News & Announcements

Fire Sprinkler & Deterrence Project Update

Over the summer there has been a lot of progress. We received news in June that two large grants, from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund, had been approved. An additional gift was received from Linzee and Beth Coolidge. This...

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Renovated Kitchen Dedicated on June 18

We are proud of our renovated Safe-Serve Kitchen, completed in June. On June 18 we had our first church potluck, blessed the kitchen and thanked all the volunteers who made it possible.

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Board Bylaw Update

A draft of the revised bylaws has been completed by the Board and reviewed by chairpersons of committees, former chairs of the Board of Managers and others who agreed to provide feedback.  We are planning a church conversation on May 21, after the service to present...

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Sermon Archive

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...

Finding Our Voices Beyond the Boundaries

Finding Our Voices Beyond the Boundaries Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 18, 2025 “The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation.” I was reminded recently of these lyrics from the song La Vie Boheme in the musical Rent, and they struck me as relevant...

Our Sheltering Promise

Our Sheltering Promise Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 27, 2025 “This is no time for a casual faith.” One of my strongest memories of the protests against the white supremacists who showed up in Charlottesville, Virginia back in the summer of 2017 is...

Upcoming Services

Joint service at GUUC with Rockport and Essex.  10am.  Everyone is welcome!

Worship is in-person, or at the livestream link below.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIeJfO72kLh-gAtZZT-QOng/live