First Unitarian Church of Dallas

Beyond Words | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter | Don Krehbiel's Final Sunday as Director of Music
2024-05-05 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
What role does music play in our spiritual lives? We ask ourselves this question as we say goodbye to Don Krehbiel, Director of Music.
Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching, music provided by Kindred Voices and the Sanctuary Choir.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Tides They Are A-Changing | Rev. T. J. FitzGerald | Theme Year Wrap-Up
2024-04-28 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
We wrap up our theme year by reflecting on how waves of purpose become tides of change.
Rev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching, music provided by Kindred Voices
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Why Care? | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter | What Are People For? Series
2024-04-21 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Earth Day gives us a chance to ask such questions about our planet. Let’s ask.
This sermon is part of our “What Are People For?” sermon series, the final series of our church year. After a year-long journey of discovering and activating our purpose as individuals, we are exploring how we can come together as spiritual people to change the world.
Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching, music provided by the Sanctuary Choir and clarinetist Robin Korevaar.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Retirement Celebration for Donald Krehbiel
2024-04-14 18:00 - 20:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
All are welcome to join us on Sunday, April 14th at 6 pm in the Sanctuary to celebrate Don Krehbiel’s 33 years of service to the congregation at an hour-long program of music and recognition followed by a reception.
This is a special opportunity for our community to demonstrate our gratitude and admiration for our esteemed Director of Music. Let’s honor his contribution to the growth and impact of First Unitarian through his excellence and leadership of our musical programs in the church.
Special guest musicians will include present and former members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Quartet:
Maria Schleunig – Violin
Désirée Elsevier – Viola
Willa Henigman – Oboe
Gayane Manasjan Fullford – Cello
Piano:
Erik Barnes
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People! People! People! | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter | What Are People For? Series
2024-04-14 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
What are humanities’ global aims? Do we even know?
This sermon is part of our “What Are People For?” sermon series, the final series of our church year. After a year-long journey of discovering and activating our purpose as individuals, we are exploring how we can come together as spiritual people to change the world.
Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching, music provided by Les and April Sellers.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

A Place of Practice | Rev. Beth Dana | What Are People For? Series
2024-04-07 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
What is the church’s purpose and what are we for? Join us as we explore church as a place to practice living in this world and building the world we dream about.
This sermon is part of our “What Are People For?” sermon series, the final series of our church year. After a year-long journey of discovering and activating our purpose as individuals, we are exploring how we can come together as spiritual people to change the world.
Rev. Beth Dana is preaching, music provided by the Eckert Family.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Easter Sunday
2024-03-31 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
A celebration of love, hope, and renewal! Invite your friends, family, and neighbors to join us for worship and our annual Egg Scramble.

Egg Scramble between services at 10:40am
Bring a basket and don’t be late!
Children 4 years and younger meet on the Preston playground.
Children Kinder – 3rd grade meet on the playground patio
Children 4th grade and over meet on the patio between the playground and Memorial Garden.

Multi-Generational Worship at 9:30am and 11am
Rev. Daniel Kanter is preaching and music will be provided by the Sanctuary Choir.

Livestream at 9:30am, 11am and 7pm.

Maundy Thursday
2024-03-28 19:30 - 20:30 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Pause for a reflective, moving service. Communion will be followed by a candlelight Tenebrae reading of the story of Jesus’ betrayal. Music provided by the Sanctuary Choir and string quartet.

Path - Palm Sunday | Rev. T. J. FitzGerald | Sacred Geography Series
2024-03-24 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
The paths to enlightenment are many. What is the Unitarian Universalist way? And how does it guide us toward the holy in our lives?
This is the final sermon in the Sacred Geography sermon series, where we are locating sacred touchpoints in our inner world and the world around us.
Rev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching, music TBA
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Light | Rev. T. J. FitzGerald | Sacred Geography Series
2024-03-17 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
The ways to freedom are lit in many ways. Together we look for our guiding lights to light the way on our journey.

