FAITH + WORKS

FAITH+WORKS is our monthly lay-led service. At 4pm on a Sunday of the month, our guest speaker gives a talk about their spiritual beliefs and how these beliefs affect their life’s work. Starting Fall 2022 these services are offered in a hybrid form, both in person and virtually! We would love for you to join us!

  • February’25: Rev. Dr.’s Joanne Braxton and Rebecca Parker “Love, Resiliency, and Joy”
    February’25: Rev. Dr.’s Joanne Braxton and Rebecca Parker “Love, Resiliency, and Joy”

    In February, we welcome Rev. Dr.’s Rebecca Parker and Joanne Braxton who will join us for a FAITH+WORKS talk entitled “Resiliency, Sustainability, and Joy”. Featuring a reflection on their own faith and works journeys through music, poetry, and stories, they will help us understand the … read more.

  • Prophetic Listening Session
    Prophetic Listening Session

    Our congregation is co-hosting (with University of Orange) a Prophetic Listening Session, in response to the call from Rev. William Barber and the Poor People’s Campaign to listen with a prophetic ear to the Inauguration speech on Monday, to hear through the lies and understand … read more.

  • January’25: Rev. Dr. John Gilmore Om Prakash, Life and the Greater Work
    January’25: Rev. Dr. John Gilmore Om Prakash, Life and the Greater Work

    PLEASE NOTE: Due to heavy snow forecast, this FAITH+WORKS service will be online only. You can register for the zoom link here. Opening this anniversary year we will welcome very special guests! Rev. Dr. John Gilmore Om Prakash played a crucial role in helping see … read more.

  • Quaniya Jenkins, “The only way out is through”
    Quaniya Jenkins, “The only way out is through”

    We welcome Quaniya Jenkins – Quaniya is board member of the HUUB. Quaniya Jenkins is a proud first-generation college graduate who earned an undergraduate and graduate degree in Social Work from 2014-2020. She is also a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church right here in Orange, … read more.

  • Rev. Charles Loflin, “We Can Do Hard Things”
    Rev. Charles Loflin, “We Can Do Hard Things”

    We welcome back Rev. Charles Loflin. Charles served his community internship with the HUUB in 2019, the organization that our congregation started in 2015 and now runs our buildings as a community campus. October 20th, 2024 4:00pmReverend Charles Loflin We Can Do Hard Things In planning and … read more.

  • Edgar Rivera Colon: “Finite Disappointment and Infinite Hope: Lessons from Dr. King on Community in Chaotic Times”
    Edgar Rivera Colon: “Finite Disappointment and Infinite Hope: Lessons from Dr. King on Community in Chaotic Times”

    We welcome back Rev. Dr. Edgar Rivera Colon to FAITH+WORKS on September 15th at 4pm. Service will be in person at the HUUB, 35 Cleveland St Orange NJ, and on zoom. Save the date for the following FAITH+WORKS (more TBA soon): October 20th – Rev. Charles … read more.

  • Darcy Hall: “Glorious Things: Found Beauty in Orange”
    Darcy Hall: “Glorious Things: Found Beauty in Orange”

    Sunday, June 9th  4:00pm: Darcy Hall, “Glorious Things: Found Beauty in Orange.” This service is the closing event of RootShock20, June 7-9, 2024, a series of events celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Mindy Fullilove’s book, Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and … read more.

  • Flower Communion
    Flower Communion

    Due to the projected weather forecast, we have decided to postpone our Flower Communion/Planting Ceremony until Monday May 20, 2024 at 5:00PM. We hope you can join us to plant some beautiful flowers. Bring a trowel and gloves and maybe something to kneel on.  Suggested flowers are: Aster ‘October … read more.

  • Ysabel Y González and Kathy Kremins: Poetry as Work Toward Liberation & Joy
    Ysabel Y González and Kathy Kremins: Poetry as Work Toward Liberation & Joy

    Join us on Sunday April 14th, 4-5pm, at the HUUB, 35 Cleveland Street, Orange NJ 07050. Kathy Kremins and Ysabel Y. González will give our April FAITH+WORKS service. In a free-ranging conversation interspersed with poems that speak to the topics of spirituality, creativity, love, community, … read more.

