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First Universalist Church of Rochester
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Nurture the Spirit & Serve the Community.
Unitarian Universalist Church in downtown Rochester NY.
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Sunday Services at 10:30am weekly!
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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from a recent sermon "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️

#GetWise🧠 #Love #Fascism #MutualAid #Accountability #Power #Justice #community
Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from a recent sermon "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️ We can resist authoritarian power by being accountable for dismantling the scaffolding of white supremacy it has built inside of us and our communities. We can resist by being accountable for the safety of our neighbors and putting ourselves in the line of harm to protect them. We can resist by living out our accountability to one other in the form of mutual aid in our communities." #GetWise🧠 #Love #Fascism #MutualAid #Accountability #Power #Justice #community
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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Trusting in the Power of Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell! In times like these, it can feel like love doesn't have a chance. Are we hopelessly naive to say we're not giving up on love? tinyurl.com/sht63jdw ❤️
Sunday Service: Trusting in the Power of Love
Religion event in Rochester, NY by UURoc: First Universalist Church of Rochester, NY on Sunday, February 8 2026
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February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Join us for a benefit concert for ROCmusic, featuring musicians and musical friends of First Universalist, plus students and faculty of ROCmusic for an eclectic & fun concert! All funds will support the work that ROCmusic does to provide music education to children in the City of Rochester ❤️🎶
All funds will support the excellent work that ROCmusic does to provide music education to children in the City of Rochester. We hope you’ll join us!!
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from a recent sermon "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️

#GetWise🧠 #Love #Fascism #MutualAid #Accountability #Power #Justice #community
Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from a recent sermon "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️ We can resist authoritarian power by being accountable for dismantling the scaffolding of white supremacy it has built inside of us and our communities. We can resist by being accountable for the safety of our neighbors and putting ourselves in the line of harm to protect them. We can resist by living out our accountability to one other in the form of mutual aid in our communities." #GetWise🧠 #Love #Fascism #MutualAid #Accountability #Power #Justice #community
February 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Miss "The Power of Self-Advocacy" with Rev. Padraic "Paddy" Collins-Bohrer? Don't worry, we recorded it! Watch it on YouTube here: youtu.be/QpDRmQfcCQU ❤️ 📺
2/1/26 - "The Power of Self-Advocacy" with Rev. Padraic "Paddy" Collins-Bohrer
In my sermon, I will celebrate the power of self-advocacy through sharing the journey of The Rev. Absolom Jones, the first African American priest in The Episcopal Church, ordained in 1802, and my…
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February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "The Power of Self-Advocacy" with Rev. Collins-Bohrer! Celebrate the power of #selfadvocacy in my journey of advocating for my needs as a priest with cerebral palsy. What are your experiences advocating for marginalized communities?❤️ tinyurl.com/3hf8beu8
Join First Universalist for a hybrid worship service (virtually and in-person) on February 1, 2026 at 10:30am for "The Power of Self-Advocacy" with Rev. Padraic "Paddy" Collins-Bohrer! ❤️ "In my sermon, I will celebrate the power of self-advocacy through sharing the journey of The Rev. Absolom Jones, the first African American priest in The Episcopal Church, ordained in 1802, and my own journey to the priesthood in The Episcopal Church, advocating for my needs as a person and priest living with cerebral palsy. Questions I invite you to reflect on through the sermon include: In what ways is God working through these journeys? What are your experiences of advocating for yourself or for others who are part of marginalized communities?" The in-person portion of this event will be held in the First Universalist sanctuary! The online portion will be held via Zoom at the link provided. https://www.facebook.com/share/1EeTQZBMJe/
January 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from this past Sunday's sermon "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️

#GetWise🧠 #Love #Fascism #Gaslighting #Accountability #Power #Justice
Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from this past Sunday's sermon "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️ "Harm-doing is so normalized that demanding accountability starts to feel like the real harm. Simply bearing witness to wrongdoing is cast as an offense. And deflection, avoidance, defensiveness, and gaslighting cause an added layer of trauma to those who are harmed. They serve to disperse blame like scattershot, so that it appears everyone shares it equally and no holds its true heft. When we lose the means to hold one another accountable, we lose relationship. We lose our humanity." #GetWise🧠 #Love #Fascism #Gaslighting #Accountability #Power #Justice
January 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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Miss "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Michelle Yates & Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell? Don't worry, we recorded it! Watch it on YouTube here: youtu.be/CdoAmTfCZAk ❤️ 📺
1/25/26 - "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell & Rev. Michelle Yates
In this season of Power, let us honor one of the cornerstones of community–the power of accountability. When we bind our lives together in community, we need to get good at apologies, forgiveness,…
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January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Beginning Again in Love" with Rev. Casey-Campbell! In this season of Power, let us honor one of the cornerstones of community–#accountability. In community, we need to get good at apologies, forgiveness, and beginning again in love 💞 tinyurl.com/upsj2tmd
January 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from this past Sunday's sermon "No One Stands Alone" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️

