Parish Hall Q&A (Hybrid)
2025-03-09 09:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York) | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Sunday, March 9, LMH Main Room, 9:30-10:30am. The Capital Campaign planning group will hold Q&A sessions on Sunday, March 9 at 9:30am (hybrid) and on Wednesday, March 12 at 7pm (Zoom only). These sessions are intended to provide an opportunity to ask questions regarding the warrant for the Special Congregational Meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 16 after church services.

Reserved for Nursery
2025-03-09 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-16 10:00 - 11:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Reserved from 10:00am-11:30am

Sunday Worship Service
2025-03-09 10:30 - 11:30 | FRS Church, 10 Main Street, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Join us for services at 10:30am on Sundays, from the Sunday after Labor Day through late spring. Experience elements of the world religions, including our Christian roots and humanism. Find inspiration in choral and instrumental music (including organ), congregational singing, a time for children, readings, an offering, and meditative silence. Hear a sermon on social justice, spirituality, dealing with life’s challenges, or other issues. We may celebrate a holiday, act out a skit, hold a coming-of-age ceremony, or hear a member’s Journeys of Faith. Services end around 11:30am and are usually followed by a 30-minute fellowship gathering.
For a relaxed service with music from the jazz tradition, come to a Jazz Vespers. Our Christmas Eve service and Christmas Candlelight service are community traditions.

Young Church
2025-03-09 10:30 - 11:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Young Church is for children up through 8th grade. Children sit with their families for the beginning of worship service (about 15 minutes), and then head downstairs to the Lower Meetinghouse with volunteers and the Director of Youth and Children’s Ministry, Mara Flynn.
We offer nursery care for children under age 5 – and “littles” are also welcome to join us in Young Church with a parent/guardian in attendance.
Our Young Church programming engages and allows our K-8th grade children to experience and create meaningful connection through:

Ritual, stories, crafts, games and joyful community building
Special guests, activities and projects that support curiosity and spiritual growth
Explorations of the 7 UU Principles and social justice engagement

If your child will be attending, please fill out our registration form HERE
Questions? Email Mara Flynn, Director of Youth and Children’s Ministry at mara.flynn@frsuu.org.

Governance Committee Meeting
2025-03-09 11:45 - 13:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets second Sundays, LMH Room A, 11:45am-1pm.

The Immigration Crisis: What Can We Do?
2025-03-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Parish Hall 1st Floor
Sunday, March 9, Parish Hall 1st Floor, noon.
Join in a discussion and planning session on how we will respond to the threats against the immigrant community. What will we do and how will we do it? Come share your thoughts and strategies. Our church has a history of working on immigration issues including becoming a Level Two Sanctuary Church, supporting the woman in sanctuary in Amesbury, marching outside the ICE office in Burlington, and welcoming the Afghan family into our Parish Hall.

Annual Campaign Steering Committee (hybrid)
2025-03-10 09:30 - 10:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Alternating Mondays, starting January 13, LMH Main Room, 9:30-10:30am.

Reserved for Meeting
2025-03-10 13:00 - 14:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Monday, March 10, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, 1-2pm.

Chalice Circle
2025-03-10 14:00 - 16:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Mondays, February 17 to May 5, LMH Room A, 2-4pm.

Chalice Circle
2025-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Tuesdays, February 25 to May 13, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, 6-8pm

Chalice Circle (Zoom)
2025-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Tuesdays, February 25 to May 27, 6-8pm, Zoom only.

Mystic Circles Group
2025-03-11 18:30 - 20:00 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Tuesdays, February 25, March 11, March 25, April 8, April 22, May 6, May 20, June 3, Lower Meetinghouse Main Room, 6:30-8pm.

Wednesday Guided Meditation (Zoom)
2025-03-12 10:00 - 10:30 | Zoom
Join FRS member and LICSW Woman Cooper on Wednesdays at 10am for a brief period of mid-week relaxation and renewal. Each 30-minute session will include a guided visualization and reflection on questions around where we hold stress and how we can release it. You’ll also learn some relaxation techniques to use on your own. This is a drop-in program; come one time or many.
If you’d like to reach out to Woman, email susanc0805@gmail.com.
Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87349458812?pwd=[REDACTED]

Worship Planning
2025-03-12 10:30 - 12:00 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States

Retired Old Men Eating Out (ROMEO)
2025-03-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Port Vida, 10 Center St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Wednesday, March 12, Port Vida, 10 Center St., Newburyport, 12pm. Our Officer of the Day is Scott Clarke, who can be reached at scottalanclark@gmail.com.
Please feel free to contact Scott if you have any questions or concerns.
No reservations are required, but $$$ to pay your share of the tab is needed.

EET Steering Committee
2025-03-12 15:30 - 17:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Second Wednesdays, March 12 and April 9, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, 3:30-5pm. These are planning meetings.

Safety Task Force Meeting
2025-03-12 16:00 - 17:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Wednesday, December 4; 2nd Wednesdays beginning in January, LMH Room A, 4-5pm.

Leading Edge Team - In-Person Retreat
2025-03-12 17:00 - 19:45 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Wednesday, March 12, LMH Main Room, 5-7:45pm.

Green Team Meeting (Zoom)
2025-03-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Second Wednesdays, 7pm, Zoom. The FRS Green Team focuses on education and advocacy for care of the environment and the many measures we can take to address climate change and its unequal impacts on various communities. Please join us. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month, often on Zoom, occasionally in person. Be in touch with Annie Madden at madden.anne.b@gmail.com to find out more and/or get on our distribution list for notice of meetings.

Parish Hall Q&A (Zoom only)
2025-03-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Wednesday, March 12, Zoom, 7pm. The Capital Campaign planning group will hold this Q&A session to provide an opportunity for congregants to ask questions regarding the warrant for the Special Congregational Meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 16 after church services.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93365478255?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 933 6547 8255
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Grants Team Meeting
2025-03-13 08:00 - 10:00 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Thursday, March 13, LMH Room A, 8-10am

Chalice Circle
2025-03-13 10:00 - 12:00 | LMH Nursery/Conf Room
Thursdays, February 27 to May 29, LMH Nursery/Conf Room, 10am-noon.

Finance Committee Meeting (Hybrid)
2025-03-13 10:30 - 11:30 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Second Thursdays, LMH Room A, 10:30-11:30am.

Meeting the Moment with Rev. Laurel & Marianne Vesey
2025-03-13 13:00 - 14:30 | LMH Room A, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets for three consecutive Thursdays, March 13, 20, and 27, LMH Room A, 1-2:30pm. Join Marianne Vesey, co-chair of Newburyport’s Human Rights Coalition and Rev. Laurel Gray for this three-part series about different ways to take action against authoritarianism, discern the work that is best for us to do, and make sure we have the tools to sustain our efforts.

Reserved for Piano Practice
2025-03-13 14:00 - 16:00 | FRS Sanctuary, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Thursdays, Sanctuary, 2-4pm, Gay Pearson

Mt. Pemigewassett Hikers
2025-03-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Hayward Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Hayward Room

Adult Choir
2025-03-13 19:00 - 20:30 | LMH Main Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Thursdays, LMH Main Room, 7-8:30pm

Reserved for Piano Practice
2025-03-14 16:00 - 17:00 | FRS Sanctuary, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Gay Pearson piano practice, every Friday, 4-5pm, Sanctuary

SMART Recovery (Contact: 678-378-0786)
2025-03-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Hayward Room, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Meets weekly on Friday
