What's Happening at First Universalist
Find out what's going on and join us for one of our upcoming events.
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Upcoming Services
Sunday Service:
Big, Big Joy
5/12/24 at 10:30am
To live into unabashed joy, we are not meant to be small. Joy calls us to bigness. How do we balance this call with humility? And how does joy call us to claim our space in the world?
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Speaker: Rev. Lane-Mairead 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 over Zoom.
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Masking in the First Universalist church building is now optional, please respect distancing requests by fellow attendees. A mask-required section of the sanctuary is designated for those preferring to stay masked.
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Sunday Service Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/131764422
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If you are dialing in to listen to our service via phone,
here is the info you need to connect!
Meeting ID: 131 764 422
Dial: +1 646 558 8656​
Other Events
May 19, 2024
May Social Justice Plate Offering: The Black Community Focus Fund
Our May Social Justice Plate Offering is designated for The Black Community Focus Fund. The Fund was created by members of Spiritus Christi Church, with Rev. Myra Brown as its Executive Director. Its mission is to provide direct support in housing, education, and economic opportunity to black families in the Rochester community impacted by racism’s history and current manifestations. Please contribute as generously as you can to support this important work.
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June 2, 2024
In-Person Drop-In Discussion: Open Forum
& Planning Meeting
We’ll discuss topics for coming meetings, whether or not to continue the in-church meetings through the summer and anything else that is on our minds.
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We'll meet at 9:15am in the Chalice Room to talk about these questions. Everyone welcome.
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.
May 19, 2024
Book Group: Your Children are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York by Justin Murphy
The Book Group will meet at noon in the Chalice Room to discuss “Your Children are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York” by Justin Murphy. You do not need to have read the book to participate. Questions? Contact bookgroup@uuroc.org.
May 21, 2024
Drop-In Discussion:
Diaries of Ordinary People from the Past
6:30-7:30pm virtual!
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Over the years, Janus Mary Jones has accumulated and read diaries of 19th and 20th century people. She will introduce to you a melancholy 1840s carpenter from Lockport NY, a sickly Livingston County teenager of 1868, a migraine suffering lawyer from Northern Pennsylvania in the 1890s, a Philadelphia high school girl of the 1920s, and a rural Orleans County homemaker of the 1950s. Discussion will follow on what can be learned from the lives of these average people who took the time to record their thoughts and experiences.
Spring, 2024
Eastman at Washington Square - Spring 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.