You are Welcome Here
You are always welcome at FUUSN! Whether you’ve just heard of Unitarian Universalism or you’re a lifelong UU, FUUSN is committed to offering a home to all and being a welcoming congregation. Serving the people of Newton, Massachusetts and nearby communities, we are embracing of many beliefs, welcoming of all genders and sexual orientations, and increasingly accessible to people of all abilities.
Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 10:15am – Sexuality and Religion: What’s the Connection? Rev. Dr. Debra W. Haffner (Sanctuary and Zoom)
Why does our Senior Co-Minister identify herself as a sexologist minister? What’s the relationship of sexuality and religion? Come explore how progressive religious leaders embrace sexuality, understand sexual ethics, and why it matters in today’s world. Children younger than Coming of Age will begin in their RE classroom, not the sanctuary.
November 16: Music Sunday: Anne Watson Born, Director of Music Ministry (Sanctuary and Zoom)
The Music Sunday service will reflect on the heaviness of these times with music expressing our resilience, our community, and our hope. The service will include music by Zanaida Robles, Saro Lynch-Thomason, Rachmaninoff, Margaret Bonds, Laura Nyro, Elizabeth Aleander, and more.
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Upcoming Services:
November 23: Multigenerational Gratitude Service, Rev. Dr. Debra W. Haffner and Rev. Joel Miller (Sanctuary and Zoom)
Our annual pre-Thanksgiving multigenerational service focuses on gratitude. We will continue our new tradition of cornbread and cider communion.
November 30: Missing Hard Things: Guest Preacher Mac Perkins-High leading worship and preaching (Sanctuary and Zoom)
For tens of thousands of years, cold has been one of the great enemies of humanity, and the pursuit of warmth has been central to our survival. Well, it’s warmer now. But in the bleak late autumn, surrounded by the skeletons of trees, it is easy to want it to be warmer still. It is hard to miss the deep cold of years past. How do we find it in ourselves to miss hard things, and what do we lose by letting them go?
Mac Perkins-High (they/he) is a candidate for UU Ministry based in Harvard, Massachusetts. A lifelong Unitarian Universalist, Mac was called to ministry through their experiences in the food service industry. They hold master’s degrees in Divinity and Education, and most recently served as the Intern Minister at the First Church of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
INTERFAITH TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
REMEMBER, RESIST, AND RISE
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:00 PM FUUSN, Reception to follow
Together, we will honor the lives of trans and gender-expansive people past and present, mourn those lost to anti-trans violence, and lift up a vision of a future grounded in justice and joy.
Sponsored by: First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton
Co-sponsored by: Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Eliot Church of Newton, First Church in Chestnut Hill, Myrtle Baptist Church, Newton Highlands Congregational Church, Newton Presbyterian Church, Second Church in Newton, St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish, Temple Beth Avodah, Temple Shalom, The Union Church in Waban, and United Parish of Auburndale.
This service is an opportunity to come together in love, resilience, and solidarity as we remember, resist, and rise.
Our Co-Ministry Team
Rev. Dr. Debra Haffner (she/her) and Rev. Joel Miller (he/him) are senior co-ministers. They share worship responsibilities and pastoral care as well as working with the Operations Council and the Board of Trustees.
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