2025-02-28 16:00 - 17:00 | FRS Sanctuary, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Gay Pearson piano practice, every Friday, 4-5pm, Sanctuary

SMART Recovery (Contact: 678-378-0786)
2025-02-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Hayward Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets weekly on Friday

PEG Center: The PEG Center Book Group Launch
2025-03-01 08:00 - 11:00 | Parish Hall 1st Floor
Saturday, March 1, Parish Hall 1st Floor, 8-11am.
The new PEG Center Book Group will launch on Saturday, March 1st, from 9-10:30AM at FRS UU PARISH HALL in downtown Newburyport. At the first meeting, we will determine our monthly meeting times moving forward, if we need to offer two groups, and the discussion format. The emphasis on our reading will be about activism, humanitarianism, and spirit. Our first read will be “We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption” by Kaira Jewel Lingo. All are welcome! This book group will give many gifts, from comraderie to compassion to action, together.
$10 Love Offering per monthly meet up. Thank you! You can register for the event here.
We have purchased 10 copies of this book which is in limited supply. Our cost is $12 each. We will have them at the 1st meeting for the 1st 10 people who buy them. Contact Jabberwocky Book Store 978 465 9359.

Ignite Your Inner Light: Yoga, Meditation, & Music for Joyful Renewal
2025-03-01 10:00 - 12:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Saturday, March 1, LMH Main Room, 10am-12:30pm. Join Manny Muros and Alise Ashby for a transformative experience that nurtures your body, mind, and soul. We begin with an all-levels yoga class to create alignment and integrity in your physical, mental, and emotional self. This practice opens the body and prepares you for deeper stillness. Manny will then guide a serene meditation, inviting you to connect with your Divine Self, beautifully accompanied by Alise’s soulful piano music. The powerful combination of yoga, meditation, and live music creates a space for profound peace, harmony, and inner connection. We look forward to sharing this inspiring journey with you!
Admission price: $45.
https://www.manueljosemuros.com

Contemplative Worship at FRS: Touching the Sacred Within
2025-03-02 08:00 - 09:00 | FRS Sanctuary, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Sanctuary, first Sunday of the month, led by Rev. Alan Seale.
Contemplation has been described as “a long loving look at the real” and “a pure intuition of being, born of love” (21st-century mystic William McNamara).
Join Rev. Alan Seale at 8am on the first Sunday of the month for a half-hour contemplative worship experience—a space and time to be present with the simplicities and complexities of life in the quiet embrace of the FRS Sanctuary.
The sanctuary will be open to welcome you from 7:50am. The service will include quiet piano music, a brief message or reading, and periods of silent reflection and meditation. If this contemplative worship experience calls out to you, we hope you will join us.

New to UU Classes with Rev. Laurel
2025-03-02 09:00 - 10:15 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Sundays, February 2, February 16, March 2, LMH Room A, 9-10:15am.
Are you new to FRS and/or Unitarian Universalism? This series of three classes is designed to help answer questions about Unitarian Universalism, give you tools to navigate all that FRS has to offer, and foster connections with other newcomers as well as longtime members. Questions? Please reach out to Rev. Laurel at revlaurel.gray@frsuu.org.
We would love to have you join us! Snacks will be provided!

Reserved for Nursery
2025-03-02 10:00 - 11:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Reserved from 10:00am-11:30am

Sunday Worship Service
2025-03-02 10:30 - 11:30 | FRS Church, 10 Main Street, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
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
2025-03-02 10:30 - 11:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
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.

Ice Cream Social
2025-03-02 11:30 - 12:30 | Parish Hall 1st Floor
Sunday, March 2, Parish Hall, following worship. Join us for our Annual Giving Campaign kickoff ice cream social!

Chalice Circle Leader Meeting
2025-03-02 11:45 - 12:45 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
First Sundays, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, LMH Room A, 11:45am-12:45pm.

Reserved for Wilson Concert
2025-03-02 14:00 - 16:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Sundays, February 23, March 2, March 23, LMH Room A, 2-4pm.

Annual Campaign Core Team
2025-03-03 09:30 - 10:30 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Alternating Mondays, starting February 3, Room A, 9:30am.

Maker Mondays: Craft Circle with Rev. Laurel
2025-03-03 11:00 - 13:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
First and third Mondays, LMH Nursery/Conference Room, 11am-1pm. Join Rev. Laurel for our Maker Monday offering during lunch hour on the first and third Monday of each month. Bring a creative project, start a new hobby and connect with other makers in our FRS community. Invite a friend if you feel called, and bring a lunch if you prefer. All are welcome.

Chalice Circle
2025-03-03 14:00 - 16:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Mondays, February 17 to May 5, LMH Room A, 2-4pm.

Short Story Group
2025-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The Tuesday Short Story Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, noon, Lower Meeting House (with a Zoom option available).
For more information please visit: https://www.frsuu.org/short-story-group/

Chalice Circle
2025-03-04 18:00 - 20:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Tuesdays, February 25 to May 13, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, 6-8pm

Chalice Circle (Zoom)
2025-03-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Tuesdays, February 25 to May 27, 6-8pm, Zoom only.

Facilities Committee Meeting
2025-03-05 08:15 - 09:15 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Wednesday, March 5, LMH Room A, 8:15-9:15am.

4th Century Visioning Team (Hybrid)
2025-03-05 09:00 - 10:00 | MA
Meets 1st Wednesdays, LMH Main Room, 9-10am (Hybrid).

Wednesday Guided Meditation (Zoom)
2025-03-05 10:00 - 10:30 | Zoom
Join FRS member and LICSW Woman Cooper on Wednesdays at 10am for a brief period of mid-week relaxation and renewal. Each 30-minute session will include a guided visualization and reflection on questions around where we hold stress and how we can release it. You’ll also learn some relaxation techniques to use on your own. This is a drop-in program; come one time or many.
If you’d like to reach out to Woman, email susanc0805@gmail.com.
Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87349458812?pwd=[REDACTED]

Staff Meeting
2025-03-05 10:30 - 12:00 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States

Ladies Who Lunch
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Michael’s Harborside Restaurant & Bar, 1 Tournament Wharft, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Ladies Who Lunch will meet at Michael’s Harborside at noon for a good meal and conversation. Text or call Nancy or Annie if you plan to attend.

Addictions Ministry Team
2025-03-05 15:00 - 16:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
The Addictions Ministry Team occurs monthly on the first Wednesday from 3:00pm-4:00pm in the LMH Nursery/Conference Room.

Stewardship Meeting (Zoom)
2025-03-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
Meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm on Zoom.

Chalice Circle
2025-03-06 10:00 - 12:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Thursdays, February 27 to May 29, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, 10am-noon.

Executive Committee Meeting
2025-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets 1st Thursday, 1-2pm, LMH Room A.
