News & Announcements
February 2015 News
What's New? Another Day - Another Blizzard Filling Our Pulpit in February Games Night February Musical Events Landmark Event Coming in March and more! Read the news here [download id="235"]
January 2015 Newsletter
What's New? The Moment of Magic Filling Our Pulpit in January Nourishing Our Spirits in the New Year Winter Concerts Annual Meeting; Conversations with the Congregation; Our Goals Met ? Gloucester Citizenship Awards and more! Read the news here [download...
December 2014 News
There is an abundance of news for the month of December. Please glance at the entire newsletter now, and when you have more time read the articles of interest to you. Because there is so much information, the newsletter had to be split into two parts: December 2014...
November 2014 Newsletter
What's Inside? Sundays in November Why I Give Concerts & Lectures in November R.E.marks from Rose Christmas Fair AND November Farmers Market New Member Class and MORE Read it here [download id="223"]
October Newsletter
Sundays in October Showing Up Welcome, Rose! Concert/Lecture Series ... Looking Ahead Reach for the Future and MORE! Click here to read the news [download id="218"]
September, 2014 Newsletter
We Care About YOU August, 1868 Discovery Interim Musings 2014-15 Concert-Lecture Series Minister Search Update Welcome Bob Wech AND MORE! Click here to read the news [download id="216"]
Sermon Archive
Trusting Religious Community
Trusting Religious Community © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 16, 2025 It’s a story that never seems to end. This week, along with the daily headlines that just seem to go from bad to worse, a news story popped up about a megachurch pastor who was...
Unsheathing the Heart
Unsheathing the Heart © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 9, 2025 There is an ancient teaching that has long been attributed to the Buddha himself. It says, “Be ye lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence; hold to the truth within yourselves as to...
Potluck
Potluck © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 23, 2025 There is an old fable that I’m sure just about everyone knows: the story of Stone Soup. In this tale, an old woman suddenly arrives in a poor village. People there lived a pinched existence, and...
Love in Action
Love in Action © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 16, 2025 On September 20, 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. was holding a book signing in Manhattan, having just published Stride Toward Freedom, his book about the Montgomery bus boycott. A mentally ill...
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.