First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque
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First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque is a progressive religious community with a strong commitment to inclusion, anti-racism, anti-oppression, and social and environmental justice. An LGBTQ+ Welcoming Congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association
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November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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First U’s Rainbow Network is hosting a viewing of the 2025 UUA Ware Lecture with Imara Jones of translash.org for our community, with a sandwich bar, drinks, and a time to discuss what we watched. This Saturday 11/15 doors at 4 pm, the lecture will be introduced by Rev. Stacey Mitchell at 5:15 pm.
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
First U’s Rainbow Network is hosting a viewing of the 2025 UUA Ware Lecture with Imara Jones of translash.org for our community, with a sandwich bar, drinks, and a time to discuss what we watched. This Saturday 11/15 doors at 4 pm, the lecture will be introduced by Rev. Stacey Mitchell at 5:15 pm.
According to the Trevor Project, "Bi people make up the largest portion of the LGBTQ community, but are often erased and face higher risk than their peers for sexual assault and suicide." We celebrate #BiWeek to increase visibility and celebrate all sexualities as holy and good.
September 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
According to the Trevor Project, "Bi people make up the largest portion of the LGBTQ community, but are often erased and face higher risk than their peers for sexual assault and suicide." We celebrate #BiWeek to increase visibility and celebrate all sexualities as holy and good.
Shanah Tovah to our Jewish beloveds as they began the celebration of Rosh Hashanah tonight. May sweetness and goodness be yours in this new year.
September 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Shanah Tovah to our Jewish beloveds as they began the celebration of Rosh Hashanah tonight. May sweetness and goodness be yours in this new year.
Locate the kind of belonging that doesn’t demand your erasure.
Cole Authur Riley
Cole Authur Riley
September 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Locate the kind of belonging that doesn’t demand your erasure.
Cole Authur Riley
Cole Authur Riley
Without community there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and temporary armistice between an individual and her oppression.
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
September 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Without community there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and temporary armistice between an individual and her oppression.
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
Lots to do this Sunday!
*Worship at 9 & 11, sermon by Rev. Beth: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
*Family Ministry BBQ with good food, friends, & live music at 12:00 pm.
*Berry Street Essay Discussion led by Rev. Stacey at 12:30 pm - "If Our Secrets Define Us" by the Rev. Gail Seavey.
*Worship at 9 & 11, sermon by Rev. Beth: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
*Family Ministry BBQ with good food, friends, & live music at 12:00 pm.
*Berry Street Essay Discussion led by Rev. Stacey at 12:30 pm - "If Our Secrets Define Us" by the Rev. Gail Seavey.
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Lots to do this Sunday!
*Worship at 9 & 11, sermon by Rev. Beth: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
*Family Ministry BBQ with good food, friends, & live music at 12:00 pm.
*Berry Street Essay Discussion led by Rev. Stacey at 12:30 pm - "If Our Secrets Define Us" by the Rev. Gail Seavey.
*Worship at 9 & 11, sermon by Rev. Beth: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
*Family Ministry BBQ with good food, friends, & live music at 12:00 pm.
*Berry Street Essay Discussion led by Rev. Stacey at 12:30 pm - "If Our Secrets Define Us" by the Rev. Gail Seavey.
Here's a Unitarian Universalist history lesson! Today marks the 189th anniversary of the first meeting of the Transcendentalist Club on Sept. 19, 1836. This article tells about how our Unitarian forebears changed the world of thought, literature, and religion.
The self-reliant and the social reformers
Transcendentalists were divided into several camps, just like their Unitarian Universalist heirs.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Here's a Unitarian Universalist history lesson! Today marks the 189th anniversary of the first meeting of the Transcendentalist Club on Sept. 19, 1836. This article tells about how our Unitarian forebears changed the world of thought, literature, and religion.
How do you #buildbelonging with yourself? #unitarianuniversalism
September 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How do you #buildbelonging with yourself? #unitarianuniversalism
Do you know Lilith? Check out the worship service from this past Sunday with a sermon from Rev. Beth Eliot and acapella music from Cantabalis.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Do you know Lilith? Check out the worship service from this past Sunday with a sermon from Rev. Beth Eliot and acapella music from Cantabalis.
vimeo.com/1119214371?f...
vimeo.com/1119214371?f...
