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The Guidance System

Led by Newt Fink, Aug 22, 2021   August 22, 2021  UU The guidance system In many examples from nature we see the workings of an apparent guidance system. A tiny bird, the Red Knot, migrates every year eight thousand miles without a map, without a device, through...

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Flower Communion

Led by Lucille LePage July 18, 2021 So, what is a Flower Communion?  And what is its significance? The story begins almost 100 years ago, in Czechoslovakia, with Dr. Norbert Capek and his wife Maja.  Both were Unitarian ministers who started the Unitarian Church of...

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New Beginnings

New Beginnings Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church July 11, 2021   I chose this reading this morning (from John O’Donohue’s To Bless the Space Between Us) because I think a great deal about how this time is a new beginning for us.  It’s not a time we asked...

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A Tale of Three Americas

A Tale of Three Americas © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church July 4, 2021   I was taken by surprise the other day while I was driving down Route 128.  I was listening to an NPR interview with Keith Lockhart, the conductor of the Boston Pops, about plans for...

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Sermon June 20, 2021

Karl Frank, Sally Waite, Peggy Kimball June 20, 2021   Sally, Peggy, and I have all mentioned along the way a few of our daily spiritual practices, as how the poetry and prayers we brought to you, came to us.  If only it had come to us at the edge of the darkness...

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Liberation Is For Everyone

Charles Nazarian, June 13, 2021 In a unique celebration of Pride Month, we are enriched this morning by personal messages and songs by LGBTQ musicians Brian King, Deb Hardy with her wife Kerry Mullen, Kaedon Gray, Kerr Griffen, and soon by Johnny Blazes. The freedom...

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How Do You Tell Your Story

How Do You Tell Your Story? Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 23, 2021     Chimamanda Adichie came to the United States from her homeland of Nigeria in order to attend college, first at Drexel University and then at Eastern Connecticut State University....

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To Build a Church

To Build a Church Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 9, 2021   Sixty-one years ago this week, in May of 1960, representatives of the Unitarians and the Universalists met and voted overwhelmingly to consolidate their two denominations into one new...

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In the Beginning

In the Beginning   © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 2, 2021     There are so many stories.  The life of the world is held in our stories.  Our own lives are made up of stories, one after the other, flowing into each other, weaving our lives into the...

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Sermon for Earth Day Sunday

4.25.21 Sermon for Earth Day Sunday. Dick Prouty   Becoming?  What are we becoming because of the effects of climate change on our planet?  What can we become?        I’ve been working on climate issues locally since I retired from PA in 2015.    In 2015 we...

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Motion is the Reality

Motion is the Reality Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 18, 2021     I hope that you are able to think of yourself as a shimmering jewel, one of billions that together make up the universe.  Can you picture it?  What color would you be?   We Unitarian...

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Hope Rises

Hope Rises © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church April 4, 2021     I find that in recent weeks I have been thinking back frequently to last Easter.  I remember the almost heartbreaking hope we had, on that last Sunday together in March of...

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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.

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Hope and Resilience in the Garden

This Sunday's worship is led by JoeAnne Hart with music provided by Susan Taormina. The sermon will be about cultivating hope, based on "Nature's Best Hope", by Douglas Tallamy, A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. Please join us at 10 a.m.,...

Exploring Emerson

Dick Prouty will be leading the service this Sunday, July 21, at 10AM in the sanctuary. Susan Taormina will provide music. The sermon topic will be "Exploring Emerson and his relevance to your life." Dick will speak to the relevance of Ralph Waldo Emerson in his own...

Sunday July 14

Join Us Sunday for Brunch Church! 10:00 a.m. in the Social Hall This Sunday Reverend Janet will be offering a casual service focusing on shared community, and food! We'll meet in the Social Hall at 10:00 a.m. as usual, for brunch, music, stories, and conversation....