News & Announcements
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...
In Memoriam – May 24
In Memoriam Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church May 24, 2020 Do you know why we persist in referring to the influenza epidemic that began in 1918 the “Spanish Flu?” It did not start in Spain. In fact, historians believe that it is very...
Tradition and Innovation
It’s nearly 10:00 a.m. on Sunday morning as Reverend Janet Parsons looks out across the 1806 meetinghouse where she is minister. The Paul Revere bell high in the tower above has just called out its final reminder that the service is about to begin. A clock by Simon...
WATCH YOUR STEPS!
These days, master craftsman Jay McLauchlan is spending a lot more time in the 1806 Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse – and for good reason. He is rebuilding both stairways that lead up to the chancel, and you can be certain that they will be constructed...
Sermon Archive
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...
Giving, Receiving, as Love Shows Us How
Giving, Receiving, as Love Shows Us How © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 12, 2025 It was almost exactly 10 years ago now, in November of 2015, to be exact, that presidential candidate Donald Trump openly mocked a reporter with a physical...
To Do More That Feel
To Do More Than Feel © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church October 5, 2025 One thing that has taken me completely by surprise in recent months has been a growing awareness that many voices on the political right are adamantly opposed to the moral value of...
Upcoming Services
A New Song for America, led by Reverend Janet Parsons with music by Steve Lacey. Our theme for September is Beginnings. What might a new beginning look like for the United States?
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
WEATHER CONCERNS
We are watching the predicted storm closely but it's too soon to decide whether Sunday's service will need to be cancelled or moved onto Zoom. We will send out a Constant Contact update either Saturday evening or first thing Sunday morning: watch your inboxes! If the service moves onto Zoom, the link will be included in that email.
Above all, please decide always to do what is safest for yourself!