Based in old Portsmouth we are an inclusive Unitarian family. We welcome people of all denominations, all spiritualities, all faiths, and those with none.

JPMUC opens it's doors on the Great South Run 2011

Our services are lively and thought provoking. Members of the congregation share in the worship and we sing traditional and contemporary songs and hymns appropriate to our liberal faith. The addresses or sermons are on topical issues as well as the values for living which we feel are important. We have a programme for children on the second and last Sundays in each month.

As a family, we enjoy being together and so we have social evenings, a discussion group and arrange outings to many places of interest which are within easy reach.

If you are exploring exactly what it is that you do believe (or do not believe) then you may well feel comfortable with us.

Spiritually we are very diverse and encourage seekers for find their own paths in matters of faith.

Unitarians tend to believe what they are able to believe and not what they are told to believe. We have humanists and liberal Christians, Buddhists and seekers among our number.

Probably the best way for you to find out more about us is to come along and see for yourself. Our Minister, Rev’d Martin Whitell and our Church members and friends will make you feel very welcome. We also have a Magazine which will give you a flavour of what we are like.

ANNUAL DICKENS LECTURE – In conjunction with The Portsmouth Grammar School & The Portsmouth Dickens Society.
Saturday 4th February 7.30pm
The speaker is Michael Allen, a leading authority on Dickens’ childhood and early development, and the author of Charles Dickens’ Childhood and, most recently, Dickens and the Blacking Factory.
The lecture starts at 7.30 pm (doors open from 7.00 pm)
and there will be complimentary drinks in the ante room at the end.
For tickets contact Mrs D C King, Headmaster’s Secretary on d.king@pgs.org.uk or call 023 9236 4268

Further Reading

• Who was John Pounds
  He is our patron and one, severely crippled in his mid-teens, who grew out of obscurity in a rough area of Portsmouth during the 18th and 19th. centuries – because he saw a great need to help young children reared in what was, effectively in those days, a slum. Find out more here
• What do Unitarians believe?
  Unless you have friends or relatives that have been members of a Unitarian community you probably don’t know what a Unitarian church actually is and what we stand for. Find out more
• Service Times
  Click here to find out out what time the services take place. *Times vary so check back regularly.