North Deering · Portland, Maine
A welcoming congregation
We’re Unitarian Universalists in Portland, Maine. We are justice‑minded, spirit‑centered people living into life’s big questions together in community, because we need one another. Some of us are also Buddhist, atheist, Pagan, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, agnostic, Humanist, and more. Many of us are still figuring it out. We gather Sundays at ten, in our Sanctuary and on Zoom.
This Sunday · October 11 · 10 am
“We Bear Witness”
What’s coming up →
Who we are
What holds us together isn’t a creed; it’s a set of shared values, with love at the center. Bring your own beliefs through the door, humanist or theist, doubter or seeker; we care more about how we live together than about what you say you believe.
What a Sunday is like
Where to park, what to wear, what the kids get up to, and what actually happens in the hour you’re there.
Worship from anywhere
Every service is live on Zoom at ten, and goes up on our YouTube channel later in the week.
The work we do
Sharing the plate, showing up at the State House, and a long Maine habit of putting faith into action.
Plays on YouTube. Open on YouTube ↗
A word from our minister
Looking ahead to fall
Recorded · 5:09
Rev. Tara shares what’s coming up this fall: water communion, shared ministry, ways to get involved, and gatherings through Thanksgiving.
A word from our minister
Love can be a feeling. But it can also be the actions we take, the seeds we plant, the policies we advocate for, or the words we choose.
Rev. Tara Humphries
Latest video · Looking ahead to fall
This week’s letter from Rev. Tara ·
The love beyond us
Coming up this week
Coming up this week
Most weeks here hold a choir rehearsal, a meditation sit, a few small groups, and the meetings that keep the place running. Ask the office about joining a group or committee.
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Inner-Child Playdate
- Today 10 am–noon Dawn Redwood Meditation
- Today 2:30–4 pm Tuesday SEG
- Today 5:30–7:30 pm Executive Committee
- Today 7–8:30 pm Worship Committee
- Tomorrow 9:30–11:30 am Buildings & Grounds
Voices from the congregation
The noises and wiggles of the youngest members are the sign of a healthy church. I’ve been able to relax and let my kids be kids.
I had trouble getting up each Sunday and reciting things I no longer believed in. Then I discovered Unitarian Universalism, where we say we believe in Love, Truth, Helping Others, and the Sanctity of Life. That I can agree with.
A community that accepts me for who I am and what I believe, with people whose different beliefs I can learn from. There’s no pressure to believe a specific creed.
A glimpse of A2U2