We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick. Brené Brown
#unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
#unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
September 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick. Brené Brown
#unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
#unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
"One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone." Shannon L. Alder
#ingathering #unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
#ingathering #unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
September 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone." Shannon L. Alder
#ingathering #unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
#ingathering #unitarianuniversalist #buildingbelonging
We share a message of welcome and courage at the start of a new congregational year for Unitarian Universalists. These leaders invite us to consider how we might place love at the center of our commitments rather than fear, even and especially in these challenging days.
2025 Ingathering Video
UUA President the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt and a gathering of leaders from across the faith offer a message of welcome and courage at the start of a new congregational year for Unitarian…
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September 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We share a message of welcome and courage at the start of a new congregational year for Unitarian Universalists. These leaders invite us to consider how we might place love at the center of our commitments rather than fear, even and especially in these challenging days.
This Sunday is Connections Sunday, aka the best opportunity all year to find your community within our larger church community. Church groups will have tables in the courtyard that you can visit to find out more and sign up to participate. It's also your chance to sign up for Covenant Groups!
September 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This Sunday is Connections Sunday, aka the best opportunity all year to find your community within our larger church community. Church groups will have tables in the courtyard that you can visit to find out more and sign up to participate. It's also your chance to sign up for Covenant Groups!
This Sunday at 2:00 pm is the start of The Woodlands, the UUA's virtual support space for trans/nonbinary beloveds of all ages. Go here to learn more and to register :
THE WOODLANDS: A Monthly Trans/Nonbinary Care Pastoral Space
The Woodlands is a monthly online gathering designed for trans/nonbinary children, youth, and adults—as well as the parents and caregivers of trans people.
www.uua.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This Sunday at 2:00 pm is the start of The Woodlands, the UUA's virtual support space for trans/nonbinary beloveds of all ages. Go here to learn more and to register :
Join us Sunday, September 7 at 9 and 11 am for Water Communion, (also known as Water Ceremony) which began in the 1980s as a UU worship ritual. Most UU congregations now hold a Water Communion to mark the beginning of the new church year (September). With music provided by Lydia Clark. uuabq.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Join us Sunday, September 7 at 9 and 11 am for Water Communion, (also known as Water Ceremony) which began in the 1980s as a UU worship ritual. Most UU congregations now hold a Water Communion to mark the beginning of the new church year (September). With music provided by Lydia Clark. uuabq.org
Interim periods can be a dynamic and reflective time. With Rev. Stacey Mitchell being here for the next two years, formally known as “Interim Ministry,” what can be expected in this time period? Our service from Sunday, August 24 is now available online to watch in full.
August 24, 2025: “The Interim Period” The Rev. Stacey Mitchell
Interim periods can be a dynamic and reflective time. With Rev. Stacey being here for the next years, formally known as “Interim Ministry,” what can…
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August 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Interim periods can be a dynamic and reflective time. With Rev. Stacey Mitchell being here for the next two years, formally known as “Interim Ministry,” what can be expected in this time period? Our service from Sunday, August 24 is now available online to watch in full.
Happy 100th birthday to church member, Ted Rush! Here's a wonderful article about Ted, his music and teaching careers, and time in WW2. What a life of service and love!
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Ted Rush of Albuquerque — musician, soldier, softball player and coach — turns 100
Ted Rush was thrilled to have made his early 1940s high school basketball team in Chicago. But there was one problem.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy 100th birthday to church member, Ted Rush! Here's a wonderful article about Ted, his music and teaching careers, and time in WW2. What a life of service and love!
www.abqjournal.com/sports/artic...?
www.abqjournal.com/sports/artic...?
Join Us Easter Sunday!
7:00 am: Sunrise/Ostara with Ron Ahnen, Intern Minister with Coyote Willow Covenant of UU Pagans. In-person only.
9:00 am (in person and Zoom) and 11:00 am in the Sanctuary with The Rev. Angela Herrera Koren and music from our Chalice Choir. NEW Meeting ID: 968 6341 8810
7:00 am: Sunrise/Ostara with Ron Ahnen, Intern Minister with Coyote Willow Covenant of UU Pagans. In-person only.
9:00 am (in person and Zoom) and 11:00 am in the Sanctuary with The Rev. Angela Herrera Koren and music from our Chalice Choir. NEW Meeting ID: 968 6341 8810
April 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Join Us Easter Sunday!
