First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County For service dates and times, please check our web page. We believe that personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in religion.

The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County is a life-affirming liberal religious community that keeps an open mind to the religious questions people have struggled with at various times and places. And that in the end religious authority lies not in a book or person or institution, but in ourselves. At present, we are lay-led with no minister. We are experimenting with a monthly infor

mal discussion group to help us focus our faith activities within our church community. Please join us on the second Sunday of each between September and June at 5 PM for fellowship and conversation. Founded in Orange in 1890 as the First Unitarian Church of Essex County, the congregation has worshipped in the present Sanctuary since its construction in 1893. The Church continues the ministry of the Union Universalist Society, which was founded as the First Universalist Society of Newark in 1834. The church year is marked by many special events, from Ingathering in September to Flower Communion in June. Our congregation, like all Unitarian Universalist congregations, is self-governing. We elect officers and trustees annually. Membership is open to any person who is in sympathy with the purpose of the Church, which is the study and practice of religion in freedom and fellowship. Visitors are always welcome, and may sign up to receive the Church newsletter without becoming members. The expenses of the Church are financed in large part by voluntary pledges from members and friends. Beginning in 2015, First UU changed its focus from being a primarily parish ministry to an urban ministry. In this endeavor, our congregation established a subsidiary organization, called The HUUB, to bring UU Principles to life by building community and supporting the social justice work and happenings in the city of Orange, NJ. The HUUB's mission is to turn First UU into a community resource for the public to meet, discuss and organize to advance social justice, as well as to celebrate and make community among the people of Orange. Directions And Parking:
The Church is on Cleveland Street in Orange -- south of White Street, north of Main Street --on the left if you are walking north, on the right if you are driving south. That stretch of Cleveland Street is one way, so you must come south from White Street if coming by car (unless you park at the train station and walk from there). There is parking behind the building. From Rte. 280 Westbound: Exit 11B; right at third light onto Essex Avenue; cross Main Street at light; at stop sign, left onto White Street; left at light onto Cleveland Street; church is on right, halfway down the block. From Rte.280 Eastbound: Exit 11; immediate left onto Essex Avenue; cross Main Street at second light; at stop sign, left onto White Street; left at light onto Cleveland Street; church is on right, halfway down the block. From the Orange train station (on the NJ Transit Morris & Essex Line):

If you have come on the train from the direction of New York, exit the station through the parking lot, keeping the Post Office building on your left. Cross Main Street at Tony Galento Plaza, and go north on Cleveland Street, half a block. If you have come on the train from the direction of Summit, exit the station in the direction the train was going, and go left on Essex Avenue, passing under the train tracks. Left at next light onto Main Street; next right onto Cleveland Street. By bus: The NJ Transit number 21 bus from Penn Station in Newark stops at Main Street and Day Street in Orange. The number 92 bus from Bloomfield Civic Center stops at Main St. and Day St. in Orange. (From Day St. walk two blocks west on Main St. to Cleveland St.)

Join us on May 18, 2025 at 4:00pm for our Annual Flower Communion and get your hands a little dirty and your spirit lift...
05/13/2025

Join us on May 18, 2025 at 4:00pm for our Annual Flower Communion and get your hands a little dirty and your spirit lifted.

Flower Communion

04/02/2025

“A Curious Hunger,” One Year Later.

04/02/2025

“A Curious Hunger,” One Year Later.

Join us on February 9, 2025 4:00pm for Rev. Drs. Rebecca Parker and Joanne Braxton, "Sustainability, Resiliency and Joy....
01/29/2025

Join us on February 9, 2025 4:00pm for Rev. Drs. Rebecca Parker and Joanne Braxton, "Sustainability, Resiliency and Joy." We promise you'll be home in time for the start of the game. If you can't make it in person, register for a Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CbsbwOFRQ5uYONvcUv9H2A

Resiliency, Sustainability, and Joy

SUNDAY JANUARY 19TH SERVICE WILL BE VIRTUALDue to predicted weather conditions, a decision has been made to cancel the i...
01/18/2025

SUNDAY JANUARY 19TH SERVICE WILL BE VIRTUAL

Due to predicted weather conditions, a decision has been made to cancel the in-person portion of our Faith+Work’s service for tomorrow: Rev. Dr. John Gilmore Om Prakash - January 19, 2025 - 4:00pm - "Life and The Greater Work."

Please join us on Zoom from the comfort of wherever you will be and please be safe.

Register here for a Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CPt3uHcbTPyPdP36Jf4jYw

Hope to see you online.

Best,
Faith+Works UU Congregation of Orange

Our social hour will happen after our services on January 19th and February 9th. Hope to see you there. Details in the p...
01/17/2025

Our social hour will happen after our services on January 19th and February 9th. Hope to see you there. Details in the post below.

"Life and The Greater Work"

This Week at the HUUB! -
11/08/2024

This Week at the HUUB! -

This Week at the HUUB! -
10/18/2024

This Week at the HUUB! -

Join us at The HUUB for our 3rd annual Harvest Festival! The festival will begin at from 2:30-5pm, followed by the monthly Solidarity Potluck from 6-8pm. Bring a dish, family, and friends for some fun!

10/11/2024

"We Can Do Hard Things"

Address

35/47 Cleveland Street
Orange, NJ
07050

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19736740010

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