News & Announcements

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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LET IT RING!

Paul Revere’s long association with church bells started as a teenager when he was engaged to ring the bell at Old North Church in Boston. Later, as his business interests continued to grow, he began casting church bells in 1792. Research by the Unitarian Universalist...

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A PLACE IN HISTORY

Throughout its rich history, the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church has collected a significant archive of historical documents, many of which are preserved in the Cape Ann Museum. Over the years, Kate Ruzecki has sorted through much of the paperwork that the...

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Sermon Archive

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...

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...

Upcoming Services

The Spiritual Life, led by guest minister Reverend Susan Moran. Music provided by Robert Noble.

Worship is in-person or at the livestream link below. Please join us at 10am. Everyone is welcome!

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