  • Dr. Khemani Gibson: On Being Reborn
    Dr. Khemani Gibson: On Being Reborn

    We’re glad to welcome Dr. Khemani Gibson back to FAITH+WORKS. Khemani gave one of the very first F+W talks back in April 2017. This Sunday, March 10th, his talk is titled “On Being Reborn”. Join us at 35 Cleveland Street, Orange NJ at 4pm or … read more.

  • Rev. Bill Rutherford: “Faith and civic leadership”
    Rev. Bill Rutherford: “Faith and civic leadership”

    What does a Baptist minister and a former Wall Street guy have to say to the Unitarians? A lot!!! Bill Rutherford comes from a prominent Civil Rights family and has given his life to the struggle. He’s an inspiring speaker and major figure in Essex … read more.

  • Robert Sember: “Alabama and the Struggle Against Mass Incarceration”
    Robert Sember: “Alabama and the Struggle Against Mass Incarceration”

    Starting in 2024, all FAITH+WORKS services will be on the second Sunday of the month. Join us on January 14th at 4PM as we welcome back Robert Sember. Our services continue to be both in person and on zoom. From Robert: The highest incarceration rates in … read more.

  • Candlelight Communion & Sweetness Swap
    Candlelight Communion & Sweetness Swap

    December 17, 2023 4:00PM: Candlelight Communion and Sweetness Swap.  Last year we invented a new communion service! Each person brings a candlestick+candle to the service. They provide beautiful light. Then we exchange so that each person gets a new candlestick to take home. This year we will … read more.

  • FAITH + WORKS: Gathering, Gardening, and Learning at the HUUB
    FAITH + WORKS: Gathering, Gardening, and Learning at the HUUB

    November 12, 2023 4:00PM: Gathering, Gardening and Learning at The HUUB.Doug Farrand, Sharee Harrison, Feras Namouz.  The HUUB was founded seven years ago by our congregation to open our buildings to the people of Orange. The leadership team will share the story of those years and … read more.

  • FAITH + WORKS: Tia Aery

    Tia Aery will be joining us for our October 8, 2023 Faith + Works service. The title of her talk is “Keeping the Promise for 35 Years.” Family Promise of Essex County (formerly the Interfaith Hospitality Network for the Homeless of Essex … read more.

  • Faith + Works – Edgar Rivera Colón
    Faith + Works – Edgar Rivera Colón

    Dr. Colón will be joining us on September 10th, 2023 at 4PM to discuss his faith and his works. The title of his talk is: The Clearing: Notes Toward a Spirituality of Place and Kin-Ship When the Catastrophic is Our Daily Bread. Edgar Rivera Colón, PhD, … read more.

  • FAITH+WORKS: Rev. Darrell Berger + Annual Meeting
    FAITH+WORKS: Rev. Darrell Berger + Annual Meeting

    Rev. Darrell Berger was minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County from 2008 though 2014. He was born and raised in Toledo Ohio and attended Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Divinity School. He also served congregations in Clinton, NC, Scituate, MA, Staten Island … read more.

  • Faith + Works 5th Annual Community Seder
    Faith + Works 5th Annual Community Seder

    Join us for our 5th Annual Community Seder on Wednesday April 12, 2023. We will start to gather at Faith + Works Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Orange, 35 Cleveland Street, Orange, NJ 07050 at 5:30pm. The program will be led by Rosanna and Virgilio Aran of the Laundry … read more.

  • Faith + Works Flower Communion 100th Anniversary
    Faith + Works Flower Communion 100th Anniversary

    On Sunday May 14, 2023 at 9:00am, Faith + Works will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Norbert Capek’s Flower Communion. Sabrina Trupia and Charles Loflin will talk about the significance of the Flower Communion and Norbert Capek’s work. After the short talk, we will plant flowers … read more.

  • Faith + Works with Kate Dodd – March 26, 2023 4:00pm
    Faith + Works with Kate Dodd – March 26, 2023 4:00pm

    Please join us for Kate Dodd’s “Conflict of Interest” presentation.When: March 26, 2023 at 4:00pmWhere: Faith + Works First Unitarian Congregation of Orange35 Cleveland Street, Orange, NJ 07050 and on Zoom Kate will be exploring the innate contradictions of being an artist who does work about … read more.