We are glad you are visiting our website! Whether you are looking for a spiritual home, a place to work for social justice, or a caring community of friends in which you can explore, learn, grow, and serve, we hope you will find it at First Universalist Church of Norway! Our mission, as we live our historic, liberal faith, is to nurture spiritual growth, honor diversity, and offer service in love.
Services are on Sundays at 11:00 am from September to June. Services are followed by refreshments in our Concert Hall. We hope you will join us!
April Worship Services
April 7 Stewards of Creation: How Best to Act Peter Dugas
Peter Dugas is a Climate Ambassador with EN-ROADS, a not-for-profit initiative to educate, engage, and empower people to work together to combat climate change. Join us for this important interactive service.
April 14 “Poetry” Julia Bouwsma, Maine’s Poet Laureate
Julia Bouwsma, Maine’s Poet Laureate, lives off the grid in the mountains of western Maine, where she is a poet, homesteader, editor, teacher, and small-town librarian. Bouwsma is Maine’s sixth Poet Laureate, serving a term from 2021 to 2026, and is the author of two poetry collections. Midden (Fordham University Press, 2018) and Work by Bloodlight (Cider Press Review, 2017), both of which have received the Maine Literary Award for Poetry Book. Bouwsma has taught in the Creative Writing department at the University of Maine at Farmington and currently serves as Library Director at Kingfield, ME.
April 21 Care of the Soul (Breakfast Church) Rev. Fayre Stephenson
Monday, April 22, will be the 52nd Earth Day Celebration. At this worship service we’ll consider this year’s Earth Day theme, “Planet vs. Plastics,” and we will consider how theology profoundly effects our relationship with the earth. This will also be “Breakfast Church” Sunday. The service will be in our Concert Hall and breakfast will be served during the service.
April 28 When I Was a Child Rev. Fayre Stephenson & Friends
For better or worse, our childhoods form us. Childhood experiences determine our world views, our relationships, even our temperaments. This will be a service of stories of childhood formational experiences.
Our church building is open during the week. Please call the office (743-2828) on Mondays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm or Fridays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm to reserve space.
