Now is the Time to Plant
by Emily McKinney March 29, 2020 I’d like to tell you a story. Three weeks ago, before staying home as much as possible became our new normal, Mark and I bought seeds for the garden. Read more…
3/22/20 Virtual Service
Enjoy last Sunday’s virtual service with original music by Emily McKinney and a meaningful homily. Healing Connective Tissue – by Susanne Bounds
Show Support for unsheltered people
During a time when many of us are staying in our homes, there are unsheltered members of our community who do not have homes to retreat to. Local church The Connecting Grounds, led by minister Read more…
Healing Connective Tissue
by Susanne Bounds March 22, 2020 Greetings to everybody! This is an abbreviated version of what my message was going to be this March 22 spring equinox morning. This message and the ritual I have Read more…
Sundays at First UU Go Virtual
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield is suspending all in-person services effective immediately. The research behind #FlattenTheCurve calls us to our fifth source and asks us to heed the guidance of reason and the results Read more…
First UU Responds to COVID-19: We CAN Flatten the Curve
First UU will immediately suspend in-person Sunday morning gatherings. In the past few days, I have leaned heavily on the wisdom found in the principles and sources of our Unitarian Universalist tradition. In the face Read more…
POSTPONED – Music and Mark Twain
Postponed until May or early June If you’d like a refund for tickets please contact us at admin@springfielduu.org April 4, 2020 – 7 pm First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield – 2434 East Battlefield Road Read more…
Where are the Prophets?
February 2, 2020 by Rev Michelle Scott-Huffman Nancy McDonald Ladd shares these important words in “Powerful Honesty” published in the UU book A People So Bold. In recent decades, the mainline Protestant tradition has suffered Read more…
Pronouns: Getting Past Bewilderment
When I was a teacher of grammar, I prided myself on my ability to get my students to match pronouns with their antecedents, the nouns that precede the pronouns. I did a victory lap when Read more…
UU the Vote
Sunday, January 12 – 2:30 pm In moments of moral crisis, Unitarian Universalists know we are called to show up. And 2020 is one of those moments. If we are to survive—as a human species Read more…
At the Border: An Immigration Policy Shaped by Cruelty
October 20, 2019. A small group gathers in the First UU sanctuary for vegetable beef soup and this month’s social action speaker. She’s been to border detention camps and although she’s bound by a confidentiality Read more…