Saturday, May 14, 2022 9:00-11:00 a.m. Rain date: Sat. May 21, 2022 9:00-11:00 a.m. Come dig, plant, learn, and have fun adding flowers to our Outdoor Sanctuary. Volunteers of any experience level are welcome, please bring gloves, shovels and trowels. Flowers and extra tools will be provided. Meet at the...
Join our Environmental Task Force and Native Garden Teams on Saturday, May 14, 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. to help plant the church pollinator garden.
This week Chrissy, a member of our office staff, noticed a duck had built a nest and moved into our meditation garden, located between the Warner Room and the church offices. We are looking forward to seeing the ducklings and we want our duck family to stay safe! If you...
Our First U mission calls us to fight injustice and transform the world through loving action and we are meeting this intention head on. Our three official Social Justice Task Forces are the way we, as a congregation, are focusing on this mission. All are outward focused and involve members...
On Friday, October 22, 2021, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 24, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., we need help to plant fifteen tiny trees, only 2-3 feet tall. Meet at our Outdoor Sanctuary (field between 202 and church). First Unitarian Church has a few tools to borrow,...
Thank you to all who gave their time, talent, treasure, and plants to beautify First Unitarian with 100 trees, shrubs, and wildflowers on Ingathering Sunday, September 12, and Saturday, September 18, 2021. We paused from digging to celebrate our Outdoor Sanctuary and dedicate it as a Certified Wildlife Habitat, a...
When: Ingathering Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. September 12, 2021 Where: Meet in our Outdoor Sanctuary (open field between route 202 and our church building) What: Come watch or help put plants in the ground, paint rocks for plant signs, or go on a nature scavenger hunt. We are...
Thank you to Steve Marek, Barbara Crowell, Jim Weddell, and Dee Burdash for their help in planting trees and bushes on Monday, May 24, around our Outdoor Sanctuary, located between the church building and Route 202. The goal is to plant native plants that will provide benefits to our congregation,...
This spring we are starting a Native Plant Garden. We need YOU to help get the garden started by growing Purple Coneflowers from seeds. We will provide peat pots, soil, and seeds. You just need to pick them up at the church. We will have a drive through pick up...
How do we add native plants to our First U grounds? By following the process of the National Wildlife Federation & Delaware Nature Society. To read about it, click on this link Click on the link “Download the Checklist” within the above page, at the end of the third paragraph....