News & Announcements
September Newsletter
september-2016
May News
Installation Memories -- May Events -- Board Notes -- 2016 Gloucester Citizenship Awards Winner -- and More! Read the May news here [download id="293"]
Nominations for 2016 Citizenship Awards
We are now accepting nominations for our Annual Gloucester Citizenship Awards. Please click here and then copy and print the form and mail to Gloucester UU Church, 10 Church Street, Gloucester MA 01930 (Attention: Citizenship) [download id="275"]
February 2016 Newsletter
Reflections from Janet -- Filling our Pulpit in February -- Gloucester Solar Challenge -- Religious Exploration -- Upcoming Events .... and more!
January 2016 Newsletter
What’s Inside? Looking Ahead to a New Year – Two New Adult Programs Begin – Top Twelve Gratitude List – and More Read it here: [download id="272"]
December 2015 Newsletter
Janet's Reflections - Sunday and Special Services - Christmas Fair - Special Events - Religious Education Schedule - Updates... and more. [download id="271"]
Sermon Archive
The Right of Conscience
The Right of Conscience © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church June 15, 2025 On January 21st, 2025, the day following the presidential inauguration, there was a national prayer service held at Washington’s National Cathedral. I read through the service and it...
We Need You to Be Who You Are
We Need You to Be Who You Are © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church June 8, 2025 This week, during the parade of daily adventures that range from the absurd to the corrupt to the cruel to the merely incompetent, a memorandum from the Secretary of the Navy...
Finding Our Voices Beyond the Boundaries
Finding Our Voices Beyond the Boundaries Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 18, 2025 “The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation.” I was reminded recently of these lyrics from the song La Vie Boheme in the musical Rent, and they struck me as relevant...
Our Sheltering Promise
Our Sheltering Promise Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 27, 2025 “This is no time for a casual faith.” One of my strongest memories of the protests against the white supremacists who showed up in Charlottesville, Virginia back in the summer of 2017 is...
Upcoming Services
Gloucester UU joins Rockport and Essex for worship this Sunday at First Univ of Essex, or on Zoom.Sunday August 23rd 10 am Stronger Together with Rev. Tess BaumbergerJoin us for a service about how we can be stronger by working together, using the symbols of spinning threads and weaving tapestries. The service will include a simple ritual, poetry, and meditations on the power of collaboration.To join us via Zoom please visit uuessex.org and click on the Zoom link. If you’re coming in person, there is some street parking or you can use the municipal lot. Coming from Gloucester you would go past the church and take your first left onto Martin Street, then go left again on Shepherd Street. Please know the central spots in the lot are reserved for boat and trailer parking during the summer. If you go up the stairs at the end of the lot, you can cross the parking lot and make your way to the church.