First Parish Congregational Church Gorham

05/14/2026

05/14/2026

Who's going to be singing Friday night?
The evening will include performances from incredible Maine musicians: Connor Garvey, Emilia Dahlin, Hadithi Abdulle, and Nacole Palmer as well as community singing with Portland's Singing Resistance.
Buckle up! Great music!
First Parish Church, UU, Portland 6:30-8:30pm
Free - donations accepted

05/06/2026

LOVE is the Point.
Friday, May 15th 6:30-8:30PM

LOVE is the Point. is a FREE event for people of all faiths (an no faith at all - all are welcome) this FREE event will include music from fabulous local musicians and support for efforts related to:
❤️ immigrant rights
❤️ trans and all LGBTQ+ rights
❤️ reproductive rights
❤️ gun safety
This is an alternative event to the Turning Point USA event being held at the Portland expo the same evening and we will have fundraising opportunities for the communities targeted by Turning Point USA.

This event is for anyone who believes that:
❤️ All humans, regardless of origin, race, gender identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, or faith tradition have equal and inherent worth. No one is wrong or bad or unlovable or unwelcome because of who they are.
❤️ Immigrants and people of all races and backgrounds are welcome here and everywhere. A diverse community is a stronger community.
❤️ Trans and q***r people are welcome here and everywhere, enriching and strengthening our communities.
❤️ Reproductive rights are essential. Everyone has a right to make their own decisions about their own bodies.
❤️ Gun safety is needed to protect our communities, make our schools safe, and lower the instances of su***de, gun violence and death.

Join us on May 15th at First Parish Church: 425 Congress Street in Portland. Learn more and RSVP (if you want to but not required) at loveisthepoint.eventbrite.com. Please share widely with others

A community gathering of love & welcome hosted by multi-faith leaders in solidarity and support of those who do not align with Turning Point

04/30/2026

We have many families whose legitimate asylum claims are being denied because of illegal and unethical action by the current administration. We have a story about that.

Luke 18:1-8. (adjusted by Christine)
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’ ” And Jesus said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice through us when we cry out and march and protest and write to those in power day and night? Is the delay because we are slow to pray with our feet and voices and pens? I tell you, justice to them when we act. And yet, right now, does it look like we are being faithful?”

What do your prayers look and sound like?

04/30/2026

The relatives of one of our families is facing a deportation finding. Please read the letter in the GoFundMe page, and donate if you feel so moved.

Please keep the family in your prayers

We are raising funds to support my husband, the father of our children, a fello… Maria Fernanda needs your support for Help Reunite Mr. Ngimbi with His Family

04/22/2026

Why so many forms?
Why not just that one
hydrogen atom?

The creator goes off
on one wild, specific
tangent after another,
or millions simultaneously,
with an exuberance
that would seem to be
unwarranted, and with
an abandoned energy sprung
from an unfathomable font.

What is going on here?
The point of the dragonfly’s
terrible lip, the giant water bug,
birdsong, or the beautiful dazzle
and flash of sunlighted minnows,
is not that it all fits together
like clockwork – for it doesn’t,
particularly, not even inside
the goldfish bowl – but that
it all flows so freely and wild,
like the creek, that it all surges
in such a free, fringed tangle.

Freedom is the world’s water
and weather, the world’s nourishment
freely given, its soil and sap:
and the creator loves pizzazz.

+ Annie Dillard. from The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

04/22/2026

Thank you Earth for your care. May we learn from you.

The earth was entrusted to us in order that it be mother for us, capable of giving to each one what is necessary to live.… The earth is generous and holds nothing back from those who safeguard it. The earth, which is mother of all, asks for respect, not violence.
—Pope Francis, Our Mother Earth

04/15/2026

GET CHARGED UP!

Join us Saturday, April 18 10am-12noon to see a variety of electric vehicles and talk with their owners.

Parking lot of First Parish Church, Gorham. 1 Church Street.

04/03/2026

Join us on Sunday morning for our Easter Celebration! 10am