News & Announcements
August Newsletter
What's Inside the August Newsletter? "Accessibility" News We're in Orbit! A Woman in the House The Yokohama Lucys A Good First Impression And MORE .... Click here [download id="99"]
July Newsletter
What's Inside? Imagine This! Words from Wendy Sarah's Child Food for Thought R.E.marks from Tabitha We're "Showing Off" And MORE! Click here to read the July Newsletter [download id="95"]
June Newsletter
What's Inside? Planning for a Bright Future Citizens Night The Life/Work of Elise Hansen Mapping Our Timeline Our Marvelous Musicians The Yokohama Lucys And MORE! Click here to read the newsletter [download id="93"]
May Newsletter
What's Inside? Gloucester Citizens Awards Sunrise on Easter Building Improvements -- Soon! Happy Birthday, Judith Jazz for Joy and MORE Click here to read our newsletter [download id="90"]
April Newsletter
What's Inside? Becoming and Belonging Fienstein's Millions RE Class in Action An Hour of My Time Maundy Thursday Service & Potluck and MORE Click here to read our newsletter [download id="86"]
Call for Nominations – Community Recognition Award
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARDS Nominations are now open for the Church’s 2012 awards honoring those whose volunteer work makes Gloucester a better place. Who do you know that deserves this recognition? Nominations are due by April 13. ...
Sermon Archive
Toward a Truly Liberating Theology for UU’s
Toward a Truly Liberating Theology for UU’s © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 11, 2024 It was Dr. Paul Farmer, the late founder of Partners in Health, who introduced me to the concept of Liberation Theology. I was devouring Tracy Kidder’s...
The Stories Behind the Music
The Stories Behind the Music © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 4, 2024 Today is the time and the place to call upon the memories of the ancestors. Today we are hearing of heroes, and of giants. In the words of our author Qiyamah Rahman, “It is...
Love The Hell Out of This World
Love the Hell Out of This World © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 21, 2024 I read a story recently by the Reverend Susan Frederick-Gray, who just last June finished her term as the president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She was...
Power Without Love…Love Without Power
Power Without Love…Love Without Power © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 14, 2024 It wasn’t until the election of 2016 that I fully came to understand the depth of the derision and dislike that conservative sectors of our country, actually,...
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.