Explore rental rates and space details for The First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalsit, including accessible venues for weddings, concerts, meetings, memorials and more. Hourly rates and A/V info included. Descriptions, Capacities and Pricing Tours are available by appointment. Click here to watch a short video tour of the Lower Hall entrance, Sanctuary, Parish Hall, and Kitchen. Rental rates are subject to change without notice. Church Staff Service Fees These services are billed separately and coordinated through the church office: Custodial services: $50/hour Staff musician for wedding or memorial service: $350 Staff musician for wedding and rehearsal: $450 Additional musicians/vocalists: $250 each Upper Floor Spaces Sanctuary Seats 192 Standard rate: $150/hr Non-profit rate: $75/hr Member rate: $50/hr Piano rental (with Music Director approval): $100 No food or drinks allowed No air conditioning Parlor Seats 22 Standard rate: $25/hr Non-profit rate: $15/hr Member rate: $10/hr Parish Hall (includes use of Kitchen) Seats 220 (rows); approx. 125 (banquet) Standard rate: $250/hr Non-profit rate: $125/hr Member rate (personal events): $100/hr No charge for memorial receptions by members, but custodial fees apply Unavailable mid-Oct–Thanksgiving due to the children’s musical Stage use must be pre-approved by the Director of Music A/V Amenities: Two wireless handheld microphones, speakers with auxiliary input, overhead projector and screen (compatible with DVD, flash drive, or laptop), open guest WiFi network Piano rental (with Music Director approval): $100 Note: Church staff can demonstrate A/V use but cannot provide tech support for setup, streaming, or recording. Kitchen Capacity: 14 Standard rate: $75/hr Non-profit rate: $50/hr Member rate: $25/hr Lower Level Spaces Library Seats 30 (rows), with video screen Standard rate: $50/hr Non-profit rate: $25/hr Member rate: $10/hr Double Classrooms Seats 20 (classroom style) Standard rate: $40/hr Non-profit rate: $25/hr Member rate: $15/hr Single Classrooms Seats 10–15 (classroom style) Standard rate: $25/hr Non-profit rate: $15/hr Member rate: $10/hr Conference Room Seats 10 Standard rate: $25/hr Non-profit rate: $15/hr Member rate: $10/hr

3rd Saturday Film Discussion Group April 18 · 7:30 PM · Online Join us to discuss Left-Handed Girl, a 2025 Chinese drama, April 18, 7:30 to 9 pm on Zoom. For Zoom link, contact saturdayfilm@uubelmont.org. Cohosted by Eva Patalas & Richard Waring.

The First Church in Belmont, MA is a welcoming Unitarian Universalist congregation offering worship, music and lifelong learning opportunities. First Church in the Community First Church is dedicated to service both within and beyond the walls of our church. From collaborating with other congregations and volunteering in Greater Boston to service-learning oversees or sharing our passion and skills where needed, we are committed to putting out principals into action. We'd love for you to get involved! Reach out to Samuel at sfoster@uubelmont.org to get plugged into an outreach program. Community Collaborative This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to edit the content and make sure to add any relevant information that you want to share with your visitors. Kids United This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to edit the content and make sure to add any relevant information that you want to share with your visitors. People are genuinely interested in learning more about you, so don’t be afraid to share personal anecdotes to create a more friendly quality. Grow Clinic This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content. UU Urban Ministry This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to edit the content and make sure to add any relevant information that you want to share with your visitors. People are genuinely interested in learning more about you, so don’t be afraid to share personal anecdotes to create a more friendly quality. UUs for Social Justice This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to edit the content and make sure to add any relevant information that you want to share with your visitors.

