First Religious Society of Newburyport

Community Outreach Committee Planning Meeting
2024-11-10 09:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Sunday, November 10, LMH Room A, 9:30-10:30am.

Reserved for Nursery
2024-11-10 10:00 - 11:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Reserved from 10:00am-11:30am

Sunday Worship Service
2024-11-10 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
2024-11-10 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.

Governance Committee Meeting
2024-11-10 11:45 - 13:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets second Sundays, LMH Room A, 11:45am-1pm.

Youth Group
2024-11-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Youth Room (Parish Hall), 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets in Youth Room in Parish Hall. Led by Mara Flynn on 10/27, 11/24, 12/8, 1/12/25. Led by Rev. Laurel on 11/10, 12/22, 1/26/25.

Candlelight Chorale Rehearsal
2024-11-10 13:00 - 15:00 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Sundays until December 15, LMH Main Room, 1-3pm.

Play Rehearsal
2024-11-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Parish Hall 1st Floor
Sundays from 3-5pm
November 3, 10, 17, 24

The Breath of Life: An Introduction to Breath and Awareness Practices for Health and Wellbeing - A Four-Week Series with Matthew Daniell
2024-11-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Parish Hall 1st Floor
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.

Reserved for Photo Shoot
2024-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 | FRS Sanctuary, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
November 12, Sanctuary, 10am-12pm.

EET Steering Committee
2024-11-12 15:00 - 16:30 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
November 12, LMH Room A, 3-4:30pm (special time this month).

Annual Campaign Planning Meeting (Hybrid)
2024-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Tuesday, November 12, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, 4-5pm

Master Your Mind: Unlocking the Path to Spiritual Awakening and Personal Evolution
2024-11-12 18:30 - 20:00 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Tuesday, November 12, Lower Meetinghouse, 6:30-8pm. Join us for an inspiring evening with Manny Muros, as he shares his 30-year spiritual journey and introduces The Mind Overlay Transformational Program, a powerful system he created to unlock personal and spiritual evolution.
Master Your Mind: Unlocking the Path to Spiritual Awakening and Personal Evolution
Through the integration of metaphysical yogic teachings, meditations, and devotional practices, Manny will guide us towards a deeper understanding of what it truly means to “be human.” Learn how to embrace the peace and joy that is your birthright.
Manny’s work—embodied in his Mind Overlay Transformational Program, his transformative books, and his immersive group trainings and retreats—has helped countless individuals live with purpose, love, and joy. He simplifies complex spiritual concepts, making them accessible and relevant to modern life.
In this talk, Manny will share his insights from decades of dedicated practice in yoga, meditation, and sacred wisdom traditions, and show you how to awaken your soul’s potential and bring balance to your everyday existence.
This is more than just a talk—it’s an invitation to a life-altering journey toward authentic self-expression, personal growth, and spiritual awakening. Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your life from within!
There in no charge for this program. Please RSVP here!

Wednesday Guided Meditation (Zoom)
2024-11-13 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]

Worship Planning
2024-11-13 10:30 - 12:00 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States

Retired Old Men Eating Out (ROMEO)
2024-11-13 12:00 - 13:30 | The Grog, 13 Middle St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
The next meeting of ROMEO is at The Grog on Wednesday, November 13 at 12pm. The Officer of the Day is Bob Hooker. Reservations are not required. Please bring small bills to cover your share of the tab.

Safety Training
2024-11-13 16:00 - 20:00 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
CPR-Defib from 4-8pm

Stewardship Meeting (Zoom)
2024-11-13 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-11-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-11-15 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-11-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
Meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm on Zoom.

Finance Committee Meeting (Hybrid)
2024-11-14 10:30 - 11:30 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Second Thursdays, LMH Room A, 10:30-11:30am.

Afghan Group Meeting
2024-11-14 12:00 - 13:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Thursdays, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5, 12/12, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, noon.

Reserved for Piano Practice
2024-11-14 14:00 - 16:00 | FRS Sanctuary, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Thursdays, Sanctuary, 2-4pm, Gay Pearson

Private Rental
2024-11-14 15:30 - 17:30 | Parish Hall 1st Floor
TITO Afterschool Program from 3:30-5:30pm, Parish Hall 1st floor.
Oct. 24
Nov.7, 14 & 21
Dec. 5, 12 & 19

Mt. Pemigewassett Hikers
2024-11-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Hayward Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Hayward Room

Adult Choir
2024-11-14 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
2024-11-15 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)
2024-11-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Hayward Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets weekly on Friday

Young Church Singers
2024-11-17 09:30 - 10:15 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Young Church Singers Rehearsals, LMH Room A, 9:30-10:15am
