May 15–17 Saco, Maine Ferry Beach is a retreat and conference center located in Saco, Maine. FUSF reserves a weekend at Ferry Beach every year, in May. We connect more deeply with one another here, and enjoy the beauty of this ocean-side property. We share the space with the folks from the First Parish UU of Medfield, MA—a great way to meet and get to know other UUs! Click here to view more information about Ferry

We are pleased to announce our Summer Sunday Worship Series each week from June 28th through August 30th. Please join us each Sunday as lay leaders explore the theme of Choosing Hope, and learn about practices, places, and texts that sustain us. All services start at 10:00 am. Afterwards, we invite you to stay for cookies and conversation. Stay tuned for more detailed information about each service!

As a pastor’s kid in the United Methodist Church, I know a thing or two about religion. When I was 16, after my father’s unexpected death, my faith began a slow unraveling. I went to college, lost a little faith. Got married and started grad school, lost a little more. Started a family and then a career, lost a little more. During that time, I also realized I was transgender and began an agonizing few

This past Spring it seemed like everything was falling apart. My town, my country, the whole planet were all changing, and not for the better. I felt anxious and frustrated and nothing seemed to help, not even going to FUSF on Sundays. I started to attend FUSF less and less, only going on the Sundays that I had signed up to be the Fellowship Café Crew Chief. And even on those days I referred to

We’ve all found our way to First Universalist Society in Franklin by different paths. Our family had a scout in my husband Mark, who came to church first at the recommendation of his boss. Mark liked what he found, so I decided to check it out as well. My parents were just grateful we had found a church, any church, even if it was “weird.” It was about 30 years ago that I walked into