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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In Praise of the Dappled Things

by | Sep 25, 2019 | Sermons

In Praise of the Dappled Things © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church September 15, 2019 Our poet knew no fame during his lifetime. Nor did he seek any. A Jesuit priest, Gerard Manley Hopkins lived a conflicted life; never sure of how to reconcile his...

Confluence

by | Sep 10, 2019 | Sermons

Confluence © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church September 8, 2019 Deep in the Amazon, vast rivers meet and mingle their waters. The tributaries that ultimately combine to form the Amazon River begin in the highlands of South America, and...

Libraries, Church, and the Unexpected

by | Aug 26, 2019 | Sermons

Libraries, Church, and the Unexpected A sermon delivered on Aug 25, 2019 at Gloucester’s UU Church By Mern Sibley and Roger Garberg Welcome and Announcements Our remarks today compare two different kinds of sanctuary—the church and the public library. Part of the...

Thoreau and the Examined Life

by | Aug 19, 2019 | Sermons

Thoreau and the Examined Life by Karl Frank  Aug 18, 2019   In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember, that it is, after all, always the first...

The Ties That Bind

by | Aug 13, 2019 | Sermons

The Ties that Bind Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church August 11, 2019   The story goes that an anthropologist was once studying a tribe of people in Africa. He proposed a game to the children, putting a basket of sweet, ripe fruit near a tree, and...