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What's Happening at First Universalist
Find out what's going on and join us for one of our upcoming events.
Weather & Emergency Updates on this week's service will be posted here:
Upcoming Services

Sunday Service:
Salvation and the Super Bowl:
a Game Plan for Moving
Faithfully Forward Together
2/9/25 at 10:30am
Of our UU Values, Equity is one of the most challenging to imagine on a grand scale. It is easy to feel overwhelmed looking toward the future despite our commitment to keeping Love at the center. Sometimes we need a strategy, a framework to ground our efforts, energy, and belief. Perhaps a sports tactic system like Total Football is just what we are looking for?
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Speaker: Rev. Michelle Yates
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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 on Zoom.​
Other Events

February 16, 2025
February Social Justice Plate Offering: Person Centered Housing Options (PCHO)
Our February Social Justice Plate Offering is designated for Person Centered Housing Options (PCHO).
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Person Centered Housing Options was founded in 2015 by Nicholas Coulter and Charlie Albanese to address chronic homelessness in their home town of Rochester, NewYork. Together, Nick - a social services provider, and Chuck - a health care administrator, founded PCHO with a dedication to the Housing First model and a set of shared values.
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PCHO combines innovative approaches to providing housing with essential supportive services that engage individuals and families in health care, community relationships, activities that support recovery and employment; but none of this is possible without a home. PCHO provides outreach, housing and care management services to the Monroe County community.​
Please contribute as generously as you can to support this important work. For more info, visit their website https://pcho.org/.​

Spring 2025
Eastman at Washington Square - Spring 2025
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!
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Concerts begin around 12:15pm, and run until 12:45 to 1pm. We hope to see you there!
January 9
Jazz at Noon
Join Eastman jazz faculty Bob Sneider, guitar, & company for a fabulous laid-back lunch hour.​
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January 16
Paris is for Flutists
Come and enjoy French music performed by flutis, Sophia Gibbs Kim, and pianist, Irina Lupines.
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January 23
“H & G, a Great and Terrible Story”
Eastman Opera Theatre is excited to feature a preview of an opera by A. Shawn/Hong & Randich that offers abstract reinterpretation of Grimm's fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. ​
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January 30
Evidence of Things Not Seen: Songs of Ned Rorem
Come hear songs of Ned Roren with lyrics drawn from the works of various poets presented by Eastman Opera Theatre.​
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February 6
Hungarian Motifs
Eastman Violin professor Mikhail Kopelman and pianist Anna Gourfinkel will perform music by Brahms and Hubal.
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February 13
Love All Around
Come and enjoy music from the heart as Jessica Ann Best and Irina Lupines present love songs from different parts of the world.
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February 20
Violin and Piano Showcase
Eastman professors David Bowlin, violin, and Tony Cho, piano, will perform music by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Debussy, and Sarasate.
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February 27
Piano Extravaganza with Alexander Kobrin
Professor Alexander Kobrin will join his students performing fabulous works for solo piano.
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March 6
The Sound of Low Brass
Enjoy the magnificent sound of ESM Trombone Choir directed by Larry Zalkind.
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March 13
Women in Music
Cellist Jennifer Carpenter and pianist Gina Lee perform music by French female composers Lili and Nadia Boulanger.
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More to come as they are announced!

February 9, 2025
Book Group: "TBA"
The Book Group will meet at noon in the Chalice Room to discuss TBA
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You do not need to have read the book to participate. Questions? Contact bookgroup@uuroc.org.

March 2, 2025
In-Person Drop-In Discussion: TBA
TBA
We will meet at 9:15am in the Chalice Room. Drop-in discussions will continue on the first Sunday of the month through June 2025. If you have a topic you would like discussed or, better still, would like to lead a discussion, please speak with Phil Ebersole. ​​
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All are 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.

February 11, 2025
Drop-In Discussion:
Open Topic Nite with
Rev. Lane-Mairead
This month Rev. Lane-Mairead will begin by quickly reviewing our drop-in discussion covenants and then take questions, comments, and suggestions regarding the life and ministry of First Universalist of Rochester. All are welcome to gather in the spirit of a free and responsible mutual search for truth and meaning. ​​
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​Drop-in Discussions meet via Zoom Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:30pm.

March, 2025
UU Common Read Book Discussion Group coming in March!: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People & Their Families by Peggy Gillespie
This year's UU Common Read is Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families.
Retired minister and member of the church, Rev. Peggy Meeker, has offered to facilitate a discussion of this important book where we come to know the "real lives--revelations, challenges, joys, and networks of support" of trans and nonbinary peoples along with their families.
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Starting March 6th or 7th, we are looking at offering 3-4 sessions on Thursdays or Fridays either in the afternoon (1-2:30pm) OR evening (7-8:30pm) on Zoom.
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If you are interested or have questions please email Rev. Michell Yates at edu@uuroc.org with your time and date meeting preferences.