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Flower Communion Elements and Reflection

Elements from Flower Communion on June 19, 2022 Lucille LePage   “Wisdom Moment” story   Almost 100 years ago, in Czechoslovakia, Dr. Norbert Capek and his wife Maja started the Unitarian Church of Czechoslovakia in Prague. There, in 1923, Norbert Capek created the...

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Just Peacemaking

Proclaim051522JustPeacemaking – Gloucester Rev. Art McDonald After graduating from college, I served in the US Army Reserve from 1969-1972, receiving an honorable discharge 3 years early, being released from what was a 6-year commitment, to enter seminary. The 3 years...

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Don’t Say Straight

Reflection: Don’t Say Straight, for Gay Pride Sunday, 06-05-22, Charles Nazarian About a month ago a controversial statute was passed in Florida and signed by Governor Desantis that has been widely called the “Don’t Say Gay” law in the media.  It criminalizes and...

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What Is Peace?

REFLECTION:  WHAT IS PEACE?   Charles Nazarian, GUUC Service on 05-15-22 In our Call to Worship you and Lucille recited the Beatitudes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.  They are among the most profound messages to humanity from the great Teacher.  Each one expresses...

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To Seek Out Belonging

To Seek Out Belonging © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 1, 2022   (and Sabbath, below)   “The deepest nature of the soul is relationship.”  (John O’Donohue)   During these past two years we have been challenged to the very core of our beings by the...

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Many Stories of Creation

Karl Frank 4/24/2022   Welcome.   Welcome to this, our Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.  All are welcome here,  I am Karl Frank, not the minister, but a member of the congregation, leading the service today in the temporary absence of Reverend Janet Parsons,...

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The Bright Spark of Resurrection

The Bright Spark of Resurrection © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church April 17, 2022     It would have been in the pre-dawn hours, maybe in the gray first light, when women carrying all they would need to anoint and prepare a body set...

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No Going Back

No Going Back © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 10, 2022   This past Thursday evening, there was a march here in downtown Gloucester, something that hasn’t happened much in the past two years. Each April, for many years, the Gloucester Coalition for...

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What Urgency Calls You?

What Urgency Calls You? © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 3, 2022   It struck me, re-reading David Whyte’s poem that Mern read for us a few minutes ago (What to Remember When Waking) is how often the poets urge us to make sure that we are trying to...

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She is The Way

She is The Way © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church March 27, 2022     “She shines without dimming… She rushes to reveal Herself to those who yearn for Her.” (Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-14)   Who is ‘she’? We know this presence by many names....

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For There is Always Light

For There is Always Light

For There is Always Light © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 20, 2022   The fog yesterday sent me into a very pensive state of mind. I stared for long periods at the patterns created by the bare tree branches, which was about all I could see. I find...

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The Saving Power of We

The Saving Power of We © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 20, 2022   This past week an unusual news story caught my eye. It told of a priest in the Roman Catholic diocese of Phoenix who was discovered to be conducting the sacrament of baptism...

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Upcoming Services

Nov 10, 2024

Trust That You Are Held, led by Reverend Janet Parsons, with Steve Lacey, musician. In the aftermath of the presidential election, how do we find hope and healing? Please invite friends and family who are in search of caring community this week.

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.

Recent News

Sunday, September 8

Sunday, September 8 Led by Rev. Janet Parsons As is our tradition, we'll be joining together for a service in our sanctuary, and bringing water from places that offered us meaning over the summer. (As always, if you didn't collect any water, we'll have some to...

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...

Choose Joy

Choose Joy © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church August 25, 2024 I spent the early part of the summer feeling badly stuck, pinned on the horns of a serious dilemma. You see, I admire our president, President Joe Biden, and hold deep respect for the work that...