APRIL MINISTRY THEME: INSIGHT & SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Annual Ministry Theme: Life
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
EASTER SUNDAY WORSHIP
SERVICE STARTS
AT 10:30AM
Sunday, April 5, 2026
Easter Sunday Worship
10:30am with livestream on YouTube
Celebrate the coming of spring and Easter with the traditional story as well as choir and brass music. Children are invited to join us outside after the service for an Easter egg hunt. Rev. Rebecca will lead the service.
“Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special.”
–Morris Dees
Attend on YouTube: https://bit.ly/FRSUUYouTube
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Maundy Thursday Service
Sanctuary and YouTube, 5:30pm
Join us for a peaceful service focused on humility, community, and love. In addition to beautiful organ music and quiet time together, we will celebrate a Unitarian Universalist version of communion and optional rituals of hand and feet washing. Rev. Rebecca and Rev. Jane will lead the service.
The Latest News & Events
Justice Sunday: The State of Housing in the Greater Newburyport Area
On Sunday, February 2 following worship we will have a Justice Sunday (and soup sunday) focusing on housing in the Newburyport area. Rents are high and apartments are few and far between. The cost of buying in this area continues to climb. Judy Tymon of the YWCA...
Valentine Making with Tinkerhaus ($20)
For the sixth year in a row, Tinkerhaus will be hosting a Valentine Making Event. This year it will be at Parish Hall starting at 6:30pm. Learn from Barbara Burns Dore for paper crafting tips and make Valentines for your own sweeties and some to share with local...
FRS Green Team Potluck and Beyond Plastics Presentation
On Wednesday, January 29 we invite all to share a potluck supper at 6 pm, followed by a talk and discussion on the risk of plastics and the associated plastic waste in our lives and for our environment. Molly Ettenborough, of the Newburyport Department of Recycling,...
Mystic and Contemplative Circles and Services – Winter 2025
The Mystic and Contemplative Circles and Services will begin again this winter on February 25. This program designed to create opportunities to explore pathways for opening to Spirit and sharing in sacred circles. These gatherings are intended to be opportunities to...
Men’s Group Breakfast: Celebrating Women
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...
Scott Ouellette Guitar Concert
On Saturday, January 11 from 3-4pm join Scott Ouellette in the Sanctuary for a guitar concert. Scott 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...
Exploring Elderhood Together: Brain Health Through Movement
Presented by Exploring Elderhood Together on Thursday, January 16 from 1-2:30pm with Guest Speaker Ree Coleman, Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher and more. Join us as we explore the connection between movement and brain health. We’ll start with a short video of Dr....
Post Inauguration Service
Join Rev. Rebecca and Rev. Laurel on Tuesday, January 21 from 6-7pm 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...
Breath Work with Sally Cote
Join Kundalini Yoga teacher Sally Cote on Wednesday, January 22 from 7-8:15pm from Roots to Wings Yoga Studio in Newbury, MA for a beginner-friendly breath work class design to soothe your nervous system and reduce stress.
Tour the FRS Campus and Buildings
Follow our drone footage as we fly to the top of FRS’s steeple featuring a glass-eyed gilded weathercock which overlooks downtown Newburyport and Merrimack River. From there, you’ll get a first-hand look at our campus grounds and the interior of our meetinghouse and Sanctuary which dates back to 1801. Rev. Rebecca, our Senior Minister, welcomes you and ALL who seek a place of spiritual community and faith here. Organ music provided by former Director of Church Music Justin Murphy-Mancini on our 1834 Joseph Alley organ. Piano music provided by Director of Church Music Nick Place. We close with a view of the bell from the foundry of Paul Revere and Sons bell.
