Hey Christopher,
Thanks for reaching out to us!
By default, the events should display with the latest event displaying first. I followed the steps you described with recurring events and a filter on the event widgets and was able to get it to display normally. I did however notice that it isn’t displaying properly on your site. As a first step, could you follow the Testing for Conflicts steps to see if there is a conflict with another plugin or your theme?
Let me know if this helps. Sorry I wasn’t able to give you a direct solution but hopefully this will help point you in the right direction.
Thanks!