10 Church Street Gloucester, MA 01930

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church

First Universalist Church in America
Organized as the Independent Christian Church in 1779
SUNDAY SERVICES 10:00 AM
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The Sound of Water on Stone

by | Aug 23, 2022 | Sermons

The Sound of Water on Stone © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church August 21, 2022   Last winter, in preparing to set forth on my recent sabbatical, I set a number of goals for myself. This can be risky: I wasn’t confident that I would succeed in achieving most...

Returning to the Well

by | Aug 16, 2022 | Sermons

Returning to the Well Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church August 14, 2022   It’s a steep climb, up the hill known as Dun I on the Isle of Iona in Scotland. To get to the base of the hill, you open a farmer’s gate, cross a pasture dotted...

Blessings from a Small Island

by | Aug 8, 2022 | Sermons

Blessings from a Small Island Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church August 7, 2022     It’s a tiny island, the Isle of Iona. To reach it, off the coast of Scotland, a pilgrim has to take a train, a bus, and two ferries. But pilgrimages are supposed to be...

Being at Home in the World

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Sermons

Being at home in the world.  A homily for the Gloucester UU Church. -Karl Frank, July 31, 2022     This title came to me when I read a book, “The disappearance of ritual”. The author is Byung-Chul Han, born in South Korea, now the head of a University in Berlin,...