Is there a group that holds a special place in your heart? Do you want to offer your friends at First Unitarian Church the opportunity to support a local community non-profit that you love? If so, please send your nomination to marina@firstuuwilm.org with your name, charity contact info, and a...
As we look ahead to February, we are reminded that Second Sunday is right around the corner on Valentine’s Day weekend, February 13th. It’s the perfect time to celebrate ILYA (Independent Living for Young Adults) at First U! Did you know that the ILYA Program has assisted young adults as...
The Delaware Coalition to Dismantle the New Jim Crow (DCDNJC) continues to advocate for reducing systemic racism in Delaware. While the Covid Pandemic has eliminated our monthly meetings in-person, we are still in a number of ways. We have lobbied to reform the state laws governing incarceration, expungement of prior...
Thank you so much for your support of the YWCA on Christmas Eve! Our initial total is $700. Want to learn more about racial and social justice at the YWCA? Click here. If you want to learn more about the YWCA, click here. Thank you for your support!
In our 6th year, Peace Week Delaware is bringing together the voices that speak to the essence of what peace means. In 2021 these voices will speak to: protecting voting rights, suicide detection and prevention, climate crises, alternatives to violence, experiences of marginalized groups, building community between diverse groups, strategies...
Our Second Sunday Special Offering on July 11 will support Lutheran Community Services (LCS). LCS has been serving low-income families in Wilmington and New Castle County, with emergency food, housing and other services since 1959. When congregants or community members come to First Unitarian and ask for help, we often...
For the special offering on April 11, the Delaware Nature Society is asking for your help in supporting its conservation, advocacy and education programs, including regenerative agriculture at Coverdale Farm Preserve. Spring is a perfect time to focus on how food has a profound impact on our environment and our health....
As many of you are aware, abortion rights are under attack and with the appointment of Justice Amy C. Barrett, we will continue to be fighting for women’s rights among other issues. Planned Parenthood of Delaware is preparing for Roe v Wade to be overturned or parts of it to...
Thank you for you generous donations to Planned Parenthood for the special collection last Sunday! We have raised a preliminary total of $5,527.00!
On Sunday, June 14, the special collection will be for Planned Parenthood of Delaware. Planned Parenthood has stayed open during the pandemic, caring for patients while making sure staff and patients stay safe. PPDE is a health care facility with three clinics in DE (Wilmington, Newark, and Dover) with the...
Deadline is this Sunday, May 31, 2020. Send your nomination to marina@firstuuwilm.org with your name, charity contact info, and a brief summary of the work they do by May 31, 2020. You can also mail your request to the church office. The Executive Team will evaluate the nominees and will...
The Special Collection on May 10 is for Urban Bike Project of Wilmington. Urban Bike Project supports Wilmington communities by facilitating access to bicycling as a healthy, affordable, practical means of transportation and recreation. Learning bicycle maintenance builds confidence and engages adults and youth in workshops, summer camps and Earn-A-Bike...
Is there a group that holds a special place in your heart? Send your nomination to marina@firstuuwilm.org with your name, charity contact info, and a brief summary of the work they do by May 31, 2020. You can also mail your request to the church office. The Executive Team will...
First UU supports Lutheran Community Services programs helping Wilmington’s needy residents. Currently, LCS is supplying supplemental food to the Wilmington Community along with the Delaware Food Bank as business closures and other COVID-19 situations create a basic food need in households that have lost income sources. As our church building...
From Rob Gurnee, Executive Director, Lutheran Community Services: Friends, I hope this email finds you safe during this unsettling and unprecedented period in our lives. All over this world, there are examples of love, support and expressions of the human spirit happening in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. I’ve...
What a wonderful celebration we had last Sunday! ILYA’s (Independent Living for Young Adults) 15th year of service! And how warmly you welcomed our special guests! Everyone from the youth who participated in the service to the Independent Living Coordinators and Delaware’s director of Independent Living all felt the love....
House Pins and hand-made bead jewelry make great gifts! Not only do you get a unique item that you or a loved one can wear and enjoy, you also receive a card documenting your support for the YWCA Home Life Management Center! It’s a Win-Win! Come to the House Pin...
Thanks to all who attended our annual Martin Luther King Celebratory Concert on January 24! We raised $622 for the YWCA’s Racial and Social Justice program and our sanctuary was blessed by the timely words from “Beyond Vietnam” by Dr. King (spoken by Rev. John G. Moore) and the voices of...
Our Special Offering at the 4 p.m. Christmas Eve Service will support Lutheran Community Services (LCS). LCS has been serving low-income families in Wilmington and New Castle County, with emergency food, housing and other services since 1959. When congregants or community members ask First Unitarian for help, we often refer them to the...
Join Lutheran Community Services (LCS) for a Jazz Christmas, presented by Emmy Award-winning composer and pianist Wilson Somers. The program features traditional and contemporary treatments of beloved holiday favorites, performed by regional jazz artists and soprano Annie Fitch of Radio City Music Hall’s holiday show. Jazz Christmas will be held...
