On Sunday, January 8th, our special collection will be to fund our annual efforts for the Emmanuel Dining Room (EDR). Please consider giving to this long-standing (almost 40 years!) project of our church. This once-a-year collection provides First U’s annual budget for grocery supplies, to feed lunch to over 200...

Thanks to members of the First U EDR team for helping us return to serving in the dining room at EDR, along with making casseroles and cookies. The April and May teams included: Patty Avery, Georgia Brereton, Jill Coghlan, Cindy Cohen, Kate Cowperthwait, James & Mimi Moser, Christy Mullins, Nancy...

We are so excited to announce that Emmanuel Dining Room is re-opening their dining room this month! With Covid numbers remaining manageable, the Ministry of Caring is re-opening indoor dining at EDR, which means our serving team on the 20th of the month is back in business! Last month, on...

Finding yourself with too many Girl Scout cookies? Donate a few boxes to the First U EDR effort! Drop off packages of cookies (Girl Scout, Oreos, whatever you wish) to the church office (mark the boxes “EDR”), or contact Cindy Cohen. We’d love to have them!

It may be cold and covid-y (is that a word yet? :-), but the First U EDR team continues to provide monthly meals to Emmanuel Dining Room on the 19th. During the kitchen renovations and because of covid we have been preparing our meals in homes rather than at church,...

Thank you all for your generosity last Sunday. We raised $2,300 for our EDR cooking program! The entire First U EDR team and the staff at EDR are deeply appreciative of your support, and wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving season.

On Sunday, November 14th, our special collection will be to fund our annual efforts for the Emmanuel Dining Room (EDR). Please consider giving to this long-standing (almost 40 years!) project of our church. This once-a-year collection provides First U’s annual budget for grocery supplies, to feed lunch to over 200...

A heartfelt thank you for your generosity on Christmas Eve! The preliminary total for our special offering to benefit our Emmanuel Dining Room support program was over $2500! Thank you!

The Christmas Eve special offering at both services will fund our annual efforts for the Emmanuel Dining Room (EDR). This once-a-year collection provides our entire year’s budget of grocery supplies, which will feed lunch to over 200 men, women, and children in Wilmington every month. The annual costs for this...

Thanks to Nancy Pinson & Kate Cowperthwait for prepping and delivering our lunch to EDR this month. And to Michelle Frey for the cookies! Run by the Ministry of Caring, Emmanuel Dining Room (EDR) provides meals to people in need in the greater Wilmington area.  First Unitarian Church is proud to have...

Thanks to First U’ers Kate Cowperthwait and Mimi & James Moser for prepping and delivering our lunch to EDR in September!

Many thanks to Pam and Roy Finkelman, who transported our casseroles, cookies, and fruit this month. Cindy Cohen prepped the casseroles, then Pam and Roy swooped in to pick up all the supplies and get them down to Emmanuel Dining Room in time for serving lunch to those in need...

Kudos to Betty Wier and Rita Meek for helping with Emmanuel Dining Room this month! Thanks to them, our operation ran like a well-oiled machine. Bright and early on the morning of June 19th, Cindy Cohen delivered the EDR groceries to Betty Wier, who singlehandedly put together all of our...

Once again the First U EDR team came through and helped provide casseroles and cookies for our May 20th efforts. This month great teamwork includes thanks to Renee and Charlie Anderson, who again shopped for us. When Renee and Charlie couldn’t find pre-cooked chicken this month, Mimi Moser stepped in...