News & Announcements
Christmas Eve Service – 7p.m.
Christmas Eve Service, Dec 24, 7pm. Please join us for a retelling of the traditional Christmas story with scripture, contemporary readings, and lots of music. We will sing Silent Night by candlelight at the end. Everyone is welcome! This service will be livestreamed...
Holiday Fair & Middle St Walk – Dec 14
Socks and Underwear report to the congregation
Socks and Underwear report to the congregation Thanks in large part to your generosity Pathways for Children received over 100 pairs of socks, over 80 underwear and over 30 hats and gloves. Younity recvieved over 100 pairs of socks, over 100 underwear and over 50...
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...
Sermon Archive
The Power of Stories
The Power of Stories © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 12, 2025 There’s an old story that is found in Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, supposedly about Captain Horatio Hornblower. The story goes that some navy...
Christmas Begins at Midnight
Christmas Begins at Midnight © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church December 24, 2024 This year, I had the great good fortune of witnessing the aurora borealis, the northern lights, right from my front yard. It was a magical moment; truly a bucket list...
Turning Toward the Light
Turning Toward the Light © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church December 22, 2024 It was a clear day yesterday in Newgrange, in Ireland. And so, when people gathered before dawn, as they always do on the Winter Solstice, they were able to witness an age-old...
Ministry of Presence in Turbulent Times
Proclaim120824 Guest minister Rev. Art McDonald Ministry of Presence in Turbulent Times – Gloucester UU Over 50 years ago I entered divinity school at Catholic U. in Washington, DC, to prepare for ministry in the Catholic Church and not long after beginning my studies...
Upcoming Services
To Take on Tomorrow, led by Reverend Janet Parsons with music by Andrew Soll and the church choir. On this Martin Luther King weekend, the country is at an inflection point.
Our service is in-person, or at the livestream link below. Everyone is welcome!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live
Kiana will be providing childcare for elementary-age and older.