Our Services

Please join us on Sunday mornings for services at 11:00 a.m. Child care is available for nursery and preschoolers. Please check the "Newcomers" page for additional information you may find helpful.

Welcoming Congregation

A Welcoming Congregation is a religious community that welcomes and accepts people who are bisexual, gay, lesbian, or transgender; that strives to be a safe and affirming environment for those among us who are bisexual, gay, lesbian, or transgender; that ensures all areas of congregational life are open and inclusive; and that commits itself to work for the rights and dignity of bisexual, gay, lesbian, or transgender people in the larger community.

The First Universalist Church of Norway, Maine, was recognized as a Welcoming Congregation by the UUA in June 2006. We are one of 629 Welcoming Congregations in the United States listed by the UUA. The Unitarian Universalist Association supports the community with its Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Concerns.

About Norway UU: Our Mission

The First Universalist Church of Norway, Maine, also known as Norway UU, is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association of North America and is an ethical and liberal religious community dedicated to promoting the ongoing search for truth and to affirming the inherent worth of the individual.

We understand reality through human experience, enlightened reason, scientific method, and the democratic process, and we find the central source of power and goodness within the human heart, mind, and spirit. Individually and collectively, we assume responsibility for our future, our community, our children, and our interdependent world.

Our growth and actions as thoughtful, compassionate, and ethical human beings advance our humanist vision of a world of peace and love, dignity and equality, freedom and justice.

Our Mission, as we live our historic liberal faith, is to nurture spiritual growth, honor diversity, and offer service with love.

Our History

The First Universalist Church of Norway, Maine, was founded in 1799, and is the oldest continuously existing Universalist church in the state of Maine! [Further updates coming soon!]