Upcoming events at UUCSB & beyond
Share the Plate! Summer 2026
Each month, UUCSB chooses an organization to split weekly donations made by congregants during the course of Sunday services. As many of you attend virtually, we are providing an online venue for these donations.
For the summer months, we ask for donations to be split between UUCSB's general fund and The Equality Community Center. From their website:
The Equality Community Center is a collaborative workplace for LGBTQ+ and allied social justice seeking non-profit organizations.
We strive to provide a safer and more inclusive gathering space with social and educational programming for all, while supporting the most marginalized in our communities.
This is an interactive calendar. Click on a highlighted square to find out more about what’s going on on that day! Or, below, you can scroll through the list of upcoming events.
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Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
School Street Coffeehouse Presents Songwriters In The Round
Join us for an evening of music with singer-songwriters George Lazos, Pat Barceleau, Matt Nasi and Matt Bolinder.
Interfaith Prayer Vigil
Rev. Lori will lead an interfaith prayer vigil at Mechanics Park in Biddeford.
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Music Ministry Annual Potluck & Sing-A-Long
Email Ellie at UUCSBCHOIR@gmail.com to get RSVP and get directions!
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
School Street Coffeehouse Presents Eli Lev
Every Eli Lev concert is more than a set list. It is a shared experience of positivity and community where sing-alongs, heartfelt storytelling, and spontaneous audience interactions transform listeners into active collaborators. Whether he is inviting the crowd to add harmonies, share personal reflections, or join in call-and-response refrains, Eli builds a space where everyone feels seen, heard, and uplifted.
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
School Street Coffeehouse Presents Great Aunt
Great Aunt is a genre-bending folk duo from Australia, known for their soaring harmonies, dynamic instrumentation, and heart-felt live performances. Winners of the 2024 Folk Alliance Australia Duo of the Year, Great Aunt—comprising Megan Bird (mandolin, resonator, acoustic guitar, vocals) and Chelsea Allen (double bass, vocals, percussion)—craft music that is rooted in folk, bluegrass, and roots traditions, yet refreshingly shaped by their diverse backgrounds in punk, jazz, soul, and rock.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
School Street Coffeehouse Presents The Honey Badgers
“Weaving their voices together over driving guitar, wistful violin, and punchy harmonica, The Honey Badgers spin stories and songs about finding yourself, finding each other, and finding your way in the world.”
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Wednesday for kit making for the unhoused.
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Summer Worship Service: Kindness Stones
Our Sunday Worship on the 19th will be an intergenerational event:
Bearing Witness in Love ~ A Sacred Vigil for Healing & Justice
An Interfaith Vigil in response to the shooting of Joan Sebastian Guerrero and all those who have died at the hands of ICE will be held by 12 faith leaders from Saco and Biddeford as we gather to support one another, honor those impacted, and stand together for peace and healing. All are welcome.
Cancelled: Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Cancelled in July: Will resume in August. Join us monthly on the second Tuesday for kit making for the unhoused. We will are ssembling kits from the donations provided for spring/summer needs.
School Street Coffee House Outdoor Family Concert with Vanessa Jones and Donna Beverage
The School Street Coffeehouse at UUCSB welcomes Maine based musician Vanessa Jones and UUCSB's own Donna Beverage telling stories.
This is a family friendly, outdoor event! Bring a picnic, dance, and celebrate summer!
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Summer Worship Service
Look to the Friday Flyers for the week’s worship team and title.
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Tuesday for kit making for the unhoused. We will are ssembling kits from the donations provided for spring/summer needs.
Circle Dinner Evening
What are Circle Suppers? They are small (6+) potluck dinners, held in members’ homes, which bring friends, newcomers, and members of our congregation together to share food and get acquainted. These dinners are a good way to bring people closer, to get to know people in ways that we cannot on Sunday mornings or at committee meetings, and to get a mix of diKerent people than we might normally encounter.
Women's Songwriting Circle
Women Songwriter’s Circle is a welcoming and empowering space for women to explore creativity, share their voices through song, and connect in a supportive and nurturing community—regardless of musical experience.
