News & Announcements
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...
Third Annual Local Socks and Underwear Drive Expands Scope
April 1 through 30, 2023 Everyone needs socks and underwear but you can’t buy them in a thrift store! They’re essential but too personal to be handed down. During the month of April, for the third year in a row, the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church will join...
The Giver of Stars – Book Discussion for April
For our April title, we will be reading an historical fiction book, The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. While the time frame dates back to the 1930’s, there are many topics that touch upon subject matter that is relevant to our current era. "Alice Wright marries...
Book Group Selection for October: The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny.
(Date change from October 11 to Oct 20, 2pm) For those of you not familiar with Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and the inhabitants of Three Pines, settle in for a murder investigation with characters you will come to love. But there is way more to the story than a...
Build Back Fossil Free Letter to President Biden
The GUU Board of Trustees voted in February to join the UUA, UU Service Committee, UU Ministry for Earth, UU Social Justice and UU State Action Networks on the Build Back Fossil Free Letter to President Biden to take Executive Action on climate. On February 24...
Sermon Archive
Caring for the Stranger
Caring for the Stranger Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church July 20, 2025 I’ve been watching, this spring and summer, as efforts to capture and detain undocumented immigrants have filled our news and our social media. There have been some dramatic scenes of...
The Living Earth – My Journey Through Deep Time
Sermon presented at Gloucester UU Church July 13, 2025 by Mern Sibley “The Living Earth - My Journey through Deep Time” In the days following the election last November, I found myself feeling discouraged. I imagine many of you felt the same way. So many hourly and...
The Right of Conscience
The Right of Conscience © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church June 15, 2025 On January 21st, 2025, the day following the presidential inauguration, there was a national prayer service held at Washington’s National Cathedral. I read through the service and it...
We Need You to Be Who You Are
We Need You to Be Who You Are © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church June 8, 2025 This week, during the parade of daily adventures that range from the absurd to the corrupt to the cruel to the merely incompetent, a memorandum from the Secretary of the Navy...
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