Welcome to the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. Our church has a long and distinguished history in the establishment of religious freedom in the United States. Throughout its history, the church has evolved to deal with the conditions of the times to meet the needs and aspirations of its congregation. That process continues to this day - adapting to new challenges while keeping historic customs and traditions which hold meaning for members. read more »
As a Unitarian Universalist congregation, we gather in a spirit of joy to celebrate community and the gifts of each individual. We seek to be guided by love, welcoming those of every race, ethnicity, creed, class, age, gender, physical or mental ability, and sexual identity. We honor freedom of thought. We seek spiritual guidance and inspiration. We support spiritual inquiry. We strive to put our ideas into our deeds and to work for justice and peace.
MINISTER'S WELCOME
Bully Prevention Seminar
Start: 03/19/2010 - 6:30pm End: 03/19/2010 - 8:30pm
Location: Mahaney's Uechi Karate Academy on Pond Street
Youth are invited to a Bully Prevention Seminar at Mahaney's Uechi Karate Academy on Pond Street. The seminar will be on Friday, March 19th at 6:30 pm. If your child or someone ou know has ever been bullied, then they need to come to this class. We will identify what is bullying, who does it, the many forms it can take, and strategies for avoiding -- and if necessary -- dealing with a bully situation.
Sign up in the dojo by Thursday, March 18th. Contact Wendy Riggs-Smith for more information at wrsarc@gmail.com
Easter -- Donations, Tulips and Lilies
Easter comes on April 4th this year.
If you would like to make an Easter donation, please make your check
payable to : ICCUU and put the word "Easter Gift" in the memo line.
If you’d like to help decorate the sanctuary with a tulip or lily
in memory – or honor – of a loved one, send $12 for each,
plus any message(s) to Carolyn B. Edwards, 7 Perkins
Road, Gloucester MA 01930. Please make checks payable
to ICC-UU.
Weekly Reflection
IT MATTERS WHAT WE BELIEVE
by
Sophia Lyon Fahs
Some beliefs are like walled gardens. They encourage exclusiveness,
and the feeling of being especially privileged.
Other beliefs are expansive and lead the way into wider and deeper sympathies.
Some beliefs are like shadows, clouding children’s days
with fears of unknown calamities.
Other beliefs are like sunshine, blessing children with the warmth of happiness.
Some beliefs are divisive, separating the saved from the unsaved,
friends from enemies.
Other beliefs are bonds in a world community, where sincere differences
beautify the pattern.
Some beliefs are like blinders, shutting off the power to choose
one’s own direction.
Other beliefs are like gateways opening wide vistas for exploration. read more »
Next Event:
| Narcotics Anonymous | Friday, Mar 12th - 7:00pm |
