Speaker: Rev. Beverly Waring

Christmas Eve Evening Service (5 pm)

Join us in-person or on Zoom for our annual  Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols.  We will end the service with a candlelit singing of Silent Night. If you are interested in participating as a reader, please contact Rev. Bev. at Minister@FUSF.org. Although the service will be on Zoom, you will need to be in-person to participate as a reader.

Christmas Eve Morning Service

Join us Sunday morning for a no-rehearsal telling of two stories. One story is the traditional story told from scripture on Christmas Eve (but in more modern language) and intertwined will be a story from the perspective of Little One, a donkey and beloved pet of a young boy. As you enter the sanctuary, young and old alike will have the opportunity to choose a costume as participation in telling this story is encouraged. Feeling … Continue reading Christmas Eve Morning Service

The Christmas that Unitarians and Universalists Saved

Did you know that Christmas was banned by our Puritan and Congregational forebears? Have you heard the stories of how Unitarians and Universalists like Catherine Sedgwick, Charles Follen, Margaret Fuller, and others helped re-imagine a Christmas celebration that we still enjoy today? Come Sunday and hear more about the origins of and opposition to this widely anticipated holiday.