News & Announcements
Friday Morning ‘Mug Up’ beginning October 18th.
With the cooler weather and shorter days now upon us, we are offering an opportunity to gather on Friday mornings for conversation with a cup of hot coffee or tea. Come to chat about whatever is on your mind. Bring your knitting or other handiwork if you'd like. Or...
Socks and Underwear Plus – October
This year's Socks and Underwear drive is now in October due to our Church year calendar changes. Because of the season we are adding Hats and Mittens, So: 'Socks and Underwear Plus' is our new name. Holly Tanguay and Jim Seavey are co chairs, assisted by Kate Ruzecki....
100-Mile Potluck Picnic
Sunday, Sept.15, 2024 after church.. 100 Mile Potluck Picnic celebrates the Allee restoration! Bring an appetizer, salad, main dish or dessert to share, made with ingredients grown & created within 100 miles west of Gloucester or from the sea. As Yo-Yo Ma wrote in...
“Gloucester Speaks – Bearing Witness” – May 17, 7pm
In the sanctuary, on the big screen, a one hour and 45-minute documentary by Shep Abbott, covering the history and contemporary maritime industry of Gloucester. Tickets $10 at the door. Parking Note: There will be no parking on the allee due to renovations. ...
Spring Book Discussion Group
Our next read, "The Bill of Obligations" by Richard Haas, will also be our springtime GUUC Common Read with a discussion on Friday, May 31. Join us for a potluck at 5:30 and book discussion at 7pm. The book is easily available, inexpensive, not a long read, and vital...
March Book Discussion
Next Book Discussion Join us to read and discuss member JoeAnn Hart’s new book High Wire Act and Other Tales of Survival, on Wednesday March 13 at 1 p.m. in the social hall. The author will be our honored guest. Some copies are available from members.
Sermon Archive
Trust That You Are Held
Trust that You Are Held © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church November 10, 2024 Like many of you, I have spent large amounts of time this week feeling struck speechless. I’ve experienced almost a sense of suspended animation, a certain stuckness: that I’m not...
Thinking Too Much and Listening Too Little
Thinking Too Much and Listening Too Little © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 13, 2024 How many of you got to see the Northern Lights the other night? I found it as thrilling as it was back in May when I got to see them for the very first time in my...
Pilgrims in a Pilgrim Church
Pilgrims in a Pilgrim Church Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church Reverend Janet Parsons September 29, 2024 Part One: Lonely Voyages Into the Unknown I love to picture the scene in my mind’s eye: a traveler from England whose ship had gone aground, walking along a...
A Time for Balance, A Time for Gratitude
A Time for Balance, A Time for Gratitude © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church September 22, 2024 I’ve been noticing an interesting trend all along the shoreline here on Cape Ann in the past couple of years: perhaps you have as well. On many of our rocky...
Upcoming Services
Nov 17, 2024
All is Not Lost, led by Reverend Janet Parsons, with Andrew Soll, organist. What can we look to as we adjust to the presidential election results? Where do we find hope, and resolve, and a way forward? Here's a hint: fractals.
Join us at 10am in-person or at the livestream link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live
Children's programming will be provided by Kiana during the worship service for elementary-age and older.