Virus or not, classes are starting for ILYA (Independent Living for Young Adults) youth going on to college, technical school or the military after graduating high school this year. ILYA’s Student Care Package project was created to support these young people who now are expected to be “on their own”...
Thank you to everyone who joined us last Sunday to celebrate the life of our beloved friend, honorary minister, and choir director, Scott Ward. If you were unable to attend in person and would like to view a recording of the service, please email our Business Manager, Marina, at marina@firstuuwilm.org...
The church needs to find a new home for an Arpeggio brand accordion. This appears to be a fairly high quality instrument. It is marked “Made in Italy” and what may be a model number – “Matr.N. 2743”. There are 5 treble register switches. Based on the deterioration of the...
We are almost done with unpacking the library books upstairs. Thank you to Renee Anderson for coming in during the past two weeks to continue unpacking books. Ernie Congo, our building coordinator, has been a big help as well, moving boxes and tables, as well as providing many of the...
The Music Director Search Team has been working hard, and have compiled the results of the congregational survey for the First U Music Program. Click here to view the 2020 Music Program Survey Results. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the survey! We reviewed these results at last Sunday’s...
We live in a scary time on many levels and the attack on our democracy is so critical that we MUST act. The 2020 election is momentous! UUDAN delivered a total of 3000 postcards to members and friends across the 5 Delaware congregations! This postcard campaign, organized by Reclaim Our...
H. Ross Hawkins H. Ross Hawkins died on July 7, 2020 in Sedona, AZ at age of 81, from complications with an infection in his heart and an aortic aneurysm. He is the husband of Beth Kingsley Hawkins, a 58 year member of our church, and Rev. Bob Doss married...
Sam Stubblefield Sam Stubblefield died on Tuesday, July 28 after fighting metastatic lung cancer for years. Sam, Liz Muth, and their children, Drew and Evan, have been part of our First Unitarian Church community in recent years participating in religious education and worship. Sam was a well loved pediatric hospitalist...
David Sheppard As we announced on Wednesday, long-time First Unitarian member David Sheppard died on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. We also extend our care and concern to David and Gayle’s children Rebecca, Paul, and Marc and we hold Gayle with love and affection as David’s loyal and loving presence is...
On Saturday, August 8 at 3:00 p.m. we will gather online to celebrate the life of Scott Davidson. Scott (the son of Henry and Helen Davidson) grew up at First Unitarian Church and became an adult member. He and Rebecca Fisher were married at the church on March 25, 1995...