Seasonal Celebrations

FUS celebrates the turning of the seasons. We celebrate the four main solar holidays of the year. The Summer and Winter Solstice are celebrated during the evening with a dinner, program, and merry-making.

The Spring and Fall Equinox are celebrated during the Sunday Assembly and with a festive meal on the Sunday that is closest to the holiday.

Join us for the celebrations!

Contact the Seasonal Celebrations Team at

seasonalcelebrations [at] firstunitarian [dot] org

Night of Awe

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Please join us for a tour of the heavens!

Take a field trip to the Como Planetarium!

Eat dinner with family and friends!

Kids create with Mad Science!

Adult Reflection

Planetarium Field Trip tickets are required due to limited capacity and are free ALL PLANETARIUM TOUR SPACES ARE FILLED
There is a waiting list for tickets for the Planetarium Tour - sign up at the ticket table at Sunday Social Hour. Please notify us if you have tickets and will be unable to attend.

Dinner tickets are $5 Individual/$10 Family

Tickets are available in the Lower Assembly Hall at Sunday Social Hour

3:45 pm - Boarding at FUS for the Planetarium bus

4:00 - Bus leaves FUS for the Planetarium

4:30 - Planetarium Show

6:00 - Lasagna Dinner at FUS

6:45 - Presentation for kids by Mad Science - Solar System Activity

6:45 - Adult Reflection - Cross-Quarter Comtemplations and a Video Presentation of

"Our Place in the Cosmos" by physicist David Deutsch followed by a discussion

If you'd prefer to drive to the Planetarium, click here for directions.

This program is sponsored by FUS Religious Education and the Seasonal Celebrations Team and made possible by a Collaboration Opportunity Grant.

For more information visit the Night of Awe table in the Lower Assembly Hall during Sunday Social Hour or email DRE [at] firstunitarian [dot] org or seasonalcelebrations [at] firstunitarian [dot] org

Midwinter Revels Winter Solstice Celebration

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Thanks to everyone who made the Winter Solstice Celebration possible!

We mark the longest night with family and friends with a festive dinner, pause to consider the wonder of the season with music, poetry and reflections and a rollicking Mummers' play, and end the evening with delicious desserts, folk dancing and a Yule Fire Ring.

Welcome Yule!

Autumnal Equinox Celebration

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Thanks for the wonderful response to our food shelf collection & Round Up for Famine Relief!

The Round Up for Famine Relief collection total was $798.94, sent to the UUSC for famine relief in Eastern Africa. We also collected more than eight boxes of food and a $125 donation for the Masjid An-Nur food shelf.

Please email your comments to:

seasonalcelebrations [at] firstunitarian [dot] org

Celebration of Lammas, Summer Assemby, Sunday, August 7, 2011

For anyone who is interested in exploring the works or Richard Wrangham further, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human is published by Basic Books/the Perseus Group, paperback ISBN: 978-0-465-02041-6.

As summer hits the half-way point, thoughts turn to harvesting the vegetables and grain growing since spring, and to baking bread. But how did humans come to be bread-makers? Primatologist and author Richard Wrangham suggests that we've been thinking about this question the wrong way, and argues that cooking itself made us human. In recognition of Lammas, we look at this (r)evolutionary theory of human and social development and examine how cooking has shaped human community and defined who we are. We'll share fresh-baked bread after the Assembly.

Midsummer Revels Summer Solstice Celebration!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 6:30 p.m. to Twilight

Thanks to everyone who came to savor the longest day with a picnic supper, kids' activities, summer solstice reflections & revels and mummers' play, music for dancing and listening by FUS musicians, and a campfire circle.

Special thanks to all the FUS performers, writers, and musicians for the Revels Program and Mummers' Play and tunes for dancing, and to all the volunteers who helped with set-up, cooking, tickets, serving and clean up for the picnic supper.

Please send comments about the Midsummer Revels to seasonalcelebrations [at] firstunitarian [dot] org

Join the Seasonal Celebrations Team!

New Opportunity! No Meetings!

Want to be included in the fun but don't have the time to come to meetings?
Sign-up to be a Seasonal Celebrations Helper!

Choose your preference for activities:

Music, poetry and prose presentations
Table decor, set-up and clean-up
Supervising children's activities
Planning, cooking and serving festive meals
We will add your name to our SCT Helpers list and contact you by email or phone to see if you are available for an upcoming event.