Our affiliated community minister, the Captain Reverend Nicole McKay received her mandate from the Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces on May 15, 2025. The mandate outlines her professional responsibility to care for all in her service to Canada.

Rev. Linda Thomson will be joining FirstU as our summer minister. Rev. Linda will also serve as a part-time contract minister until next Spring,

The Transition Task Force is working with the congregation to look at our Mission and Vision statements to be sure they speak to us and to others in a way that truly represents FirstU in its new context.

The Transition Task Force has made a commitment to guide the congregation through “discernment about FirstU’s transition” … what does that even mean? RevJ explains in a video.

FirstU’s Transition Team has been formed and will begin planning the congregational activities which will support RevJ and First’s interim discernment period

The Board and the Interim Minister Search Committee are very pleased to announce that the Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kūpono Kwong (he/they) has accepted our offer to join FirstU as Lead Minister for the 2024-2025 year, starting August 6.