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.

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  • Sunday Worship Service

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    FRS Church 10 Main Street, Newburyport, MA, 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

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    LMH Main Room 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 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.

  • Justice Sunday – Anti-Racism Initiative

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    Parish Hall 1st Floor

    Sunday, January 19, Parish Hall 1st Floor, noon-1pm. Please join the Anti-Racism Initiative team for Justice Sunday after the MLK service! We look forward to sharing soup, salad and a recorded interview with Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste, in anticipation of our upcoming Congregational Read. The interview will be followed by a brief Q&A facilitated by members of the Anti-Racism Initiative team.

  • Special Maker Monday with Rev. Laurel

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    LMH Main Room 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Monday, January 20, Lower Meetinghouse, noon. Our Maker Monday circle is open to all, especially on this inauguration day. For anyone who needs a space away from watching the inauguration, join Rev. Laurel and fellow FRS members from 12-1pm in the Lower Meetinghouse. We'll have crafts available for anyone who needs one. Feel free to bring your lunch.

  • Annual Campaign Core Team

    LMH Room A 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Monday, January 20, LMH Room A, 2:30-3:30pm.

  • Short Story Group

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    LMH Room A 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    The Tuesday Short Story Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, LMH Room A, noon. For more information please visit: https://www.frsuu.org/short-story-group/

  • Anti-Racism Initiative Meeting (Zoom)

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    Zoom

    Third Tuesdays, alternating between 2pm and 7pm, Zoom. January 21, March 18, and May 20 meetings at 2pm. February 18, April 15, and June 17 meetings at 7pm. Please join us! Contact Sue Fasoli for the Zoom link.

  • Post-Inauguration Service

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    FRS Sanctuary 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Tuesday, January 21, Sanctuary, 6-7pm. Join Rev. Rebecca and Rev. Laurel for this post-inauguration service in the sanctuary. In this time of immense change and uncertainty, it matters that we gather in community, root down into our deepest values, and remember that we will find our way together. FRS member Greg Garnache will play guitar.

  • Facilities/ Grants/ Green Team Meeting

    LMH Main Room 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Wednesday, January 22, Lower Meetinghouse Main Room, 9:30-10:30am

  • Wednesday Guided Meditation (Zoom)

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    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=dXdIUVBJb0F1MnVjL0ZDakErVlRIdz09

  • Worship Planning

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    LMH Main Room 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Lower Meetinghouse, 10:30am-noon.