Sunday Worship Services
Join us every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in our classic New England sanctuary for worship services. Our services engage the mind, body, heart and spirit with beautiful music, spiritual themes, stories for all ages, and time for contemplation and prayer. Children begin in the sanctuary with their families and then are excused for faith development programs which run concurrently. Nursery care is available for the youngest, and babies and children are always welcome to remain in the service with their caregivers.
You can also join us live online, or view any of our past services on our YouTube channel.
Worship Online
During our service, we share prayers from our community. If you have a prayer you wish to share during our service, you can fill out the form below, or complete a prayer card in the sanctuary.
Worship theme: Healing
We come to our spiritual lives for healing and well-being. In ourselves, in our families, and in the wider world, we seek healing for ourselves and others. In this liberal religious community, we welcome an expansive understanding of the holy and the possibility of change.
Sunday mornings 10:30AM
View past services, music, and children's stories on our YouTube channel
Sunday, November 8, 2026 YouTube Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/jHVCuhvowIs?feature=share
Healing the Harms
Some people are hurt in the homes they grow up in, and some of those adults choose to end contact with their families as a form of healing. Yet people may find that their parents' spirits are still with them, as wounds they carry or unexamined habits. Freedom comes from learning to accept and heal those wounds ourselves. The Rev. Sarah C. Stewart preaching.
Service Music: We are very happy to be welcoming organist William Ness back to our sanctuary. William will be sharing a prelude by Eurydice Osterman, a renowned Black American composer and retired professor of music at Oakwood University. William will also be sharing works by Wetherill, Dupont, and Leo Sowerby, who won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1946, and was a teacher of composer Florence Price.
Sunday, November 15, 2026
Created in Our Image
The Bible says that God created humans; "male and female He created them." Yet throughout human history, we have been aware of a diversity of gender expressions beyond that simple dichotomy. In a way, we imagine God in our image. Ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance, we'll explore understandings of the Holy as male, female, fluid and beyond gender. The Rev. Sarah C. Stewart preaching.
Sunday, November 22, 2026 YouTube Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/Gcu6pOHGJTA?feature=share
Stone Soup
Today our children and youth, especially our Middle School Youth Group, BYKOTA, welcome you to enjoy a service all about the importance of community and the warmth it brings. Led by members of the Faith Development program and staff.
This Sunday, Please remember to bring in non-perishable food items for the Thanksgiving Food Drive, led by the children and youth of First U! All donations will be given to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester. The food collection will be taken during the worship service.
Faith Development: Today's service is intended for all ages. Please join us in the sanctuary!
Sunday, November 29, 2026
Sunday, December 6, 2026
Sunday, December 13, 2026
Service Music: A special Christmas service deserves more than one choir! Our Jingle Bells choir, featuring singers aged preschool up through grade 3, will be performing two songs. And our adult choir will be accompanying the pageant with a beloved array of Christmas carols and anthems. James Haupt will be on piano and organ, and will be doing our special annual Dial-a-Carol prelude. Be sure to arrive early so you can call out your favorite carol and everyone will sing a verse!