AUW - Association of Universalist Women
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis
AUW has been a dynamic force in the life of First Universalist Church of Minneapolis since 1905! Generations of women have gathered under our umbrella to connect with each other, to deepen our faith, and act on our beliefs by serving the community.
AUW Annual Meeting
Saturday, May 31
10:15 am - 1:30 pm
First Universalist Church
Please join in community by gathering for our AUW Annual Meeting in the church’s Social Hall. Check-in starts at 10:15am. Please RSVP here so we have a count for lunch - which, of course, is free to members as are the day’s events! Non-members are welcome and requested to pay $10 at check-in.
Our chalice lighting will be at 11:00am by Mary Weeks, our President. Then, bringing our faith to action, attendees are invited to cover their hair, don plastic gloves and make simple sandwiches for donation to a local needs-based organization in the Cummins Room. THRIVENT again has generously donated funds for sandwich ingredients.
Our formal business meeting starts at 11:50am, where we will recap our year, vote on our budget for next year, elect new Board members and vote for one of the local women and girl focused social justice nominees that you nominated to receive $1000 from AUW this year.
A light lunch follows with closing for the day at about 1:30pm.
Proposed AUW Budget for 2025-26
Donate to the AUW Matching Gift Campaign Benefitting ERA MN
AUW will invest up to $2000 of its reserves to match donations to support the work of ERA MN between April 30 and June 15 made by our members and friends through our website Let's finish the fight for equal rights started by AUW in its early years!
Women Who Read
Women Who Read: We read books written by women. Request an email invitation to our next meeting and be added to our email list by sending your name and email address to Abbie Finger. On Monday, April 28th the book selection will be West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. The in-person potluck will begin at 6 pm, followed by discussion at 7.
The separate online-only Zoom Discussion will be at 7:00 pm, on the night of the in person meeting; the zoom meeting link is here. The link, meeting id and passcode for the separate call for the author talk at 8 pm is in the paragraph above.
NEW DATE for May 2025! Due to Memorial Day we will be meeting the week prior on Monday, May 19th.
AUW Newsletter
AUW publishes a newsletter with all our latest activities and announcements. Sign up to have it delivered direct to your inbox! And best of all, it's free! Here is a link to the current Newsletter
Join or Renew Your Membership!
It's that time of year again. Join or renew your AUW membership! There is a new, promotional "Try Us!"discounted membership tier for brand new members who have never been part of AUW before!
Dues for a regular AUW Membership for are $40. Our Student/Low Income rate remains at $15 per year. (If your budget dictates that you need to pay less, just join at that level). The new "Try Us!" membership level is for women who have never been AUW members previously to try out membership for a year at the same cost as our Student/Low Income members. We also have added an opportunity to make an additional contribution to AUW to support our program fund. Look for it on the membership page!