Our mission is to Nurture the Spirit, Grow in Community, and Help Heal the World.
About Our Minister
Reverend Christina Sillari has been the minister of First Parish in Portland since 2010. Originally from Somerville, Massachusetts, she is from a working-class family of Greek Orthodox and Catholic Heritage. She rejected those faith-based traditions as a teenager, and sought meaning in mysticism and dance, and became a practicing Buddhist, embracing the ways of Eastern Philosophy. She became a Unitarian Universalist in her mid-20s after feeling empowered by a sermon given by a female UU minister in Boston. She values UU’s willingness to let individuals define their own faith journey. And that open-mindedness drew her to our congregation.
Upcoming Services
August 25 | 10am
The Paths That Brought Us Here
Rev. Shay MacKay & Rev. Diana McLean
September 1 | 10am
Labor Day & Labor Today
Dr. Marianne Hill
Setpember 8 | 10am
Water Communion
Rev. Christina Sillari