Celebrating
60 Years of Building
Beloved Community
Anniversary
Events
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Artist in Residence Workshop: Exploring Our Human Museums
9 am - 3 pm (bring your lunch)
Fellowship Hall
Join ERUUF’s Spring 2026 Artist in Residence, North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, who will facilitate an interactive creativity salon focused on What We Keep Keeps Us: Exploring Our Human Museums. Register Here
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Dance the Decades
5:00 -7:00 pm
Fellowship Hall
Put on your dancing shoes, bring your kids, and get on the dance floor as we dance to music from ERUUF's founding in 1966 to the present. Whether it's the Boogaloo, the Hustle, Moonwalk, or just your own special moves we want to come together and have a good time! Spectators welcome as well. Come dressed as your favorite decade! Food and drinks will be provided. RSVP HERE
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
An Evening with Rev. Arvid Straube & Rev. Deborah Cayer
6:00 -7:30 pm - Sanctuary and Livestream
An evening for learning and conversation with ERUUF’s Minister Emeritus and Minister Emerita, who will look back on the past and also invite us to imagine possibilities for ERUUF’s future as a community. RSVP HERE
Saturday, April 18, 2026
60th Anniversary Gala
4:30 - 6:15 pm Dinner - Fellowship Hall
6:30 - 8:00 pm concert - Sanctuary
An Anniversary celebration featuring small-plate service and beverages, followed by a concert with vocalist and recording artist Melanie DeMore.
4:30 - 8:00 pm: Children eat with their parents and then go to the CARE Building at 6:00 pm where they will be treated to two Mad Science Workshops – One for preschool through kindergarten-age children (Mad Mixtures), and one for 1st through 5th grade children (Detective Science). Childcare for young children is also available.
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Celebrating 60 Years of Building Beloved Community:
Anniversary Worship Service
ONE Service - 11:00 am - Sanctuary and Livestream
Sunday worship service led by the three ministers called by ERUUFians over the past 5 decades: Rev Arvid Straube, Rev. Deborah Cayer, and Rev. Jacqueline Brett.
Music by Melanie DeMore, the ERUUF Anniversary Choir, ERUUF House Band, and Music Director Wendy Looker. The service is likely to run 90 minutes.
