by Christine | Jul 31, 2025 | GUU Services
Brunch Church, led by Reverend Janet Parsons with music by Andy Soll. (Note: no livestream this Sunday) Join us on Sunday in the cool downstairs Social Hall for Brunch Church. We’ll enjoy brunch, music, and an informal service that will be an example of a...
by Christine | Jul 31, 2025 | Sermons
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? — Reflections For Our Time Honoring Frederick Douglass and Reimagining Freedom Today Introduction Thank you for gathering with me today. We meet not only to commemorate the birth of a nation, but to reflect on the complexities...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2025 | GUU Services
Joint Service at First Universalist in Essex! This summer the three Cape Ann UU churches are taking turns hosting a joint service. This Sunday we’ll be traveling to Essex. Time: 10:00 a.m. Address: 59 Main Street, Essex For more information and link to Zoom:...
by Christine | Jul 24, 2025 | Sermons
Caring for the Stranger Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church July 20, 2025 I’ve been watching, this spring and summer, as efforts to capture and detain undocumented immigrants have filled our news and our social media. There have been some dramatic scenes of...
by Christine | Jul 18, 2025 | Events and Happenings
James, by Percival Everett (description from Amazon) PULITZER PRIZE WINNER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved...