Join us next Sunday
Sept. 19, 2021
Combined Sunday Services
at 10am with First Unitarian

Our church community will have both an in-person outdoor option with our sibling church, First Unitarian, as well as an online option over Zoom. People are invited to mask for our outdoor in-person worship services. Please join the church for either option as we hear from Rev. Lane, Rev. Shari, and Rev. AJ in these combined worship services. So looking forward to this new leg of worshiping together in a pandemic world!

Connecting:


Via phone: Dial 646-876-9923,
and enter meeting ID #585-271-9070

First Universalist will be worshipping in a hybrid format for the remainder of September and into October at 10am.

Important Note:
The Zoom link for these services will be different than the one we have been using!
Upcoming Events &
Additional Announcements
Tuesdays | Drop-In Discussion: Urban Education that Works
Come learn about an urban school in the heart of downtown Rochester that uses a successful National model to provide cutting edge education: Nativity Preparatory Academy. Learn what makes it work and who makes it work. You're sure to be impressed. Speaker Jillian Beaman and colleagues present. Drop-In Discussions are virtual! We meet on Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:30pm. Look on the First Universalist homepage for details and a link, or click the Zoom meeting link on the title of this blurb!

Wednesdays | Midweek Meditation
Weekly Midweek Meditation sessions are back up each Wednesday at 11:30am! Look on the First Universalist homepage for details and a link!

Sept. 15 Rescheduled to the spring! | Racial Justice: Where Do We Go From Here?
Please join Rev. Lane Campbell this upcoming spring (date TBD) for a church-wide strategic and formative conversation about First Universalist's next moves towards racial justice. Where have we been? What do you need? Where are we going? This will be a time of appreciative inquiry, discernment, and honesty about what we would like to see happen with our shared efforts to address racial injustice.

Sept 19 | Unveiling Ceremony: The International Plaza
The Ibero-American Action League, the Ibero-American Development Corporation and the City of Rochester will be having a Commemorative Bricks Unveiling Ceremony at The International Plaza, located at 828 N. Clinton Ave. on Sunday, September 19 at 2pm featuring engraved bricks of loved ones, community leaders, small businesses and various organizations. The commemorative wall was a fundraiser to complete the exterior of a maintenance and restroom facility at the plaza, installation of an artpiece designed by a local artist for the plaza, as well as a donation to St. Michael's Church across the street to complete minor repairs.

Jacob Santos made a donation to have First Universalist Church featured on the commemorative wall. A group of people from our church plan to attend. Off street parking is available on Sullivan Street (off N. Clinton Ave). A lot of people plan to attend so come early to find a spot!

Sept. 26 | Book Group Update: We Are Back!
The book group is starting up again. How we have missed you all!
A few of us have decided that for September 26 we will have a discussion about the historical novel "The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See. The novel takes us on an adventure to South Korea and contains all the elements of page-turning good fiction. This book is hard to put down. Perfect for the waning days of summer. During our hour together it would be great if we could pick out some titles for the church calendar year. If you have read a good book lately, please share it with us!

We plan to meet the last Sunday of each month at 12 noon via Zoom. The next meeting is scheduled for September 26. By the way, did I mention that you do not have to have read the book to join? ALL are welcome! If you have any questions please email Book@uuroc.org.

Sept. 30 | UUCC Book Discussion: "How We Show Up"
Please join the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canandaigua for a discussion on Thursday, 9/30 at 6 pm for a discussion of the book "How We Show Up" by Mia Birdsong. This book lifts up our deep longing for community as a connection point for all people. Birdsong, an activist and organizer, points us toward radical expressions of community as a source of our liberation. We will meet on Zoom, and all are welcome. Here's a sign up form with a description:https://forms.gle/xfevRbQrvt5ouKYH6
Please send your Joys and Sorrows to be read at our Sunday Worship service to JoysandSorrows@uuroc.org.
Note: When you email a joy or sorrow to us, you give us permission to read it aloud at Sunday service and possibly publish it in this weekly email.
Thank you!

To submit an item for 'This Week' at First Universalist
please e-mail it to: office@uuroc.org 
(no later than noon on Wednesday of the week prior to publication)
Staff:

Rev. Lane Campbell,
Minister

Rev. Michelle Yates,
Minister of Life Span Faith Development
(585) 310-2484

Brock Tjosvold,
Director of Music

Emma Barry,
Office Manager
150 S. Clinton Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 546-2826 | office@uuroc.org