First Unitarian Universalist of Columbus

01/22/2026

Services Cancelled This Sunday, January 25th! Due to the probability of heavy snow accumulation and extended below freezing temperatures Saturday and Sunday, First UU has decided to cancel Sunday services and activities this week.

On Saturday, Rev. Terasa's 1pm Conflict Transformation workshop will move to Zoom only. All Soles Contra Dance will continue as planned, in person, 1:30-4:30pm (check their webpage for cancellation updates). Please be mindful of potentially worsening road and parking lot conditions.

We hope you and yours stay safe and warm this weekend!

12/13/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to the worsening winter weather, we have decided to CANCEL all morning services for tomorrow. Please note the following updates:

- Our Annual Cookie Fair is being moved to Sunday, December 21st.
- Lessons & Carols will be rescheduled for hopefully January. Stay tuned for more information

Stay safe if you have to be out on the roads!

12/13/2025

The Magpie Consort concert scheduled for tonight at 7:00 pm has been CANCELLED due to adverse weather conditions.

11/12/2025

First UU’s Faithify Campaign is announcing a Match now up to $5000!! Donations made between now and November 25th will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. If you have been planning to donate to this campaign, now is the time to do it.

We thank our generous donors who have stepped up to allow us to offer this match.

FILA provides residents of Central Ohio with assistance in paying immigration-related legal and/or medical expenses. Need has increased significantly

10/19/2025

On Sunday, October 19th, First UU’s Fund for Immigration Legal Assistance, shortened to FILA, is kicking off its crowdfunding campaign through the UUA’s Faithify site. We need your help. We are not asking you for donations…we are asking that you share this with everyone you know outside the First UU community. Here is the link to this exciting endeavor that will increase FILA’s capacity to help immigrants in the Central Ohio area. Let's build the excitement!

http://bit.ly/3WkMERz

10/10/2025

First UU Member Su Farnlacher will receive a Living Faith award, and Rev. Amanda Hays will receive an Alvin R. Hadley Social Justice Award at the 2025 Living Faith awards! Tickets are still availalble if you would like to attend the celebration.

These are trying times for many. We have an opportunity to offer hope by highlighting those in our communities who live out their faith in inspiring ways. The Spirituality Network, The Spiritual Life and Learning Center and the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio are proud to host the 2025 Livin

08/28/2025

Did you miss the Animal Blessing service a couple weeks ago? We had 🐦 and 🐶 and 🐴, oh my!

This weekend, for those who are *not* going to the Labor Day Retreat, we have a special video from General Assembly. Join us at 11 on Sunday!

08/14/2025

✨This Sunday, we celebrate all the animals 🐶🐱🐸🐥🐠 in our life, all those who have or are currently bringing joy to our lives. Bring your animal, or bring a photo! We will also honor those pets that are no longer with us, so please bring photos to place on our altar. 🕯️🕯️
Featuring special music 🎶
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Be sure to follow our Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/first_uu_columbus/ and our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWacMBPEHLoHIrno6YPdDoA for more!

08/06/2025

This Sunday, we have a very special service brought to you by our very own Dennis Frazier!

Human beings are by nature storytellers, poets, bards, and troubadours. Join us in contemplating and celebrating the power of words in the stories we tell about ourselves...and to ourselves.

Be sure to follow our Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/first_uu_columbus/ and our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWacMBPEHLoHIrno6YPdDoA for more!

03/12/2025

This Saturday, from 2-5pm, check out the 2025 Parsons Avenue Winter Art Hop and Mural Tour! Now in its THIRD year! Put on by our friends at Community Grounds: Coffee & Meeting House! Peruse the diverse works of a variety of local artists in galleries, businesses hosting work, and outdoor murals. Support! Pieces will be offered for sale at a wide array of price points. Maps available and shuttle service begins at Community Grounds. Our shuttles will be providing on again/off again service for the duration of the event. Live music at Community Grounds. Street parking not your thing? Parking lot available at South High School!
https://www.facebook.com/events/990404336237965

Art will be featured at-
*Parsons North Brewing Company
*Bake Me Happy
*Community Grounds: Coffee & Meeting House
*Home Sweet Gallery
*House of Cai
*Grandma's Pizza on Parsons
*Families First Cremation and Funeral at Edwards
*All People Arts
*The Roscoe Room
*Wanderlust Studio MV
(+ Mural list coming soon!)

After Party! Join us from 5pm-8pm at 970 Parsons Ave (near Boom Boom Tacos) for an outdoor after party celebrating local arts after the 2025 Parsons Avenue Winter Art Hop and Mural Tour. We will be inaugurating the "Community Happens Here" mural funded by Neighborhood Design Center's 614 Beautiful Grant. The outdoor gallery is located at the 970 Parsons Ave with projections by Mural ReMix, live music, and refreshments.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2071425216619164