Sunday Worship,

July 27th, 2025

at 10:30 am

Poverty is a Policy Choice

Guest Speaker: Rep. Manny Rutinel



Join us on July 27th at 10:30 am.  What if poverty isn’t a tragic inevitability but a choice woven into our policies, our systems, and our moral imagination? In this sermon, we will explore how poverty persists not through scarcity, but through design and what moral teachings and teachers demand of us in response. Drawing from the teachings of the prophets and modern justice movements, we’ll examine how compassion can become action, and how sacred resistance can shape a more equitable world. Join us as we reflect on the spiritual and civic responsibility to build a society where everyone has enough.

We warmly invite you to join us in person, or if you prefer, you can also participate online. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Our service streams to Youtube and Zoom (meeting ID is 466-677-668 and the password is 454623).

Join us for coffee in the Community Room after the service. 

Children’s Religious Exploration Programming



(Thanks to Leslie Harvey for the post)

There will be RE activities following A Time For All Ages on the Sunday, July 27th.

The Intergenerational Picnic has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 20th.

First Unitarian Events Coming Soon

Whole Souul Studio – Sunday, August 3rd at noon

Whole SoUUl Studio will be a monthly, faithful, educational, communal gathering with a focus on religion and community. We will gather in the sanctuary at 12:00 on the first (or occasionally second) Sunday of each month, after Sunday service, to learn, explore, share, and grow together for about 45 minutes. Facilitated by Rev. Mike and occasionally others, Whole SoUUl Studio is intended to be connective and nourishing for all our members and friends! 

Announcements

Caring Committee

(Thanks to Colleen Bryan, Caring Committee for the post) 

CHRISTMAS IN JULY!

Looking for your next way to connect in love with fellow congregants? The Caring Committee has a couple of opportunities for your consideration:

• Monthly dispatchers receive requests for help from community members and direct the time and energy of FUSD volunteers to address those needs. All months in 2025 have a dispatcher except for December. If you’re planning to be in town that month, able to check the website each day, and might enjoy rallying your fellow congregants to aid each other during difficult transitions, message Colleen Bryan for more information.

Meanwhile, thanks to Kenna Bonner for stepping up to understudy the Card Captain role with Sally Madsen, with a goal of taking on the role in the new year.

Volunteers Needed for the A/V Team

(Thanks to Diane Hoffman for the post)

Video volunteer to run video system, on average, one Sunday per month. No previous experience required, we will train. Hands-on training runs about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Tech Helpers to set up mics, cables, etc for the Sunday service, on average, one Sunday per month. No previous experience

required, we will train. Hands-on training runs about 2 1/2 hours.

For more information, see Diane Hoffman after Sunday service at sound booth if you are interested in either position or email

Diane at m7gfd3r8@gmail.com.

Local Unitarian Universalists and Community News

Apartment Available

(Thanks to Diane Page for the post)

2nd floor 2-bedroom, 1 community room, private apartment in a house with spacious bathroom, office alcove, and shared renovated kitchen. The kitchen is shared with the landlord, a First Unitarian member, who lives downstairs. Everything new. House has front and back yards, both with gardens. Within walking distance of First Unitarian. $1500 a month for one person; $1800 for two. Plus a security deposit. Contact Diane Page at: dianemcknightpage@gmail.com, Diane is a member of First Unitarian.

The Larger Unitarian Universalist Community