Our Environmental Justice Task Force challenge for February is to get in the habit of bringing your own reusable bag when you go shopping. The average American family takes home almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year and 100,000 marine animals are killed by plastic bags annually. How can you...
ILYA (Independent Living for Young Adults) is celebrating 15 years of support for youth aging out of foster care. We want you to celebrate with the team because you are the ones that make it happen with your generous support. If you come to church on Sunday, you’ll get to...
You are invited to tea with Rev. Pamela Wat. During the weeks of our Growing Together 2020/21 Stewardship Campaign, you will have opportunities to ask questions and learn more about how the congregation is doing financially, where we are going in the future, and the challenges and opportunities we face...
All are invited to a special ceremony on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. at First Unitarian Church in which we will install Rev. Pamela Wat as our settled Senior Minister and also re-dedicate our building (following major renovations to increase accessibility). We hope you will join us for...
On January 26, Rev. Pamela Wat shared her family’s tradition for celebrating the Chinese New Year. Everyone at church received a small red envelope with money in it. But there was a catch! People were asked to do something good with the money, to make the world a better place...
On Sunday, February 9th , it’s “Share the Plate Sunday” highlighting and benefiting ILYA (Independent Living for Young Adults). ILYA is the social justice program at First U that supports youth who have aged out of foster care. Youth who have been supported by ILYA will participate in the service...
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...
Make Reusable Bags for Wilmington Residents. Please join us in Parish Hall on Sunday, February 9th from 2:30- 5 p.m. when we will change t-shirts into reusable shopping bags. The new Delaware law to ban plastic bags is starting in 2021 and we want to make bags for people that...
You are invited to tea with Rev. Pamela Wat. During the weeks of our Growing Together 2020/21 Stewardship Campaign, you will have opportunities to ask questions and learn more about how the congregation is doing financially, where we are going in the future, and the challenges and opportunities we face...
The church office will be closed on Monday, January 20 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Please enjoy a safe holiday weekend.
E-cigarettes and vaping have made news recently. This legislative session, Delaware will consider a law banning the sale of flavored e-cigs. The American Cancer Society strongly supports this ban. One in five Delaware adolescents smoke, with the majority starting with flavored products, setting them up for a lifetime of addiction...
Saturday, January 11, 2020 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Where? Concord Square (Giant-Marshall’s) on Route 202/Concord Pike in front of La Tolteca. Pacem in Terris is a partner of the First Unitarian Church’s Human Rights Task Force. You can learn more about Pacem in Terris, here.