#GetWise🧠 #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #MartinLutherKing #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #Power #Justice
Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from this past Sunday's sermon "No One Stands Alone" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️ "While we laud the brilliance of MLK, Jr., we cannot afford to lose sight of the multitudes that surround him. It isn’t that he doesn’t deserve veneration, we just need to honor him within the proper scope. When we zoom out, we can see the entirety of the liberatory hope that he, and many others, have been part of. When we zoom out, we can see ourselves as participants in the movement where the powerful are humbled, the oppressed are raised up, where everyone has enough, is enough, and where peace and justice go hand in hand. When we zoom out from the individual, we can see our place in the long moral arc of the universe and commit to our part in bending it toward justice". #GetWise🧠 #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #MartinLutherKing #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #Power #Justice
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Miss "No One Stands Alone" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell? Don't worry, we recorded it! Watch it on YouTube here: youtu.be/E1v4pfOaFqc ❤️ 📺
1/18/26 - "No One Stands Alone" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell
As we celebrate the bold life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., let us remember that he was not a lone hero but the representative of an entire movement, spanning nations and generations.…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Tonight: Dinner Church! 🍲🍽️💓 Join us in our (warm🔥) Clara Barton Lounge for a different way of worship! Warm food & even warmer company! Come @ 5:30pm to help prep & set up or @ 6pm for dinner, stories, songs, & meditation. Children & their noises welcome! Please feel encouraged to bring friends!
Happening Tonight: Dinner Church at First Universalist! 🍲🍽️💓 Join us in our (lovely and warm) Clara Barton Lounge for a new and different way of worshipping! We offer warm food and even warmer company! Come at 5:30pm to help prepare food and set up, or gather at 6pm for dinner, stories, songs, and meditation. This is a service for all ages; children and their noises are welcome. Please feel encouraged to bring a friend or two! We hope to see you there! Please use the red door off the church parking lot (located on Court Street) to attend this event.
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "No One Stands Alone" with Rev. Casey-Campbell! As we celebrate the bold life and work of #MLK, let us remember that he was not a lone hero but a representative of a movement. #Power, when it moves toward #justice, is broad & diverse ♥️ tinyurl.com/8cerna43
Join First Universalist for a hybrid worship service (virtually and in-person) on January 18, 2026 at 10:30am for "No One Stands Alone" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell! 💞 As we celebrate the bold life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., let us remember that he was not a lone hero but the representative of an entire movement, spanning nations and generations. Power, when it moves toward justice, is broad and diverse. The in-person portion of this event will be held in the First Universalist sanctuary! The online portion will be held via Zoom at the link provided. https://www.facebook.com/share/1867KcqnCn/ Find the Zoom worship link in our Facebook event! We will be live-streaming this service in its entirety as well as conducting it in-person!
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Notice: The First Universalist building will be CLOSED today, Thursday, January 15 due to weather. All events scheduled today are cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience! ❤️ ❄️
Notice: The First Universalist building will be CLOSED today, Thursday, January 15 due to weather. All events scheduled today are cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience! ❤️ ❄️
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from a recent sermon "Going Softly" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️

#GetWise🧠 #Love #Vulnerable
Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from a recent sermon "Going Softly" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️ "We, too, are traveling the long slow road to bow down in awe before the vulnerability of being alive. We, too, are moving softly toward deeper connection to the vulnerability of life". #GetWise🧠 #Love #Vulnerable
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Miss "Service for the Animals" with Adam Durand? Don't worry, we recorded it! Watch it on YouTube here: youtu.be/a9LZoFhef9Q ❤️ 📺
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Service for the Animals" with Adam Durand! We celebrate the sentience of animals. Humanity has a long, complicated history with nonhuman animals. What does it cost us—or what can we gain—by treating them as we want to be treated? 🐾
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Join First Universalist for a hybrid worship service (virtually and in-person) on January 11, 2026 at 10:30am for "Service for the Animals" with Adam Durand! 💞 In this service led by the Animal Ministry team, we celebrate the sentience of animals. Humanity has a long, complicated history with nonhuman animals. How should we treat animals today, both wild and domestic? What does it cost us—or what can we gain—by treating them the same way we want to be treated? (Please leave beloved animals at home) The in-person portion of this event will be held in the First Universalist sanctuary! The online portion will be held via Zoom at the link provided. https://www.facebook.com/share/17zjhNiAqa/ Find the Zoom worship link in our Facebook event! We will be live-streaming this service in its entirety as well as conducting it in-person!
January 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from this past Sunday's sermon "Going Softly" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️

