FCB Sangha January 26 · 7:30 PM · Online The FCB Sangha meets weekly throughout the year on Mondays 7:30 PM lasting one hour. It features a democratically run organization where participants can sign up to either offer the opening candle, or a 20 minute reading, followed by 30 minutes of sacred silence and a closing

Family Members of Adult Children Who Are Struggling January 11 · 5:00 PM · Conference Room Join our support group for parents of adult children facing emotional challenges or mental health diagnoses at 5:00 pm in the Conference Room. Email Nina at a dultchildrenstruggling@uubelmont.org for more information and the upcoming schedule. We are an established group of family members of adult children who have serious mental health diagnoses and/or are struggling to cope with everyday life. We meet once a month to give space to those in crisis, and if there's time, we address a topic that concerns us such as "Siblings", "How to answer the questions and comments of others about our loved ones", "Difficult decisions we must make to preserve our own health and wellbeing". We create safety to speak openly, but there is no obligation to speak. We laugh, we cry, we support each other but don't try to fix, and we always review our rule of 100% confidentiality. There is also no obligation to come every month, but regular attendance creates more safety and trust in the group to explore difficult, even painful topics.

Author Falwell Event with Henry Frost March 19 · 3:30 PM · Parish Hall Author Illustrator Cathryn Falwell is thrilled to join us for a book reading and craft event for families on Thursday, March 19th from 4:30-5:30. Belmont Books will be present to sell signed books as well. Contact- Iris Ponte iris@irisponte.com Notes from Iris email: Author Illustrator Cathryn Falwell is thrilled that Thursday, March 19th from 4:30-5:30 will work out. We should have the same set up as last time- auditorium seating in the front with a mic and then craft space set up in the back. I will be speaking with her this week about her craft project and what materials she needs and loop you in. This is a flyer [in Iris’s email] we used for her post COVID. Feel free to lift the content for the new flyer ! This time she will be focusing on her book David’s Drawings and connecting it to her love of Trees. I am assuming that you want to create the flyer since your team is better at it than me. Also the Patel Family (former student) is donating all funds for Falwell’s royalty so I would also like to recognize that. Let me know if you need more information or images. SETUP NEEDS from Iris (sent 3/11/26): Screen/projector audience set up in the front for about 50-60 people and then standing tables to craft in the back- maybe 4-5 craft tables for children to stand at? Also I think we just need one mic. Also parents loved that toddler area in the back you set up Martha! If that is possible again it would be amazing. Belmont Books will need a table in the back for their book sales as well. As for craft materials- one of our teachers has a special craft cutter for the leaves and we have a copy machine to make the trees. Martha if you have glue sticks that would be great. If not no worries I can pull some together!

Musical Performance No. 3, Cast A November 21 · 7:00 PM · Parish Hall The Wizard of Oz! Presented by the Children's Choirs

Create a SIGN for No Kings 3 March for Democracy March 27 · 6:00 PM · Parish Hall The Social Action Committee is sponsoring a No Kings sign-making session following the weekly Friday Night Stand-Out Against ICE and For Democracy. Get your sign ready for the third, nationwide No Kings demonstrations on Saturday, March 28. Join us for pizza and sign-making in community. Bring your own supplies or use ours. Sign suggestions provided. RSVP to socialaction@uubelmont.org .

Friday Night Stand-Out Against ICE and For Democracy May 8 · 5:00 PM · Offsite Join us to protest ICE actions and to defend the Constitution and Democracy, every Friday evening from 5:00 pm-6:00 pm, in front of the church. Bring your own signs and your voice.

SoUUper Lunch April 29 · 12:00 PM · Kitchen Come Join us for SoUUper Lunch Every Wednesday at noon. Soup, salad, bread, dessert and great conversations. No reservations required!

Near Death Experiences: Life, Death, and Consciousness March 19 · 7:00 PM · Library Explore together the phenomena of near death experiences, end of life visions, shared death experiences, terminal lucidity, and spiritually transformative experiences. Meets on March 19 and 26 at 7:00 pm. Contact Hugh Robinson at hrobin02@gmail.com . Register here today!

Spiritual Renewal Through Poetry January 18 · 2:00 PM · Parlor Robert Frost once defined a poem as “a momentary stay against confusion.” Good poems can help us see ourselves and our lives more clearly, trigger moments of epiphany, and cut through the confusion of life to what truly matters. They grapple with some of the most basic spiritual questions: How can we lead a meaningful life? How can we make sense of loss and joy? How can we connect on a deeper level with ourselves and others? In this small group we will read and discuss poems that deal with spiritual issues in the broadest sense of the term.

Holy Family Service May 31 · 10:30 AM · Sanctuary There are many different ways to be and become a family. This morning we will hear reflections from members of our own community about their experience of what family means. This is a multigenerational service and childcare will be provided. Gathering Music Welcome and Announcements – Board Member Prelude - Count on Me, by Heather Quay Chalice Lighting — Rev Martha Life is a gift, for which we are grateful. We gather in community to celebrate The glories and the mysteries of this great gift. Gathering Hymn - #21 , For the Beauty of the Earth Opening Words — Rev Martha Reflection - Sarah & Sydney Page Anthem - Father’s got a Home, by Alice Parker Reflection - Margaret Dunn Words of Offering — Rev Chris Offertory — Senza Mamma, from Suor Angelica, by Giacomo Puccini; Melanie Salisbury, soprano Today’s service celebrates with joy the diversity of our experiences with family. We also acknowledge that grief is present for many of us in our experience with family. This offertory piece holds the complexity and mourning of a mother’s loss of her child. If you arrive here today with your own grief, we hold you in tenderness and care. The translation of the Italian is as follows. Oh, my baby, you died without me. If only I'd been there to hold you, kiss your lips as they grew colder; close your beautiful eyes forever. Little hands across your chest, no more able to reach out and touch me! For you are gone now, never having known how much I loved you, how much I loved you! But, you‘re in Heaven, a blessed little angel. You can look down and see me, see your mother. You can come from above and be here near me. Oh, please come now! Let me hear you. Let me see you. You're here. You're here. I feel your tiny hands on my face! Oh, tell me, when can I be with you in Paradise? When can we be together? Ah, sweet end to all my years of suffering: that day I can greet you in Heaven. Say when shall death release me and take me to you?" Oh, won’t you tell me, dearest child, so precious? Just give an answer with the twinkle of a star. Answer me, answer me, my darling, my darling, my love!" Doxology From all that dwell below the skies; Let words of love and peace arise; Let joyful songs of praise be sung; Through every land by every tongue. Amen. Reflection — Ed Siegfried Candles of Celebration and Concern - Comm Care Team Member Prayer - Rev. Chris Hymn — #1019 Everything Possible Reflection — Phil Rossoni & Christine O’Neill Closing Blessing — Rev Chris Closing Hymn - #324 , Where My Free Spirit Onward Leads Extinguishing the Flame — Rev Chris Postlude - The Journey, by Heather Quay

Second Friday Concert: Susan Werner May 8 · 7:30 PM · Parish Hall Over the course of her twenty-five-year career, Susan Werner has earned a reputation as “one of the most innovative songwriters working today” ( Chicago Tribune ). She has formidable chops on guitar and piano, a graduate degree in voice performance, and her shows are a one-woman master class in musicianship. Get your tickets today.

< Back First Church Film Group Zoom only The third Saturday of every month at 7:30-9p.m. September - June. Contact Eva Patalas at e.patalas@me.com Welcome ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Previous Next