This is the fifth sermon in the Sacred Geography sermon series, where we are locating sacred touchpoints in our inner world and the world around us.
Rev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching, music provided by Kindred Voices
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Flow | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter | Sacred Geography Series
2024-03-10 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
We know when we are in the flow. When is it true in spiritual life?
This is the fourth sermon in the Sacred Geography sermon series, where we are locating sacred touchpoints in our inner world and the world around us.
Rev. Daniel Kanter is preaching, music provided by flutist Helen Blackburn
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Jeff Sharlet, NYT Bestselling Author of "The Undertow" presented by The Tom & Charley Crow Lecture
2024-03-07 18:30 - 20:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Thursday, March 7th, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Sanctuary, First Unitarian Church 4015 Normandy Ave, Dallas, TX, 75205
Click here to register for this free event.

A conversation about the rise of Christian nationalism in politics and religion with New York Times best-selling author Jeff Sharlet. Join us for a lecture and Q&A at 6:30 pm followed by a book signing at 7:30 pm.

First Unitarian Church of Dallas presents The Tom and Charley Crow Lecture with Jeff Sharlet, the New York Times best-selling author or editor of eight books, including The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War and The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, adapted into a Netflix documentary series. His reporting on LGBTIQ+ rights around the world has received the National Magazine Award, the Molly Ivins Prize, and Outright International’s Outspoken Award. His writing and photography have appeared in many publications, including Vanity Fair, for which he is a contributing editor; the New York Times Magazine; GQ; Esquire; Harper’s Magazine; and VQR, for which he is an editor at large. He is the Frederick Sessions Beebe ’35 Professor in the Art of Writing at Dartmouth College, where he lives in the woods with many animals.
In The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, veteran journalist Jeff Sharlet reckons with the tumultuous changes of the last ten years, a decade that will likely be remembered as one of the new century’s most significant. An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Sharlet journeys into corners of our national psyche where others fear to tread. The Undertow is both inquiry and meditation, an attempt to understand how, over the last decade, reaction has morphed into delusion, social division into distrust, distrust into paranoia, and hatred into fantasies—sometimes realities—of violence.
The Tom and Charley Crow Lecture is presented in honor of the Crow Brothers and their quest of truth as a sacrament and of knowledge in freedom. These lectures focus on rational dialogue, boldly exploring the most important core topics facing our nation, stressing logical, philosophical and sociological bases of positions, while both avoiding and exposing fallacies of fact and argument without rancor.

Space | Rev. Beth Dana | Sacred Geography Series
2024-03-03 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
As we continue our series on “Sacred Geography” we explore where and how we recognize sacred space, and in what ways can we be creators of it.
This is the third sermon in the Sacred Geography sermon series, where we are locating sacred touchpoints in our inner world and the world around us.
Rev. Beth Dana is preaching, music provided by Sanctuary Choir
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Sanctuary | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter | Sacred Geography Series
2024-02-25 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Let’s explore how to be witnesses to how we hold things dear.
This is the second sermon in the Sacred Geography sermon series, where we are locating sacred touchpoints in our inner world and the world around us.
Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching, music provided by Kindred Voices
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Ground | Rev. T. J. FitzGerald | Sacred Geography Series
2024-02-18 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
We start our lenten journey together and ask where we experience the holy? How do we find sacred places in our lives when we aren’t in church?

This is the first sermon in the Sacred Geography sermon series, where we are locating sacred touchpoints in our inner world and the world around us.
Rev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching, music provided by the Sanctuary Choir
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

Worth and Dignity Engagements presents "Reclaiming Kumbaya" with Pamela Bailey
2024-02-17 18:00 - 20:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 6 pm, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Sanctuary
4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX 75205
First Unitarian Church of Dallas presents the next installment of our Worth and Dignity Engagements on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 6 pm with Pamela Bailey, nationally published author and speaker and creator of the Antebellum Diaspora Project.
The lyceum, entitled “Reclaiming Kumbaya,” will feature music and stories from the African American experience followed by a question-and-answer session. All are welcome to join us for this special evening designed to open the conversation around forced migrations and the reconnection of emancipation descendants.
Worth And Dignity Engagements (WADE) at First Unitarian Church of Dallas help us go deep, encourage understanding, and transform lives in the pursuit of worth and dignity for all.
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About Pamela Bailey
Pamela Bailey is a nationally published author, educator, speaker, and podcaster. She is the founder of Blue Rose Media Group, LLC., a multimedia company that promotes racial healing, equity, and social justice through truthful and powerful storytelling across media.
She is a public scholar with an interest in preserving the folkways and humanities of American-born enslaved and emancipated people and their descendants through the arts. The importance of her own family’s history was inculcated into her upbringing by her parents, who shared ancestral stories and music that had been passed down for generations in their respective families.
Pamela has a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina, and an undergraduate degree in Business Marketing from South Carolina State University, an HBCU in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She worked for several years as an adjunct professor at a 4-year private university in Dallas, Texas. While teaching world literature to her students, Pamela was inspired to create a lyceum to share the music and history of the African American experience that her students felt had been largely absent from their formal educational experiences. She is currently a member of Southern Methodist University’s Oral History Cluster.
As a public scholar and the creator of the Antebellum Diaspora Project and a podcast with the same name, Pamela is afforded many opportunities to collaborate with scholars in the US and internationally on the subject of forced migration of American-born enslaved people and the lasting effects of forced family separations on their descendants today.