#GetWise🧠 #Love #Vulnerable
Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from this past Sunday's sermon "Going Softly" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell ❤️ "It is a vulnerable act to love deeply. It breaks our hearts sometimes. It’s a radical resistance to systems of oppression for us to find power in that vulnerability, in a love that is not about control. Those systems of oppression would have us trade in our vulnerability for a sense of security and order, but we can resist by staying soft. Making gentle space for all the children who need care, even the ones inside of us grown-ups. Loving wholly, even when it breaks our hearts." #GetWise🧠 #Love #Vulnerable
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Miss "Going Softly" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell? Don't worry, we recorded it! Watch it on YouTube here: youtu.be/jxeKZ0FRE_U ❤️ 📺
1/4/26 - "Going Softly" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell
In case we have come barreling into the New Year, resolute with purpose, power, and productivity, let us take a moment to pause. To resolve to move more slowly. To be softer. And to hold on to the…
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January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Going Softly" with Rev. Casey-Campbell! In case we have come barreling into the #NewYear, resolute with purpose & productivity, let us pause to resolve to move more slowly, be softer, and hold on to the power of vulnerability 💞 tinyurl.com/5ec7252x
Join First Universalist for a hybrid worship service (virtually and in-person) on January 4, 2026 at 10:30am for "Going Softly" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell! 💞 In case we have come barreling into the New Year, resolute with purpose, power, and productivity, let us take a moment to pause. To resolve to move more slowly. To be softer. And to hold on to the power of vulnerability. The in-person portion of this event will be held in the First Universalist sanctuary! The online portion will be held via Zoom at the link provided. Find the Zoom worship link in our Facebook event! We will be live-streaming this service in its entirety as well as conducting it in-person!
January 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Join #uuroc for worship Sunday @ 10:30am: "Cleansing Fire - A New Year Fire Communion" with Tom Williams & Kitty Forbush! At this multigenerational New Year #firecommunion, we tell stories of light, hope, & belonging. Let's celebrate the risk & gift of beginning again in love❤️ tinyurl.com/yujjuk8f
Sunday Service: Cleansing Fire - A New Year Fire Communion
Religion event in Rochester, NY, United States by UURoc: First Universalist Church of Rochester, NY on Sunday, December 28 2025
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December 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Words and artwork from Bless the Messy:
"A reminder during the holidays and always✨ you are worthy of love AND respect. You are allowed to have boundaries and take up space, you deserve to feel safe."
Words and artwork from Bless the Messy: "A reminder during the holidays and always✨ you are worthy of love AND respect. You are allowed to have boundaries and take up space, you deserve to feel safe."
December 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from Braver/Wiser - words from Bruce Marshall ❤️

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Some words of #WednesdayWisdom from Braver/Wiser - words from Bruce Marshall ❤️ "I wish for you… a season in which there is room for the complexities that occur during this time. A season of complicated memories, of happiness and pain, of comfort and loss, of disappointment and fulfillment…. A season of joy which also has room for sadness, because gladness and sorrow take place together.” #GetWise
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Miss "Stories in the Dark: A Solstice Celebration" with Rev. Eileen Casey-Campbell? Don't worry, we recorded it! Watch it on YouTube here: youtu.be/9bxdqdks_dc ❤️ 📺
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December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Join #uuroc for hybrid worship Wednesday evening for our candlelight #Xmas Eve Service "Love Shows Up"! Musical prelude 6:30pm, Service 7pm. When we say #Love is at the center of our faith, what does it mean? Tonight we tell stories of Love showing up even when unexpected 🕯️🎄❤️ tinyurl.com/r7u97dx3
First Universalist for a hybrid worship service (virtually and in-person) on Wednesday evening for our candlelight #ChristmasEve Service: "Love Shows Up"! 🎶 Don't forget, there will be a musical prelude at 6:30pm before the service at 7pm 🎵 When we say #Love is at the center of our faith, what does it mean? Our faith has always claimed that Love shows up, in our ordinary lives, with extraordinary saving power. Tonight we tell stories of Love showing up even when it wasn't expected 🕯️🎄❤️ The in-person portion of this event will be held in the First Universalist sanctuary! The online portion will be held via Zoom at the link provided below. Service Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/131764422 We will be live-streaming this service in its entirety as well as conducting it in-person!
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM