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
Third Annual Holiday Cookie Walk
Please join us to make this year's Cookie Walk even more fun and successful than the last one! If you like to bake or can volunteer to help out at the event, please click here to sign up or visit the Cookie Walk table after services beginning on November 17. And...
Pageant for All Ages
We hope you'll join us for this special multigenerational service, as we playfully retell the nativity story and enjoy our choir singing cherished carols and hymns! After the service, you are invited to join us for “Coffee and Cocoa Hour” next door in Parish Hall!
Jazz Vespers
On Wednesday, December 11 from 7:30-8:30pm FRS welcome poet Alfred Nicol of West Newbury for readings and Mark Earley (Room full of Blues) on sax, Chris Plante on piano and Josh Schultz on bass. You can find the full details about the event HERE.
Celebrate the Holidays at High Tea
Members of the Community Outreach Committee invite you to join them in celebrating the Holidays by attending “High Tea” on Thursday, December 12 from 3-5pm. Enjoy tea sandwiches, scones, and desserts while sharing with others your holiday memories past and present....
December Journeys: An Evening of Jazz, Chamber Music, & Poetry for the Holidays
Join us in the Sanctuary on Friday, December 6 at 7:30pm, Row Twelve Presents a complimentary holiday concert featuring Andy Brewster on bass, Katherine Kleitz on flute, Marc Lauritsen on piano, Jeffrey Wu on saxophone and poet Karen Henry.
Serenity in the Sanctuary
Starting December 19 at noon, join Rev. Tuohy and special guests for short programs of poetry, guided meditation, silent meditation, and blessings. Take refuge in reflection, centering practices and silence. Let’s remember what is important, true, and lasting and be...
Celebrate the Winter Solstice on Plum Island
Join Reverend Rebecca and FRS friends on Sunday, December 22 as we celebrate Winter Solstice on the beaches of Plum Island. A not-to-be-missed time by the ocean that will help connect us to the rhythms of nature and to a place of peace. This gathering is in place of...
NAAM Artisan’s Holiday Pop Up Market
FRSUU is excited to host the 2nd Annual Holiday Pop Up Market with NAAM Artisans on Friday, November 29 from 11am-5pm and Saturday, November 30 from 10am-4pm. You can learn more about NAAM here.
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address Service
We will have a community read of the Thanksgiving Prayer followed by a reflection from Rev. Rebecca on Tuesday, November 26 at 4pm in the Sanctuary. The Thanksgiving Prayer is traditionally used to welcome a new day. We hold this reading at a time near sunset to...
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.
