News & Announcements

May News

Installation Memories -- May Events -- Board Notes -- 2016 Gloucester Citizenship Awards Winner -- and More!   Read the May news here [download id="293"]

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Nominations for 2016 Citizenship Awards

We are now accepting nominations for our Annual Gloucester Citizenship Awards.   Please click here  and then copy and print the form and  mail to Gloucester UU Church, 10 Church Street, Gloucester MA 01930 (Attention:  Citizenship)  [download id="275"]

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February 2016 Newsletter

Reflections from Janet -- Filling our Pulpit in February -- Gloucester Solar Challenge -- Religious Exploration -- Upcoming Events .... and more!

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January 2016 Newsletter

What’s Inside? Looking Ahead to a New Year – Two New Adult Programs Begin – Top Twelve Gratitude List – and More    Read it here:  [download id="272"]      

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December 2015 Newsletter

Janet's Reflections - Sunday and Special Services - Christmas Fair - Special Events  - Religious Education Schedule - Updates... and more.  [download id="271"]

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November 2015 Newsletter

Janet’s Reflections: In Gratitude for This Community -- November pulpit schedule -- History “Revealed” -- Circle Dinners -- Religious Education Notes …and more  [download id="269"]

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Sermon Archive

The Risk of Birth

The Risk of Birth Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church Christmas Eve, 2023   In 1973, the poet Madeleine L’Engle wrote these words:   “This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That...

Saying “Yes” to Mystery

Saying “Yes” to Mystery © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church December 3, 2023   The other day the Washington Post reported that a lobsterman in Maine had pulled up a two-colored lobster. The lobsterman, named Jacob Knowles, was fascinated by his discovery and...

Completing the Gift

Completing the Gift © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church November 19, 2023   The poet Mary Oliver gave us this poem, called The Gift:   Be still, my soul, and steadfast.Earth and heaven both are still watchingthough time is draining from the clockand your...

The Generosity of Attention

The Generosity of Attention © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church November 12, 2023     One of my fondest memories of relief trips to the Gulf Coast was the day in Pearlington, Mississippi, when we had two lunches. Both of which involved fried catfish.   We...

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.