News & Announcements
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.
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.
August Garden Tours
Aug 19: Mern Sibley and Roger Garberg invite you to come for a garden tour at our home on Saturday, August 19 from 10 to 12. We’re at 107 Mount Pleasant Avenue in East Gloucester. The house is set back from the street, up a gravel driveway. With all the generous rains...
Book Discussion Group Meeting: July 11 at 10:00 AM
Please join in the fun of reading and discussing books at GUUC. Our last book, The Years by Annie Ernaux, was well-received by most and our lively discussion was accompanied by homemade madeleines, macarons, Camembert, a baguette and bottled Perrier water. C’est...
Sermon Archive
The Beginning of Devotion
The Beginning of Devotion © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 8, 2026 In one of his most famous passages explaining his decision to live alone in the Concord woods for two years, Henry David Thoreau wrote, “I went to the woods because I...
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...
Upcoming Services
Monsters and Masks and Shadows, led by Reverend Janet Parsons. As Halloween approaches, and the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, it's a time when the veil between the earthly realm and the unseen grows thin. We enjoy the spooky aspect of the holiday, but what are we really afraid of? What do we try to hide? Join us for a look at some of our oldest fears. Music provided by Steve Lacey.
Worship is in-person or at the livestream link below. Please join us at 10am. Everyone is welcome!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live