First Unitarian Church Welcomes You!
We are a liberal religious haven, sustained by tradition, boldly seeking justice and gently transforming lives through deeds great and small.
All of our Sunday morning services are streamed (and recorded) live on YouTube. You can access our YouTube channel at this link: https://www.youtube.com/c/FirstUnitarianChurchofCincinnati/featured
UPCOMING SERVICES
October 6: “The Awe-Fullness of Life,” Dr. Alexander Riegel
As we habitually wander through life, we often fail to notice – to remember – that life is an experience full of awe. Dr. Riegel will take us from the amazement of the molecular machines that make up our human bodies to the wonder of the cosmos, as revealed by the James Web Space Telescope. Then, with a little help from Mary Oliver, he will ask one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves.
October 13: “Gold Stars, Light, and Changing the World,” Barbara Bonney
We all hope to find our way HOME – to our True Selves, our best selves, the divine within. This sermon suggests a path inward through Spiritual Practice and offers writing as a Spiritual Practice. It’s one way to find our way HOME.
October 20: “Opening Our Hearts,” Dr. Alexander Riegel, Meredith Plummer, Joan Johnson
First Church’s Opening Hearts Team will lead this service. The Opening Hearts Team’s mission is to help First Church become radically inclusive. How far down the path of radical inclusivity are we? What are the impediments to radical inclusivity we each carry within us? How do we find comfort with our discomfort?
October 27: “There’s Always a Stone,” Dr. Alexander Riegel
The question of the meaning of life has many answers. Most of those answers are rooted in religious myth. But our age is scientific so for many of us, myth just doesn’t cut it when it comes to the question of the meaning of life. How, then, might we moderners find an answer to this question?
September Share the Plate Recipient
Every month we collect funds for a worthy cause. We call this effort “Share the Plate (STP).” Share the Plate for September benefits The Common Orchard Project, which works to install and maintain community orchard plantings across Greater Cincinnati. These common orchards provide increased food access, tree canopy, walkable greenspace and community building in neighborhoods that have experienced disinvestment. Donations this month will provide for four orchard installations scheduled for Fall 2024, as well as interpretive signage. Please make checks payable to First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati, with Common Orchard Project in the memo line. You may also make your donation online through Breeze at any time.
To support STP or the general work of First Unitarian Church, you can contribute online using the QR code below, text the word “give” to 513-717-7373, mail a check to the church, or place a donation in the box at the back of the sanctuary. Regardless of the method of giving, please indicate the desired fund (e.g., STP, pledge, general fund). Members may also donate through the Breeze online member system.
![](https://firstuu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/give-now-link-1024x1024.png)
All are welcome to join our services. We gather every Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Join us in person or watch online on our YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FirstUnitarianChurchofCincinnati/videos.
For more information email member-care@firstuu.com
![](https://firstuu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Welcome-5.png)
We are a caring Unitarian Universalist community in the centrally located Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati. We meet in a warm and graceful building, circa 1889, for worship services that nourish spiritual growth and learning throughout life. A self-governed congregation in good standing with the Unitarian Universalist Association, we are an active force for positive change through a variety of activities that serve our members and our community.
If you are a member here, an internet traveler or a spiritual searcher, if you are experiencing hard times and need a hand up or are a social justice advocate, come to First Church and share in the celebration of life’s journey. We cherish human diversity, the differences in sex, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, range of abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, financial means, education, theology and political perspective. These values apply to all of the activities of our Congregation.
COME, COME, WHOEVER YOU ARE!
![](https://firstuu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/open-doors.jpeg)
Our Doors Are Open!