Reserved for Piano Practice
FRS Sanctuary 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, United StatesGay Pearson piano practice, every Friday, 4-5pm, Sanctuary
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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Gay Pearson piano practice, every Friday, 4-5pm, Sanctuary
Meets weekly on Friday
On Saturday, January 11 from 8–10am The FRS Men’s Group will be cooking a deluxe breakfast honoring women as an FRSUU auction item. We hope to sell 100 tickets to this event. All women are welcome regardless of payment. The suggested donation is $20/person and children under 12 are free. You can arrive any time to enjoy your breakfast, on your schedule. The deluxe breakfast includes made-to-order omelets, fruit, freshly baked pastries, pancakes, breakfast meats, and beverages. There will also be gluten-free options. If you signed up for the breakfast at the auction, the payments were not collected at the time and we need you to re-confirm your interest in the breakfast. Look for the sign-up table in the vestibule after church or sign-up on-line here. The Snow date is January 25.
Second Saturdays, Lower Meetinghouse Main Room, 8-11am.
Saturday, January 11, Sanctuary, 3pm. Scott Ouellette is a self-taught fingerstyle guitarist living on the east coast of the United States. He first began playing the guitar at age 7, listening mostly to popular rock music from the 1970s. In his early teen years, he became interested in the sounds of legendary classical guitarists Andrés Segovia, Christopher Parkening, and John Williams. By the age of 16, Scott had already graced the stage of The Palladium in New York, performed on television, and was getting work as a professional guitarist. After graduating high school in 1986, Scott was accepted to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied guitar performance. In 2003, Scott began composing instrumental modern pieces for solo guitar and has been giving concerts of his music since. Scott will be performing a mix of original music, traditional Spanish pieces, along with music from Brazil and many other parts of the world. Purchase tickets HERE.
Sunday, January 12, LMH Room A, 9:30-10:30am. Monthly meeting of the Community Outreach Committee.
Reserved from 10:00am-11:30am
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 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.
Meets second Sundays, LMH Room A, 11:45am-1pm.
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.
Alternating Mondays, starting January 13, LMH Main Room, 9:30-10:30am.