Sermon Archive
Don’t Say Straight
Reflection: Don’t Say Straight, for Gay Pride Sunday, 06-05-22, Charles Nazarian About a month ago a controversial statute was passed in Florida and signed by Governor Desantis that has been widely called the “Don’t Say Gay” law in the media. It criminalizes and...
What Is Peace?
REFLECTION: WHAT IS PEACE? Charles Nazarian, GUUC Service on 05-15-22 In our Call to Worship you and Lucille recited the Beatitudes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. They are among the most profound messages to humanity from the great Teacher. Each one expresses...
To Seek Out Belonging
To Seek Out Belonging © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 1, 2022 (and Sabbath, below) “The deepest nature of the soul is relationship.” (John O’Donohue) During these past two years we have been challenged to the very core of our beings by the...
Many Stories of Creation
Karl Frank 4/24/2022 Welcome. Welcome to this, our Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. All are welcome here, I am Karl Frank, not the minister, but a member of the congregation, leading the service today in the temporary absence of Reverend Janet Parsons,...
The Bright Spark of Resurrection
The Bright Spark of Resurrection © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church April 17, 2022 It would have been in the pre-dawn hours, maybe in the gray first light, when women carrying all they would need to anoint and prepare a body set...
No Going Back
No Going Back © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 10, 2022 This past Thursday evening, there was a march here in downtown Gloucester, something that hasn’t happened much in the past two years. Each April, for many years, the Gloucester Coalition for...
What Urgency Calls You?
What Urgency Calls You? © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 3, 2022 It struck me, re-reading David Whyte’s poem that Mern read for us a few minutes ago (What to Remember When Waking) is how often the poets urge us to make sure that we are trying to...
She is The Way
She is The Way © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church March 27, 2022 “She shines without dimming… She rushes to reveal Herself to those who yearn for Her.” (Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-14) Who is ‘she’? We know this presence by many names....
For There is Always Light
For There is Always Light © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 20, 2022 The fog yesterday sent me into a very pensive state of mind. I stared for long periods at the patterns created by the bare tree branches, which was about all I could see. I find...
The Saving Power of We
The Saving Power of We © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 20, 2022 This past week an unusual news story caught my eye. It told of a priest in the Roman Catholic diocese of Phoenix who was discovered to be conducting the sacrament of baptism...
Circles of Love
Circles of Love © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 13, 2022 Last week an article in the Boston Globe magazine caught my eye; it was about the legacy of Maria Mitchell, known as the first female astronomer in the United States. (“The Heirs of...
The Road to Hell
The Road to Hell © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 30, 2022 “If you come as softly as wind within the trees You may hear what I hear See what sorrow sees. If you come as lightly as threading dew I will take you gladly, nor ask more of...
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.
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Recent News
Sunday Jan 4
Disobeying King Herod, led by Reverend Janet Parsons, with music by Steve Lacey. Our theme for January is Resistance. So often in our retelling of the Christmas story, we leave out the ending. As we approach Epiphany, the end of the Christmas season, we'll return to...
Prepare Him Room
Prepare Him Room © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church Christmas Eve 2025 One of the most beloved of Christmas church traditions is the staging of Christmas pageants, when a community dresses up in costumes and retells the ancient story, complete with...
Sunday Dec 28
Brunch Church Please join us in the social hall this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. for Brunch Church - an opportunity to enjoy a meal as we hold an informal service. As is our tradition, we'll be burning our regrets from the old year and looking ahead to the new year. No live...