News & Announcements
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.
Book Discussion Group- Dec 6
The book discussion group will meet on Wed. Dec. 6 at 10 a.m.in the WIlliams Room (1st floor). The book chosen is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. It’s fiction. Anyone is welcome.
Holiday Fair and Middle St Walk- Dec 9
Holiday Fair and Middle Street Walk - Saturday December 9 On Saturday December 9 we will hold our Holiday Fair in conjunction with the Middle Street Walk. Fair hours will be 9 AM to 1:30 PM in our downstairs fellowship hall. We will be having a cookie walk, and...
Religious Education Resumes September 24
We are happy to welcome Kiana DuBose back with us on Sunday mornings, beginning on September 24. Kiana will be offering children's programming for elementary aged children and up downstairs in our Fellowship Hall.
Sermon Archive
To Live Like a River Flows
To Live Like a River Flows © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 22, 2026 People often wonder how a minister creates a sermon. Frankly, the minister often wonders this herself. But people tend to be curious about the process: how we find...
Jame Baldwin: On Love and Salvation
James Baldwin: On Love and Salvation Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 15, 2026 He could have grown to adulthood consumed with hatred. In fact, he harbored great anger at the way his country treated him and other marginalized people....
To Take Back Our Land Again
To Take Back Our Land Again © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 18, 2026 As I was writing this sermon yesterday, I heard that there was a large-scale protest taking place in Minneapolis, the city most recently targeted for authoritarian control of...
We Fight for Roses, Too!
We Fight for Roses, Too! © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 11, 2026 The story began 114 years ago, on January 1, 1912. That day, a new law took effect in Massachusetts that reduced the number of hours in the work week for women, from 56 hours per...
Upcoming Services
Led by Reverend Janet Parsons with music by Steve Lacey.
Sunday, September 13 is our traditional Ingathering, where we look forward to being together again after summer activities. Our theme for September is Beginnings, and we'll be marking our new church year in two ways.
First, we'll be holding our traditional Water Ceremony. If you have gathered water from a trip or from a moment that meant something special to you, please bring a small amount to add to our common bowl. We mingle this water to symbolize our reconnection as a community. If you haven't saved some water, no worries - we will have pitchers of water that you can pour from while you describe what it means to you.
Second, we will be holding a Blessing of the Backpacks to mark the beginning of the school year. If you are a student or a teacher, or if you are beginning a new venture of another sort, please bring your backpack, briefcase, or tote bag to church with you, and we'll bless them and your new beginning.
Worship is in-person or at the livestream link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live