From nursery care to refurbishing furniture, we have many volunteer opportunities for the Children’s Religious Education (CRE) program. Contact Nate Sellers, the Director of CRE for more details. VOLUNTEER Volunteer opportunities in the Children’s Religious Education (CRE) program Nursery We need occasional subs when one of our nursery caregivers is away or ill. This is a chance to spend time with some special young ones. How long has it been since you rocked a baby or played trains with a toddler? PreK + Kindergarden This age group offers the chance to interact with children who show great delight and make priceless comments – and will joyfully hug you in supermarkets shouting, “There’s my teacher!” Spend a morning with them reading a story, making a craft and creating castles out of blocks. Teaching Religious Education Ours is a cooperative religious education program. We need parents and members of the congregation to help teach our Sunday morning classes. Teams of four teachers are needed for each classroom during each service. Inexperienced teachers are paired with more experienced ones. You can sign up to help for one semester or for the full year. We can work around your schedule if you are not available to be in the classroom every week. Sharing Faith Traditions Our Neighboring Faiths program and our World Religions curricula really benefit from having guests who can share their knowledge of and experience with various faith traditions. Join the class for a single week to talk about the ideas, rituals and celebrations of Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Quakerism, Wicca, etc. Facilitating OWL The Our Whole Lives (OWL) Lifespan Sexuality Education curricula are a valuable gift we give our middle school youth. We offer OWL for 5th and 6th graders and a longer, more in depth session for 8thgraders. OWL facilitators need to be officially trained and certified to teach (the training cost is funded by OWL class fees). CRE Committee The Children’s Religious Education (CRE) Committee meets once per month. The committee sets the goals and priorities for the Children’s RE program, reviews and selects curricula, helps recruit teachers and oversees policies and procedures as needed. We welcome newcomers, especially those whose children have graduated out of the program and parents of young children. Get Creative Calling all talented crafters, sewers, quilters, and those who love to prepare craft materials – we have projects for you! Our curricula would be enhanced by (simple!) costumes. Also, we want to help create quilts for Renewal House children, and we’d like to make cloths for the classroom altars. There are also many craft projects that need to be prepared and we’d eagerly accept help in arranging classroom displays. Refurbishing Furniture Our younger children’s chairs date from long ago. While still sturdy, they are in need of refinishing. The seats need sanding and varnishing and the metal frames need to be sanded and painted. Chairs could be worked one at a time in your home at your own pace.

SoUUper Lunch June 3 · 12:00 PM · Kitchen Come Join us for SoUUper Lunch Every Wednesday at noon. Soup, salad, bread, dessert and great conversations. No reservations required!

Youth Group — Trivia Planning March 1 · 6:30 PM · Parlor The FCB Youth Group welcomes all high school students (9th-12th grades) to explore their faith, identity, and role in society in a safe, welcoming space. We meet every Sunday night from 6:30-8:30 pm For more information, email Elliott at youthprogram@uubelmont.org .

The First Church in Belmont, MA is a welcoming Unitarian Universalist congregation offering worship, music and lifelong learning opportunities. An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation We are a Welcoming Congregation, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association. This means we affirm and include people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer at every level of congregational life—in worship, in program, and in social occasions—welcoming them as whole people. As a Welcoming Congregation we have pledged to: honor the lives of all people and equally affirm displays of caring and affection without regard for sexual orientation. celebrate diversity by using inclusive language and content in worship. incorporate an understanding of the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer persons throughout all of our programs, including religious education. affirm and celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues and history. affirm marriage equality and conduct same-sex weddings. advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, promoting justice, freedom, and equality in the larger society. We speak out when the rights and dignity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are at stake. We recognize that there’s always something more to learn, and remain open to deepening our understanding about the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.

FCB Sangha June 15 · 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 December 7 · 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.

SoUUper Lunch September 9 · 11:00 AM · Upper Hall Join us for lunch! SoUUper lunch is an informal gathering every Wednesday at noon. Soup, salad, bread and dessert are served and good conversation takes place. No reservations required!

3rd Saturday Film Discussion Join us to discussion MLF/FBI, a 2020 American documentary, February 21, 7:30 to 9:00 pm, on Zoom. For Zoom link, email saturdayfilm@uubelmont.org. Watch the movie on your own and join us to discuss.

Find A Small Group or Support Group at FCB. There are many paths from your first visit to feeling at home here at the First Church in Belmont. Find out how you can get involved in a Small Group. Small Group Ministry For more information please contact Rev. Martha Durkee-Neuman. About In a large congregation like ours and during these times, it can be difficult to find ways to dive deeper into our spiritual beings or to create stronger, more resonant roots in our community. Our Small Group Ministries provide the opportunity to accomplish both these objectives. Announcements and invitations to register for new Small Group Ministries are offered at the beginning of the church year. How They Work SGM groups are comprised of 6 to 8 people who meet for 90 minutes once or twice each month for spiritual discussion and conversations about issues relevant to all of us as human beings. Each group is guided by a trained facilitator. Discussion topics come from a number of sources, including ideas from group participants. Past topics include Gratitude, Forgiveness God as a Metaphor Science and Religion Belonging Prayer and Meditation Service Hope Sessions start with a check-in, and we then share our feelings about the topic using the provided prompts to help us organize our thoughts. As each person speaks, we will listen compassionately without comment. After everyone has had the opportunity to speak, we have a more open, free-flowing discussion about the topic and other issues raised by the individual's sharing. Groups also develop their own rituals and routines, which may include candle-lighting, readings, shared facilitation, and more. Participants are asked to commit to attending all sessions if possible. Facilitate a Small Group If you're interested in being trained as a facilitator please conect with Rev. Martha Durkee-Neuman