First Universalist Church of Rochester

Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Risking a Rest" with Rev. Casey-Campbell! Special Element: PJ/Cozy Clothes Sunday! #Rest is essential, but when we’re caught in a system of over-production & over-consumption rest can feel risky. How do we reclaim our need to rest? 🥱 tinyurl.com/84y4dtkf

As we face the seasons changing, leaves changing, our clocks changing (next Sunday!), and the world turning round and round in a spiral of cycles, always different from the ones before, we take a… 10/26/25 - "God is Change: Annual Service of Remembrance" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "God is Change: Annual Service of Remembrance" with Rev. Casey-Campbell! As we face seasons & clocks changing, we embrace the holiness of it. Join us for our annual service of remembrance. We will honor the truth and power of #change❤️ tinyurl.com/4d5s3zsj

Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell's sermon this past Sunday "Abolition Unfinished " ❤️

"Reforming the status quo cannot be our answer when the status quo is white supremacy"

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We tend to talk about abolition as a finished project, a historical movement. But if we are not all free yet, can abolition be done? In what ways are we still called to be abolitionists… 10/19/25 - "Abolition Unfinished" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from Rev. Erika Hewitt ❤️ "To “encourage” means to hearten; to impart strength and confidence. This is our work, as a religious community: to encourage one another; to be bold in engaging the world around us, as well as what scares us internally; to give one another the confidence and heart to live as fully as possible."

Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from Rev. Erika Hewitt ❤️

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Brian McLaren's book, "Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart", helps us imagine a way forward through climate disruption. Let's take a broader look at "doom" and consider some… 10/12/25 - "Life After Doom: Liberation" with Rev. Peggy Meeker

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We honor the ancestral stewards of this land by recognizing their enduring presence, learning from their wisdom, and committing ourselves to actions that support justice, healing, and equity for Indigenous communities today❤🪶

#Seneca #Haudenosaunee #IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay2025

Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Life After Doom: Liberation" with Rev. Peggy Meeker! Brian McLaren's book, "Life After Doom", helps us imagine a way forward through climate disruption. Let's take a broad look at "doom" and consider different kinds of #wisdom 🌍 🌎 🌏
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Some words of wisdom from this past Sunday❤️

"We are injured by our complicity in oppression. We don't come to our privilege unscathed by its procurement. In other words, our stake in wounding others, however small, wounds us too. We are bound by power that benefits us."

#WisdomWednesday #GetWise🧠

Like crossing the Red Sea into the wilderness, moments of liberation often seem to move us toward more chaos, not greater order. Does liberation always look like chaos to the status quo? What do we… 10/5/25 - "Liberation into Wilderness" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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Living through a period of great political unveiling and uncertainty, how might our ancestral grief practices be calling us? Join us as seminarian Meghan Garvey offers a reflection on grieving well… 9/28/25 - "Behold the Banshee" with Meghan Garvey

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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Behold the Banshee" with Meghan Garvey! How might our ancestral grief practices be calling us as we live through this political uncertainty? Join us in reflecting how grieving well is an essential nutrient for getting free. ❤️
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We experienced some technical difficulties midway through the service, and unfortunately the remainder of the worship service was not recorded. We apologize for this interruption and appreciate your… 9/21/25 - "The Anti-Prosperity Gospel" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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When In Doubt, Make Soup One night a few months ago, two friends and I were feeling the onset of winter doldrums, and made a plan to address it with soup.

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As we dive deeper into this season of Liberation, let us consider what its cost and its value will be. Can we conceive of the world in terms of grace rather than transaction? Filmed in the sanctuary… 9/14/25 - "Liberation as Reciprocity" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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An invitation from #FirstUnitarian Church of Rochester:
🪧 Join us Fri, Sept 19, 5–6pm at 12 Corners (Brighton) for the “What Does Democracy Look Like?” rally!
💛 Potluck + Soul Matters brainstorm at First Unitarian after.
Bring a sign and a dish to share!
#DemocracyInAction #SideWithLove #UUtheVote

🌟New in our Sanctuary: Wiggle Zone!🌟 Worship doesn't mean sitting still, and now it doesn't have to! Check out our #WiggleZone at the back of the sanctuary; a space with quiet toys & calming activities for anyone who needs to move during service. Come & go as you like! #AllWelcome #ManyWaysToWorship

6 Simple Things I Do When Life Feels Completely Overwhelming - Tiny Buddha You don’t have to do it all. You just have to come back to yourself. One breath. One step. One tiny act of care at a time.

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We are honored to sound the official welcome to our new minister, Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell! ❤️

In a time when we may feel politically powerless, small, or ineffectual, we could turn to despair. Or to the sort of mischief that chips away at the edifice of empire and brings a different sort of… 9/7/25 - "What Mischief Are We Gonna Do Next?" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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Sunday Service: Water Communion - What Mischief Are We Gonna Do Next? Religion event in Rochester, NY by UURoc: First Universalist Church of Rochester, NY on Sunday, September 7 2025

Join #uuroc for our annual #WaterCommunion & worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "What Mischief Are We Gonna Do Next?" with Rev. Eileen! When we feel powerless we could despair or turn to mischief that brings power to the small and vulnerable. Let us imagine good trouble-making together🦝

This Is Still Your First Time Pretend your life ended years ago, and you’ve been living in some sort of agreeable afterlife. You don’t have real problems anymore. There’s no stress, no war, no wor...

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We will talk about the lessons that life has taught us. Filmed in the sanctuary of First Universalist on August 31st, 2025 8/31/25 - "Lessons We Have Learned" with Kitty Forbush, Patti Goodwin & Tom Williams

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Sunday Service: Lessons We Have Learned Religion event in Rochester, NY by UURoc: First Universalist Church of Rochester, NY on Sunday, August 31 2025

Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Lessons We Have Learned" with Kitty Forbush, Patti Goodwin, & Tom Williams! We will talk about the lessons that life has taught us. 📚 ❤️

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 ... 8/24/25 - "A Fool’s Errand" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell

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Sunday Service: A Fool’s Errand Religion event in Rochester, NY by UURoc: First Universalist Church of Rochester, NY on Sunday, August 24 2025

Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "A Fool's Errand" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell! A service on the gifts of the #holyfool. You're invited to step into the unknown, to choose the spirit Ms. Frizzle for this new ministry: take chances, make mistakes, & get messy

#WednesdayWisdom coming at you! This Week: words of wisdom from #BlesstheMessy - "The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to"

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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Practice Makes.." with Ashley De Tar Birt! Most people are familiar with "practice makes perfect". But what about being in relationship? Maybe seeing/hearing others as their authentic selves can we be accountable to others & ourselves

The Route You’re Looking for is Straight Through the Woods The next time you’re walking down a well-trodden footpath through a wooded area, give a thought to the first person (or deer) who took that route. Some determined being came through here when there…

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