First Unitarian Church of Toledo

08/26/2026

Meet the executive director of the American Humanist Association, Fish Stark, who is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, Maryland. Hosted by the Secular Humanists of Western Lake Erie.

SHoWLE will be hosting a visit by American Humanist Association Executive Director Fish Stark on Sunday September 13, 2026 starting at 2 PM at the Yager Center at Swan Creek Metropark 4349 Airport Hwy This event is FREE and open to the public. More details at https://humanistswle.org/event/an-afternoon-with-fish-stark

08/11/2026

Save the dates!!!
We're looking for vendors as well as shoppers!

07/16/2026

Sunday Service with Rebecca Phillips

The Sacred Garden Revisited

“Garden of Eden” is frequently used as a metaphor for a time when humans and the rest of nature lived in perfect harmony. In this week's service, Rebecca Phillips takes a deep dive into this idea and explores what being “earth-centered” in our spirituality might actually mean.

07/16/2026

07/07/2026

Sunday Service with Keith Rasey

Sunday July 12’s repast is a nutritious summer concoction created and presented by Chef Keith Rasey including a baked spongy puff pastry of the first UU principle, an airy organic soufflé of the Third Principle all with a unique sauce of hope and the spices of interiority. Dessert will be a “spongy” cake marinated in an elixir of joyful living.

The Captain of the wait staff will be Olivia Hann.

Resilience is the name of the menu.

07/01/2026

Last Sunday, Toledo Unitarians wore orange in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

In the United States, an average of 120 people die each day from gun-related incidents. Behind that number are beloved family members, friends, classmates, neighbors, and community members whose lives have been cut short or forever changed.

Love is the doctrine of our church. Our covenant calls us to dwell together in peace, seek truth in love, and help one another. These commitments move us to stand united against gun violence, honor its victims and survivors, and support commonsense measures that make our communities safer.

May we continue to turn our grief, compassion, and hope into action for safer communities free from gun violence.

06/24/2026

Pack up your picnic basket and join your fellow Unitarians in the church
back yard for a 4th of July picnic on Saturday, July 4, from noon
to 4:00 PM. Grills will be hot, so bring your favorite meat/vegetarian
grilling item. Also bring your drinks and a pot luck dish to pass.
Condiments, paper plates, utensils and tables and chairs will be
provided. Grillmasters will be available to help cook your item.
Anyone interested in bringing or playing games, please do so.

Any questions, please contact Marna at 708-738-5096
[email protected].

06/20/2026

For this Sunday:

We’ll gather in Fellowship Hall for the 11am service on June 21, 20...

06/10/2026

First Unitarian Church of Toledo and Greater New Psalmist Church will have their second unity service Sunday, June 14. The two congregations, next-door neighbors, will meet together at First Unitarian 3205 Glendale for the 11 am service.

A slight change from recently announced plans for Unity Sunday: It will be graduation Sunday for Greater New Psalmist, and it’s not practical to bring that part of the service over to First Unitarian—with families coming and baccalaureate-type ceremony, there’s too much added activity.

So we’ll have a hybrid service at First U, starting in our “regular” Sunday way, then Bishop Dr. Brehon Hall, the pastor of Greater New Psalmist, will bring some of his congregation over in the middle of our service and he’ll preach in our sanctuary.

Continuing as planned are the cookout after church—the Psalmist folks supplying meat and bread, and we Toledo Unitarians bringing picnic potluck dishes, plus ice cream from Nedley’s thanks to Ellen Wisniewski’s efforts—and at 2, the vigil for peace and justice in our backyard. Plus for the early arrivers, Spiritual Forum’s time (9:45 am) and topic (The Matriots) hasn’t changed.

There’s still plenty of opportunity for unity on Sunday. And Dr. Hall and I will talk about having a third unity time—perhaps an evening service on another day.

Thanks for going with the flow as plans shift.

—Rev. Tim

05/08/2026

“Many Flowers for Today”

We’re having our annual flower ceremony—this year, on Mothers Day—to celebrate diversity and community and symbolize Unitarian Universalism with a congregation-built bouquet. Bring a flower to church, put it with the others coming in, then during the ceremony take a different flower and carry it home with you. Sunday at 11 am at First Unitarian Church of Toledo, plus a livestream at YouTube.com/.