Bring your unfinished songs, works in progress, or new ideas to share and receive thoughtful encouragement and feedback.
Circles will be held on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Meet, Greet & Ask: Community Forum with your "Let's Try It!" Board
Your elected Board of Trustees has been hard at work since July. We have been learning a great deal about leadership and we would like to share some of that with you through several after-worship conversations.
In May, we will be discussing the Church Budget and how it works.
We hope that many of you can attend. We will share the information in other ways for those of you who can't make it.
Meet, Greet & Ask: Community Forum with your "Let's Try It!" Board
Your elected Board of Trustees has been hard at work since July. We have been learning a great deal about leadership and we would like to share some of that with you through several after-worship conversations.
In May, we will be discussing the Church Budget and how it works.
We hope that many of you can attend. We will share the information in other ways for those of you who can't make it.
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
Join us monthly on the second Tuesday for kit making for the unhoused. We will are ssembling kits from the donations provided for spring/summer needs.
Stewardship Sunday & Pot Luck Lunch
Please Join Us: Stewardship Worship Service at 10
followed by Pot Luck Lunch & Kickoff of ‘26-’27 Canvass Campaign!
Community Forum: Mission & Communication
Congregational Forum #2: Mission and Communication
Mission Statement
An effective mission statement is used to guide decision making and communicate who we are. Mission statements can and should evolve over time, and updating ours has been on the agenda for years. We have collected input for the last 1-1/2 years. A team of Board Members examined the input and formed a team which prepared this statement:
We are a welcoming spiritual home.
We serve our community and our world with Love
and act boldly for Justice and Peace.
We discussed it in a forum a few weeks ago gathered feedback. You are invited to continue to reflect on this statement. Our aim is to vote on a version that is "Safe enough to try and good enough for now," knowing we can continue the process as we try it out in the coming months
Our hope is to move forward with this statement after a vote at June's Annual Meeting. We would use it to move us into what comes next, like next year’s bicentennial celebration! This will be posted on a bulletin board, in the Messenger and in the bulletins for you to review. To share your thoughts about it, please send an email to rantho2000@gmail.com. We can also discuss it at the forum on Sunday.
All are welcome!
Saco/Biddeford Kit Making for the Unhoused
The immediate needs are for camping equipment. And the need is right now. Biddeford issued an eviction to folks camped out near town, and so they are being moved and losing all of their belongings and thus seeking encampment elsewhere. For the next month the pressing needs are:
tents,
sleeping matts
sleeping bags
tarps
cooking stoves and gas
flashlights and batteries
Circle Dinner Sign Up Deadline
What are Circle Suppers? They are small (6+) potluck dinners, held in members’ homes, which bring friends, newcomers, and members of our congregation together to share food and get acquainted. These dinners are a good way to bring people closer, to get to know people in ways that we cannot on Sunday mornings or at committee meetings, and to get a mix of diKerent people than we might normally encounter.
Brown Bag Lunch
The Membership and Welcoming Committee is excited to host our popular First Friday Brown Bag Lunch! Join us for an informal and welcoming gathering with church members and friends. Bring your own brown bag lunch and enjoy good company and conversation from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Church Parish Hall. We look forward to seeing you there!
School Street Coffeehouse with the Yoga Ti Band
Musician Ben Parker, “The Yoga Ti Band was a concept that came from a dream I had perhaps 15 years ago in Peekskill, NY. In it, I was traveling with a wandering group of minstrels.We all sang and played instruments. Everything was improvised. We walked to our gigs and set up our tents on the stage the night before the gig. In the morning we would wake up and start with a lengthy, very relaxing yoga session. Then we would solemnly drink a carefully administered cup of magic herbal tea, and the concert would begin.”
Meet, Greet & Ask: Tips and Tools from Your "Let's Try It!" Board
This month we will introduce the Board, ask for feedback about proposed Mission Statement and Behavioral Covenant, and explain what we have been doing to address perennial concerns about communication. We will model some structures we use in Board meetings which we hope will become part of the sacred work in other areas of church life.