Welcome to First UU
Are you looking for a warm, open and welcoming environment in which you can share your search for spiritual growth? Come join us on your journey.
We are a non-dogmatic congregation. We are focused on the effects we can have on the world around us, including through social action, justice, spirituality, love and mutual understanding.
Join us for Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. with Reverend Holly Baylies
You can find us at 109 Waring Road,
Syracuse, NY 13224
PH: (315) 446-5940 FAX: (315) 449-0874
If you have questions, please feel free to call the church office at (315) 446 - 5940. You may send us a fax at (315) 449-0874 or us.
Religous Education and Music Programs
We have an active Religious Education Program for the youth of our congregation.
We also have a wonderful Music Program and Choir Group who perform a wide variety of music during our Sunday services. If you are interested in finding out more about us, please contact the church office at (315) 446 - 5940.
Building Community with Compassion, Service, Diversity and Spirit
- We express compassion through caring, love and support for others
- We serve by promoting our principles and purpose through leadership, giving and action
- We are inspired by diversity to accept, respect and celebrate differences and interdependence
- We grow in spirit through our religious experiences, inquiry, education, reflection and transformation
"The Church of Tomorrow will not be of uniform doctrine or of identical organization. There will be unity of spirit, but not uniformity of creed or rite or polity. There will be variety, but not intolerance. There will be cooperation for holiness, but not conformity of theological opinion. There will be identity of ethical enthusiasm but diversity of administrations."
-Florence Kollock Crooker (Universalist minister, from "The Church of Tomorrow," 1911)
Unitarian Universalists are called to affirm and promote:
- The inherent worth and dignity of every person.
- Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.
- Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations.
- A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
- The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and society at large.
- The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
First UU has a congregational covenant
We choose, as participants in this religious community, in what we do and say to:- Support the overall good of the congregation
- Honor the ongoing nature of our relationships in this community, and
- Encourage spiritual growth.
We recognize that conflict may occur, therefore, in a spirit of good will, and with good humor when possible, we agree to:
- Be responsible for ourselves and our own feelings,
- Do our part, not leaving the work to others,
- Treat each other respectfully,
- "Share our Truth" while keeping in mind that language matters,
- Address conflict and disagreement with open communication and respectful listening,
- Complain constructively, and
- Endeavor to be a part of the solution.
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