News & Announcements
Spring Book Discussion Group
Our next read, "The Bill of Obligations" by Richard Haas, will also be our springtime GUUC Common Read with a discussion on Friday, May 31. Join us for a potluck at 5:30 and book discussion at 7pm. The book is easily available, inexpensive, not a long read, and vital...
March Book Discussion
Next Book Discussion Join us to read and discuss member JoeAnn Hart’s new book High Wire Act and Other Tales of Survival, on Wednesday March 13 at 1 p.m. in the social hall. The author will be our honored guest. Some copies are available from members.
Adult Programs – Introducing Our Spiritual Life
This month Reverend Janet is beginning a weekly offering of different spiritual practices. For now, the time will remain the same each week - Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome, and this is intended to be a drop-in whenever you are available. It's also a...
GUUC Gallery Jan 27 & Feb 3
A pop up exhibition of photographs taken in Meghalaya India in 2011 and 2013 by Jim Seavey will be open through the next two weeks during the regular Saturday hours (12 TO 4) at the GUUC Gallery, 10 Church St. Gloucester. Arrangements for a private viewing can be made...
Book Discussion January 17
"The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride. Discussion will be Jan 17th at 1:00PM in the Williams Room.
Sermon Archive
Practicing Hope as a Verb
Practicing Hope as a Verb © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church December 7, 2025 “Imagine the world as a theater,” wrote author Rebecca Solnit. “Imagine the world as a theater. The acts of the powerful and the official occupy center stage. The traditional...
Grief..And Gratitude
Grief…And Gratitude Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church November 2, 2025 Often when I am leading a memorial service, I tell the people gathered that “it is hard and important work” that we are doing together as we prepare to say goodbye to someone we love. In...
Fiercely Compassionate
Fiercely Compassionate © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 26, 2025 Times are hard in the city of Chicago these days. Since September 9, when the Department of Homeland Security launched what it named Operation Midway Blitz, over 1000 people have...
Proclaiming Democracy
Proclaimdem/rel101925 Rev. Art McDonald Oct 19, 2025 I’m one of those dinosaurs who still gets the daily newspaper, the Boston Globe, delivered 7 days a week. As a Latin American historian once wrote, I eat the newspaper for breakfast. A few months back, an article in...
Upcoming Services
Building a House Called Tomorrow, led by Reverend Janet Parsons with music by Steve Lacey. As we do each year, we'll reflect on why we create a church community, and how we support it. In a world that shifts daily, a church is meant to hold the center for us. How well can we hold it?
Worship is in-person, or at the livestream link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live