Ash Wednesday
2024-02-14 18:30 - 19:30 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
We invite you to begin the season of Lent with us at our contemplative Ash Wednesday service, in which we reflect on our mortality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective. All are welcome to join us in the Sanctuary at 6:30 pm.

Youth Sunday
2024-02-11 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Join us for a much loved and meaningful tradition – Youth Sunday! Our YRUU teens lead the service – sharing testimonials, providing music, and serving as greeters and ushers.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

"Surprised by Joy" | Rev. T. J. FitzGerald
2024-02-04 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Joy is one of the greatest spiritual gifts. How do we experience it? How do we share it?
Rev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching, music provided by the Sanctuary Choir
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

"Saying No Is Something To Practice" | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
2024-01-28 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
The spiritual practice of saying no is at the root of what a sabbath is. This spiritual discipline can be important as we dive deeper into what sustains us and keeps us going.
Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching, music provided by Kindred Voices
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

"Five Ways to Save Your Spiritual Life" | Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter
2024-01-21 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Diving into the five disciplines we talk about as spiritual guides we will reflect on what works and why.
Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is preaching, music provided by the Sanctuary Choir
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

"Whose Dream?" | Rev. Beth Dana
2024-01-14 09:30 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
This Sunday we honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and recommit ourselves to the vision and the work of Beloved Community.
Rev. Beth Dana is preaching. Music provided by vocalist Marquis McBride and George Cornelius.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

"Refining Fire" | Burning Service
2024-01-07 09:30 - 12:30 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
We welcome all to our annual ritual of letting go of those things which do not serve us anymore. Please join us.
Rev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching, music TBD.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST in-person or online • 7:00pm ONLINE ONLY

"First Watch" | New Year's Eve | Online Only
2023-12-31 08:00 - 17:00 | TX
On this last day of the year we consider what we’ve seen together this year and prepare our hearts and minds for what’s to come.

Rev. T. J. FitzGerald is preaching, music provided by the First Church Jazz Combo.
Worship at 9:30am and 11am CST ONLINE ONLY – No in-person worship

Christmas Morning | Online Only | 10 am
2023-12-25 10:00 - 11:00 | TX
Tune in for a re-broadcast of the 9 pm Christmas Eve service.
Livestream only: https://dallasuu.org/live/
View the complete holiday schedule here.

Lessons & Carols | Christmas Eve | 9 pm
2023-12-24 21:00 - 22:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Bring your family and friends and celebrate Christmas Eve!
In-person worship only, no livestream.
View the complete holiday schedule here.

Candlelight & Communion | Christmas Eve | 7 pm
2023-12-24 19:00 - 20:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States

All Generations | Christmas Eve | 5 pm
2023-12-24 17:00 - 18:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Bring your family and friends and celebrate Christmas Eve with us. All are welcome for this multi-generational service!
In-person worship only, no livestream.
View the complete holiday schedule here.

Blues Christmas | Christmas Eve | 11 am
2023-12-24 11:00 - 12:00 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Join us for worship as we celebrate Christmas with some great blues music and mini-homilies from the ministers on the “Christmas Blues.”
Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter, Rev. T. J. Fitzgerald, and Rev. Beth Dana are preaching.
Worship at 11am CST in-person or online

Parish Meeting
2023-12-17 12:15 - 13:15 | First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX, 75205, United States
Voting members are invited to enjoy pizza, hear updates from church leaders, vote on the 2024 budget, and celebrate the 2024 elected leaders.
Childcare is available for this event. Please register in advance by clicking here.
Livestream available at https://dallasuu.org/live/
