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Good Neighbors

Good Neighbors © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 3, 2021   There is a hillside in Salem, that I discovered recently. It’s a small area, tucked between two ordinary houses on an ordinary street. It is a hillside known as Proctor’s Ledge, and there,...

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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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Upcoming Services

Nov 24, 2024

Please join us for Thanksgiving Sunday, with lots of beautiful music! Choosing a Garden, led by Reverend Janet Parsons. How do we find gratitude in our hearts during times of grief and worry?

Join us at 10am in-person or at the livestream link below.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live

Monday Afternoon, November 25: Join Rev. Janet and folks from other congregations at our Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Middle Street. This service of readings and beautiful music will take place at 4:00 p.m.

Recent News

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...

Sunday September 1 – 11 a.m.

Join us Sunday in the social hall for Brunch Church. The service will be led by Jeremy Melvin. Everyone is welcome! Join us at 11 a.m. in-person. Livestream will resume next week.

Sunday Aug 25

Reverend Janet Parsons will lead worship this Sunday, August 25, with music provided by Susan Taormina. Please join us at 10am in-person, or at the livestream link below. Everyone is welcome! Link to livestream:...