News & Announcements
NEW Siding With Love Podcast Episode 8 “Courage”
This NEW episode of our "Siding With Love” podcast continues with a focus on our monthly theme of COURAGE. Rev. Janet and Carol Bousquet, discuss the meaning of courage, and the role of fear in our lives. "Siding With Love" is Gloucester Unitarian Universalist...
Next Book Discussion – Dec 15, 2pm
Our pick for the next book group is below. We will meet in the Williams Room on Dec 15. Everyone is welcome. You do not need to be a church member. Questions contact Peter Hornbeck. Everything the Light Touches (2022) by Janice Pariat, mingles fact with fiction,...
Socktober drive – Oct 1-31
The fourth annual Socktober drive is underway during the month of October, sponsored by the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. Donations of new socks, underwear, hats, gloves and mittens for women and men, girls and boys will benefit the clients of three...
Socktober clothing drive underway
The fourth annual Socktober drive is underway during the month of October, sponsored by the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. Donations of new socks, underwear, hats, gloves and mittens for women and men, girls and boys will benefit the clients of three...
Book Group – Oct 20, 2026
The Gloucester UU next book group meeting will be at 3 o'clock on Tuesday, October 20. Please note that book club meetings will now be held on the third Tuesday of every other month (i.e., even-numbered months). Please note that the December meeting will not occur on...
Next Book Discussion – Aug 18
We will be discussing Arbornaut by Margaret Lowman on Aug 18, 3pm in the Williams Room. Everyone is welcome. Any questions contact Peter Hornbeck. ARBORNAUT: A LIFE DISCOVERING THE EIGHTH CONTINENT IN THE TREES ABOVE US by Margaret D. Lowman (2021). It is an...
Sermon Archive
All Our Memories of Love
All Our Memories of Love Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church November 1, 2026 “There she goes,” somebody said. I love this story. One of the many things I love about being a Unitarian Universalist minister is that people trust me with their...
Monsters, Masks, and Shadows
Monsters, Masks, and Shadows Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 25, 2026 I always loved Halloween as a child. Walking around the neighborhood after dark, accompanied by friends, and hearing all the sounds: the giggles and...
Becoming the Ocean
Becoming the Ocean © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 18, 2026 When I was a child, I just loved playing on a seesaw whenever I went to a playground. That sense of shooting up into the sky, and then rapidly returning to earth, over and over,...
Unwavering Defenders
Unwavering Defenders © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 4, 2026 In a final essay published after her death just last month, activist and author Gloria Steinem said this, “Eventually, after covering lots of territory and many issues, I...
Upcoming Services
The Spiritual Life, led by guest minister Reverend Susan Moran. Music provided by Robert Noble.
Worship is in-person or at the livestream link below. Please join us at 10am. Everyone is welcome!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live