We are exceedingly grateful to Cyril Everett Caster and Catherine Braik Selin for stepping in so quickly and providing their beautiful music for the last two months of our first online-only worship services. Now that things are settling down we are ready to return to our previous plan for offering...
The budget for FY 20-21 is set up with a different staff configuration for Music, Membership and Children’s Religious Exploration. Our plan is to hire a half-time Music Director, a quarter time Membership Coordinator and a paid Children’s Religious Exploration Guide. You can learn more about the proposed new positions...
The SAD news is, out of an abundance of caution, due to coronavirus, the 2020 Coffee House is being postponed. The HAPPY news is, the Coffee House will be rescheduled for next fall! You are welcome to contact Jim Weddell (jkweddell@mac.com) with any questions.
Due to cancellations, our Easter Sunday service will be streaming only and the choir will not be performing or rehearsing as scheduled. Keep singing at home! We look forward to resuming once we are up and running again.
Saturday, March 28, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Whether you have talent to share, or just want to enjoy the show, please plan to attend 1st U’s Coffee House in the Parish Hall. It is open to PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES. We’ve created an online signup form here...
Music Staffing Update Since the departure of Scott from First Unitarian, we have been fortunate to have a wonderful stream of guest musicians sharing their talent and skill with us each week. During this interim period, Rev. Pam has been scheduling musicians from the community and from the congregation to...
We are pleased to announce that Anne Turner (who directed the choir for the 2/16 rededication/installation) will be directing the choir for the April 12 Easter service. Rehearsals will be at 7:00 p.m. (ending around 8:45 p.m.) on March 26, April 2, and April 9. New and returning singers are...
Because of the impact of COVID19, we must postpone the Organ Concert originally scheduled for Sunday, March 15th at 3:00 p.m. We will reschedule David Schelat, one of Delaware’s finest organists, for a Fall Concert. David, then, will show us what our magnificent Rieger Organ can do with the special...
Saturday, March 28, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Plans for the 1st U Coffee House are coming together. This is open to PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. We’ve created an online signup form here if you or a group would like to share your talent(s) that evening. The form explains how...
Just one week away! We hope you have reserved the afternoon of March 15 to return to First U for the David Schelat Organ Recital. David Schelat is founder, president, and artistic director of Market Street Music, as well as conductor for Center City Chorale and Mastersingers of Wilmington. He...
Imagine listening to Bach’s Toccata, Adagio, & Fugue, BWV 564, a composition that shows off what a skilled organist can do with the pedals of our amazing Rieger organ. To organists, the pedals are another keyboard, and you may never have heard our organ played with the section of pedals...
Save the Date, Saturday, March 28, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. We will be having a 1st U Coffee House. For singing, dancing, poetry, stand up comedy, playing an instrument and pretty much any other talent you might want to share; this Coffee House is the time. This is open...
Mark your calendar for Sunday, March 15th at 3:00p.m. David Schelat, one of Delaware’s finest organists will show us what our magnificent Rieger Organ can do. When our Rieger Orgelbau organ was installed in 1976-77, it was the first tracker organ in Delaware. For a number of years after, organists...
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...
Join us on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. Our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebratory Concert features African American spirituals, the story of King’s youth and adulthood, and Martin Luther King, Jr. speech interpreter Rev. John Moore sharing the words of Dr. King. Singers include members of the...