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Our Mission

To nurture the spirit and serve the community.

Join us Sundays at 10:30am
at our hybrid Worship Services! 

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What's Happening at First Universalist Church of Rochester, NY

Find out what's going on and join us for one of our upcoming events.
Weather & Emergency Updates on this week's service will be posted here:

Upcoming Services

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Sunday Service: A Fool’s Errand
8/24/25 at 10:30am

A service on the beauty and gifts of embracing the persona of the holy fool. You are invited to step off the edge, into the unknown, like the tarot image of The Fool, to choose the spirit of my favorite holy fool Ms. Frizzle for this new ministry: take chances, make mistakes, and get messy. 

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Speaker(s): Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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This will be a hybrid service, with the in-person portion being held in the sanctuary of First Universalist, and the virtual portion being held on Zoom.​

Other Upcoming Events

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August 24, 2025

August Social Justice Plate Offering: Friends of Ganondagan

Our August Social Justice Plate Offering is designated for Friends of Ganondagan.

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The Friends of Ganondagan, (The Friends) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) Corporation created in 1989 as a private educational partner to the Ganondagan State Historic Site. Located in Victor, New York, it is the only New York State Historic Site dedicated to Native Americans (1987), and the only Seneca town developed and interpreted in the United States.

 

Ganondagan State Historic Site is the internationally recognized resource for Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) history, culture and living traditions that express universal ideals of peace cooperation and respect for each other and the natural world.

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Please contribute as generously as you can to support this important work. ​

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September 7, 2025

In-Person Drop-In Discussion: 
Open Discussion and Planning Meeting

We'll meet to decide future discussion topics, review and possibly revise our covenant and otherwise talk about whatever is on our minds.​

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We will meet at 9:15am in the Chalice Room. All are welcome. Drop-in discussions will continue on the first Sunday of the month through June 2025. All are welcome!

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Fall 2025

Eastman at Washington Square - Fall 2025

The Eastman Community Music School is proud to present free weekly concerts featuring artists from the Eastman School of Music and ECMS. Faculty and Student Performances from both schools offer an excellent opportunity to hear some of the best musicians that Rochester has to offer and all performances are absolutely free!

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Concerts begin around 12:15pm, and run until 12:45 to 1pm. We hope to see you there!

 

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More to come as they are announced!

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August 24, 2025

Building Tour

Are you curious about the history of our building?  Would you like a tour?  Michael Scott, long-time member of the House Committee, would be happy to tell the story, show folks around, and answer any questions after the service on August 24.

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September 14, 2025

Monthly Food Ingathering

Our monthly food ingathering for the Community Food Cupboard! Low-sodium non-perishable food, toiletries, paper products, and cash are always needed and deeply appreciated!

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August 26, 2025

Drop-In Discussion: 200 Years of Unitarianism 

Tonight we will watch and discuss a second sermon that Rev. AJ van Tine presented to our sister congregation at First Unitarian which provides a very interesting and relevant retrospective as this is the 200th Anniversary of the formation of the American Unitarian Association of Boston. And since Universalists merged with the Unitarians, this history pertains to us as well. Come watch this sermon and discuss your thoughts and reactions with us.​​

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​Drop-in Discussions meet via Zoom Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:30pm.

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TBA, 2025

Monthly Gathering of the Men's Group

First Universalist Men's Group meeting, all who identify as he/him or they/him are invited! We shall meet from 10am to noon in the Clara Barton Lounge at First Universalist. We hope to see you there!

We acknowledge with respect the Seneca Nation, Keepers of the Western Door and part of the Haudenosaunee People, on whose ancestral land First Universalist Church now stands.

Contact Us

150 South Clinton Ave

Rochester, NY 14604

585-546-2826

office@uuroc.org

Current Office Hours

Tue & Thu 9am-4pm

Closed on Mondays 

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Sundays @ 10:30am 

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