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May 2010 News Letter

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Sermon Archive

Spiritual Resistance

Spiritual Resistance © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 2, 2023     Introduction   Typically when we think of the word ‘resistance’, it’s not at all in a spiritual context. Resistance usually implies an active response – pushing back at something or...

The Key of Longing

The Key of Longing © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 26, 2023     “Bring your broken hallelujah here... We all bring some broken things, songs and dreams, and long lost hopes…”   There was a civil war, in the 1990’s, in Bosnia, in Eastern Europe. The...

The Privilege of Vulnerability

The Privilege of Vulnerability © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 12, 2023     They haven’t caught the vandal or vandals that spray-painted hate messages on 16 businesses and the local synagogue in Portsmouth, New Hampshire late in February. But the...

To be Alive is to be Vulnerable

To Be Alive is to Be Vulnerable © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 5, 2023     We have learned a lot these past three years. We’ve learned some science, and some medicine. We’ve learned a lot about our economy, and how dependent we are on the global...

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 Baumberger
Join 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.