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Our Mission

To nurture the spirit and serve the community.

Join us Sundays at 10:00am
at our hybrid Worship Services! 

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What's Happening at First Universalist

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Find out what's going on and join us for one of our upcoming events.
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Upcoming Services

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Sunday Service: 
Letting Go of Ourselves
7/14/24 at 10am

Life is full of goodbyes. The longer we live, the more loved ones we have to say goodbye to. While it’s painful, we do survive, and life goes on. Are there lessons to be learned from these experiences about how to say the biggest goodbye of all?

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Speaker: Peter House

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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 over Zoom.​

Other Events

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July 142024

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!

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July 21, 2024

July Social Justice Plate Offering: 490 Farmers

Our July Social Justice Plate Offering is designated for 490 Farmers

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490 Farmers seeks to learn alongside Rochester residents and youth to build community, provide land access, and address food insecurity through urban agriculture. Guided by principles of mutual aid, they aim to steward a space where all feel welcome and integral to this mission, thereby pushing our city toward a more resilient and equitable future. 

 

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

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Postponed - Date TBA

Welcoming Neurodivergent Children: Video and Discussion Part II

Noon-1:15pm in the Sanctuary

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Please join us to view, consider and discuss the second part of "Welcoming Neurodivergent Children," a webinar from the UUA. You don't have to have attended Part I to participate. Rev. Michelle will facilitate.

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July 14, 2024

Book Group: 

The Book Group will meet at noon in the Chalice Room to discuss “TBA” by TBA. You do not need to have read the book to participate. Questions? Contact bookgroup@uuroc.org.

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September 1, 2024

In-Person Drop-In Discussion: TBA

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We'll meet at 9:15am in the Chalice Room to talk about these questions.  Everyone welcome.

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July 16, 2024

Drop-In Discussion: 
What Is Genocide? 

Phil Ebersole will make a presentation and lead a discussion on the question—a topic very relevant to the ongoing wars in various regions of our world.  

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Fall 2024

Eastman at Washington Square - Fall 2024

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!

 

March 7
Duos andDualities

Come and hear cellist Benjamin Doane andpianist Chio Wen Cheng performing music by Robert Schumann and Arvo Part.

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March 14
"A Mezzo's Favorite Things!"

Enjoy a selection of vocal gems by Bizet, Schubert, Schumann, Debussy, Berlin, and Porter performed by Jessica Ann Best.

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March 21
Five Guys

Eastman brass quintet, Trevor King, JR Jean Jacques, trumpets, Miles Woods, horn, Darren Brady, trombone, and Andrew Sieradzki, tuba, perform music by Cheetham, Kamen, Snedecor, and Bernstein.

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March 28
Eastman Opera Theatre: Dialogues des Carmélites

Enjoy a preview of this quasi-historical opera by Francis Poulenc that is set in Paris at the close of the 18th century. As signs of the French Revolution begin to unsettle the country, a fearful young noblewoman seeks sanctuary in a convent, where, in the midst of unspeakable tragedy, her faith in God will be tested.

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April 4

Violin Showcase

Featuring students from the studio of Professor Renee Jolles.

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April 11
Flute and Guitar

Dana Crutser, flute, and Fredrik Jernberg, guitar, perform Canyon Echoes by Katherine Hoover.

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April 18
Piano Extravaganza I

Featuring students from the piano studio of Professor Ran Dank.

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April 25
Piano Extravaganza II

Featuring students from the piano studio of Professor Ran Dank.

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May 2
"A Time To Remember"

Spend an afternoon with a preview of Eastman's Holocaust Remembrance Concert. Works by Jewish composers who died in or survived the atrocities of WWII will be performed by Eastman faculty and students in a concert to mark Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) on Sunday, May 5 at 7:30pm in Kilbourn Hall.

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May 9
Collegium Viol Consorts

The Eastman Collegium Consort of Viols performs music from the Golden Age of the Viol. Join us for music by Byrd, Morley, Weelkes, Ward, Gibbons, and Tye.

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May 16
Piano Gems

Join pianist Lorenzo Medel with selections from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". Through his artistic vision and creativity, he brings these paintings to life through music.

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May 23
ECMS Honors Finale

Enjoy the final concert of the season, featuring the amazing young high school graduates from the Honors Program at the Eastman Community Music School.

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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