November’s Special Collection on November 10 raised $1970 for Emmanuel Dining Room (EDR). This once-a-year collection provides our entire year’s budget of grocery supplies. Thank you for your generosity!
The Interdenominational Ministers Action Council (IMAC) is a local coalition of clergy who collaborate against the systemic racial and economic injustices that manifest poverty, addiction, and violence in our communities. Rev. Richard Speck and Rev. Pamela Wat are members of IMAC and want to thank First Unitarian Church for their...
IMAC is a local coalition of clergy who collaborate against the systemic racial and economic injustices that manifest poverty, addiction, and violence in our communities. Rev. Richard Speck and Rev. Pamela Wat are members of IMAC and invite First Unitarian Church to join them in supporting IMAC’s 2020 Delaware Faith...
The First U Human Rights Task Force is pleased to continue our work with racial justice by showing generosity to 2 of our partners: YWCA Racial Dialogues Series and Network Delaware Safe Communities Campaign. On Ingathering Sunday, September 8, we will split the offering plate with these two groups. We...
Last Sunday, we raised $ 778 for Delware Nature Society. Thank you for your generous support!
Our Unitarian Universalist 7th Principle reminds us to have respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Connecting people with nature, the Delaware Nature Society is focused on healthy water, protection of habitats and wildlife, and conservation of working and natural lands. Their mission...
Our Second Sunday Special Offering on June 9 will support Lutheran Community Services (LCS). LCS has been serving low-income families in Wilmington and New Castle County, with emergency food, housing and other services since 1959. When congregants or community members come to First Unitarian and ask for help, we often...
TODAY is the last day to submit your nomination for a Second Sunday Special Collection for Fiscal Year 2019-2020!! Is there a group that holds a special place in your heart? Send your nomination to marina@firstuuwilm.org with your name, charity contact info, and a brief summary of the work they...
Ken Brick from the Poor Peoples Campaign Delaware – A National Call for a Moral Revival will be our guest this Sunday, February 10, for a Justice Moment. He will share about the work they are doing to organize an agenda to advocate for those who struggle with poverty. He...
Hats and scarves sent to UUSC in November as part of the Guest At Your Table event have been distributed to those in need in Tijuana,Mexico near the border at San Diego. We sent nearly 100 items. The craft group decided recently to meet every Monday (instead of twice a...
Building on the pioneering work of Rev. Paula Maiorano, Rev. Dr. Lawrence Livingston from Mother African Union Church, and IMAC, the Interfaith Ministers Action Council, our church has joined the vanguard to show that black lives matter. Our Coalition to Dismantle the New Jim Crow sponsors study groups, monthly programs,...
Here you can shop for MUCH less and can be a part of the women’s community of Delaware! At Kel’s Bells, we aim to empower women by providing groceries and home goods for individuals who may need just a bit more to provide for their household. Donate or join us...
We are continuing to collect books, preschool-third grade, for Southbridge children. Also requested are books on parenting. We have been giving them out almost as fast as we get them. Please put them in the box by the piano in the parish hall. Thank you, Environmental Justice Task Force, Renee,...
Thank you all for your generous support of the Emmanuel Dining Room special collection last week. Our preliminary total was $949! Your gifts will help us continue to prepare our hot lunch each month.
We would like your input on ideas for actions for the task force. Look for us at coffee hour on Sunday, October 28, with a “vision” board where we would like to add your input to the things we are currently pursuing. Secondly, we attended a Southbridge meeting at the...
The Plate Offering this Sunday will fund the Grants for Growth Program. Several UU Congregations are preparing applications that, when implemented, will promote their membership growth. The first Grants for Growth was made in 1997 to assist the “startup” of the Lewes Congregation (UUSD). Subsequently twelve grants have been made...
Thanks to all who contributed well over 100 books for the children of Elbert Palmer School in Southbridge. Last Thursday evening, Deb Haskell and Dee Burdash took them to Back to School Night where the children were happy to select their own book.
Thank you for your generous support on September 9, when our special collection was dedicated to Water is Life, Kenya. We raised $938.44!
Our Second Sunday Special Collection will be for the benefit of Water is Life, Kenya. Water is Life Kenya (WILK) is a non-profit organization that has been bringing clean, accessible water to communities in Southern Kenya since 2007. We work mainly in drought-prone areas, populated by rural Maasai people who...
On August 12, our Sunday offering will benefit Yes U Can. Yes U Can was founded in 2005 to serve as a means for those with disabilities to exercise – a need that was not being met. The Yes U Can USA Program has been designed to address and eliminate...
Calling all families for gently used children’s’ books (toddlers through elementary school). Please bring them to church this Sunday, July 15 and leave them in the Parish Hall in the box labelled BOOKS FOR SOUTHBRIDGE. Our friend, Marie A. Reed, President of the Southbridge Civic Association, thanks you. These will...
The Executive Team approved the list of special collections for next year. We were fortunate to have many worthy causes submitted for consideration. Although we were not able to approve all submissions, we are proud of the list of recipients. To learn more, please click here.