The 2nd Annual Harvest Celebration was wonderfully fun and and entertaining for our children, our volunteers and our audience Games in the morning, lunch as a break and the Variety Show in the morning was a great success. View more photos of the fun here. See you next year!
More than fifty children of all ages enjoyed yoga, juggling, art projects,drumming and food on 1U’s first Day camp expereince. The entire campus was utilized and many New Image volunteers, 1U volunteers and New Image staff were responsible for making this a great day. Thank you Friends of New Image Youth Center.
Dr. Shanta Barton-Stubbs:
For her leadership and dedication to New Images Youth Center in Parramore, Orlando
Our 5th Sunday in July Share the Plate Partner Is BLUU (Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism)
BLUU is committed to expanding the power and capacity of Black UUs within Unitarian Universalism; providing support, information, and resources for Black Unitarian Universalists; and justice-making and liberation for Black people through our faith.
Click here for all the ways to give or Donate directly using this link. After you make your donation, please send an email to gcabrera@orlandouu.org to help us keep track of donations made by us!
The mission of Joy Metropolitan Community Church (Joy MCC) is taking the doors off the church and the church to the streets.
Joy MCC is the spiritual home to a multi-cultural, inclusive, and diverse community of faith. We are rooted in the life, ministry, and teachings of Jesus. We experience a vibrant spirituality that is positive, practical, and progressive.
Joy MCC is called to:
1U supports the outreach goals of joy mcc and all year as 1U members and friends contribute to the Food Bank and assist Joy’s outreach work as asked.
Sunday, June 4, 2023, 10:30am
Worship Leaders: Rev. Margalie Belizaire / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario /
The Flower Communion service is 100 years old this year. Come … Celebrate and honor nature in our flower communion service. And don’t forget to bring flowers to commune with those that others bring.
Anne Taylor, director of philanthropy at IDignity, spoke about the mission of IDignity and thanked 1U for its generosity through the years (money and volunteer time) to help applicants who are missing documentation to get the required proof of identity (birth certificate, lost passport, citizenship papers) so that IDignity can issue an official ID card to them.
Joan Nelson, outgoing president of the Board and Anne Taylor of IDignity.
Lake Eola amphitheater was filled with central Floridians supporting constitutional freedoms and dreams. Many groups spoke, and our local congressman, Maxwell Frost, supported the many groups in attendance for coming together for the upcoming challenges.
Sharing LOVE in the face of state-sanctioned hate was the focus of this powerful rally. Giving hope to many marginalized groups – Dreamers, LGBTQ+, union organizers, resistance advocates – as we were reminded that we are working together for a better and fairer community.
Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 10:30am
Worship Leaders: Lisa-Marie Matyas Steinmeyer / Andie Harrell / Barbara Howe, Emmy Collins, Lisa Ruckman and Debra Reinhart as worship leaders / Judith Stein-Farrall / Aubrey Connelly-Candelario / Folk Ensemble / Linnea Nelson
Our planet needs our compassionate care. Green Team members explored the Sacred Web from personal, congregational, and global perspectives.
Share the Plate
Our October Partner: Zebra Coalition
First Unitarian is honored to support Zebra Coalition. Zebra Coalition is a network of organizations which provide services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and all youth (LGBTQ+) ages 13 – 24. The Coalition assists young people facing homelessness, bullying, isolation from their families, and physical, sexual and drug abuse with individualized programs to guide them to recovery and stability.
Please donate generously!
Here are four different ways to give to Zebra Coalition:
IDignity, our Share the Plate Partner, is in need of wallets! Once their clients have obtained their driver’s licenses and other important documents, many don’t have a secure place to store it – providing a wallet can make their day! We will be collecting them in Gore Hall at 1U Central. Our last day to collect is October 9, 2022. Thank you!
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