7:00 am: Sunrise/Ostara with Ron Ahnen, Intern Minister with Coyote Willow Covenant of UU Pagans. In-person only.
9:00 am (in person and Zoom) and 11:00 am in the Sanctuary with The Rev. Angela Herrera Koren and music from our Chalice Choir. NEW Meeting ID: 968 6341 8810
7:00 am: Sunrise/Ostara with Ron Ahnen, Intern Minister with Coyote Willow Covenant of UU Pagans. In-person only.
9:00 am (in person and Zoom) and 11:00 am in the Sanctuary with The Rev. Angela Herrera Koren and music from our Chalice Choir. NEW Meeting ID: 968 6341 8810
Our Food Pantry and its volunteers are a cornerstone of our social justice work, and they are needed now more than ever! Thank you to KOB Channel 4 for profiling Judi and the work our wonderful volunteers do to feed our neighbors.
Pay It 4ward: Volunteer thanked for hard work at local food bank
The growing demand for food assistance in our state is not limited to just Storehouse New Mexico. Local churches have felt the impact as well.
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April 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our Food Pantry and its volunteers are a cornerstone of our social justice work, and they are needed now more than ever! Thank you to KOB Channel 4 for profiling Judi and the work our wonderful volunteers do to feed our neighbors.
Ron Ahnen, our intern minister, gave a blistering sermon yesterday titled "Trust and Social Justice." What three things will you do to take care of yourself emotionally and spiritually today? What three things will you do to resist? Find the sermon at minute 31:00.
March 2, 2025: “Trust & Social Justice” Ron Ahnen, Intern Minister
How can we maintain civic trust in a way that continues to cultivate social justice? How do we re-commit ourselves to collective action when civic trust is broken? Music:…
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March 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Ron Ahnen, our intern minister, gave a blistering sermon yesterday titled "Trust and Social Justice." What three things will you do to take care of yourself emotionally and spiritually today? What three things will you do to resist? Find the sermon at minute 31:00.
Feeling sad or mad or helpless in the face of the ongoing dismantling of our constitutional government? You're not alone. Join Rev. Bob on Zoom this Saturday (2/15) at 3pm to share our hopes and fears, support each other, and build our resilience during this dark time. Link in the comments.
February 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Feeling sad or mad or helpless in the face of the ongoing dismantling of our constitutional government? You're not alone. Join Rev. Bob on Zoom this Saturday (2/15) at 3pm to share our hopes and fears, support each other, and build our resilience during this dark time. Link in the comments.
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#UU #UnitarianUniversalist #sanctuary A message from Carey McDonald, the UUA's Vice President, about recommendations from the UUA to churches from the Immigrant Law Center. Make sure your congregational leadership sees this. cdn.mc-weblink.sg-mktg.com/weblink/MTcz...
1.24.25 UUA Executive Message: Rapid Advisory for Sanctuary Congregations
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January 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#UU #UnitarianUniversalist #sanctuary A message from Carey McDonald, the UUA's Vice President, about recommendations from the UUA to churches from the Immigrant Law Center. Make sure your congregational leadership sees this. cdn.mc-weblink.sg-mktg.com/weblink/MTcz...
In honor of Martin Luther King Day on Monday and Black History Month in February, First U's Arts & Aesthetics Committee is hosting an African American art show in the Social Hall, opening this Sunday at 10 am. Worship music will be performed by local jazz artists Lydia Clark & Rodney Bowe.
January 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In honor of Martin Luther King Day on Monday and Black History Month in February, First U's Arts & Aesthetics Committee is hosting an African American art show in the Social Hall, opening this Sunday at 10 am. Worship music will be performed by local jazz artists Lydia Clark & Rodney Bowe.
There is also a FREE self-defense class for the queer community tomorrow night (Friday). More community building to come!
Solidarity & Building Queer Community - potluck and planning meeting in Albuquerque!
@ First Unitarian, 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE
January 11th starting at 7PM
Bring a friend! Bring a dish if able!
Please Mask, masks will be available
@ First Unitarian, 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE
January 11th starting at 7PM
Bring a friend! Bring a dish if able!
Please Mask, masks will be available
January 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There is also a FREE self-defense class for the queer community tomorrow night (Friday). More community building to come!