Sermon Archive
In the Beginning
In the Beginning © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church May 2, 2021 There are so many stories. The life of the world is held in our stories. Our own lives are made up of stories, one after the other, flowing into each other, weaving our lives into the...
Sermon for Earth Day Sunday
4.25.21 Sermon for Earth Day Sunday. Dick Prouty Becoming? What are we becoming because of the effects of climate change on our planet? What can we become? I’ve been working on climate issues locally since I retired from PA in 2015. In 2015 we...
Motion is the Reality
Motion is the Reality Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church April 18, 2021 I hope that you are able to think of yourself as a shimmering jewel, one of billions that together make up the universe. Can you picture it? What color would you be? We Unitarian...
Hope Rises
Hope Rises © Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church April 4, 2021 I find that in recent weeks I have been thinking back frequently to last Easter. I remember the almost heartbreaking hope we had, on that last Sunday together in March of...
Tales of Liberation
Tales of Liberation Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 28, 2021 Passover The story of Passover is an ancient one. A famine in Israel forced the patriarch Jacob to lead his large extended family to Egypt, to reunite with his...
A Year in the Life
A Year in the Life© Two Reflections Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 14, 2021 1) A Year in the Life Like many of my colleagues, and perhaps many of you, I have had a song stuck in my head this week: Seasons of Love, from the musical Rent. ...
The Silent Vow – Mar 7
The Silent Vow Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church March 7, 2021 Perhaps the most compelling task we face as humans is that of sorting out what truly belongs to ourselves, and what the world imposes upon us. Over our lifetimes, we are constantly moving:...
To Walk Together – Feb 28
To Walk Together Reverend Janet Parsons, Gloucester UU Church February 28, 2021 There comes a time, when a person has started attending seminary, that attending parties starts to become a little bit weird. Old friends aren’t quite sure what to say to you, so they...
An Orientation of the Heart – Feb 14
An Orientation of the Heart Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 14, 2021 “We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover. And every known nook of our nation and every corner called our country, our people diverse and beautiful, will emerge battered and...
Where We See Everyone’s Face – Feb 7
Where We See Everyone’s Face Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church February 7, 2021 It’s hard to talk about Beloved Community these days. It’s hard to imagine it, to summon its ideals, its grace, and its promise of unconditional love. It’s hard to consider...
Imaginings – Jan 31
Imaginings – Rev Janet Parsons and Karl Frank Jan 31, 2021 We have such an unusual and interesting service for you this morning! Thank goodness we have five Sundays this month. There has been a theme all month, but we’ve barely been able to scratch the surface of it...
What’s Stopping Us? – Jan 17
What’s Stopping Us? Reverend Janet Parsons Gloucester UU Church January 17, 2021 (Martin Luther King Sunday) It’s still a scene that I love to watch, and that still can bring tears to my eyes: the scene in Grant Park in Chicago, on November 5, 2008, when Barack...
Upcoming Services
Joint service at GUUC with Rockport and Essex. 10am. Everyone is welcome!
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Recent News
Sunday Feb 8
Growing Community Resilience, with Reverend Janet Parsons and Maureen Aylward-Bover, Executive Director of TownGreen. Our theme for February is Resilience. On Sunday we welcome Maureen Aylward-Bover from TownGreen, Cape Ann's non-profit organization dedicated to...
Sunday Feb 1 – via Zoom
On Listening, led by guest minister Rev. Susan Moran. Music by Steve Lacey. In-person worship is canceled this Sunday due to the weather forecast. Please join us on Zoom. The link is below. Topic: GUUC Worship Service - Sunday Feb 1 - 10AM Time: Feb 1, 2026 10:00 AM...
Book Group – March 10
"The Boston Way” received the most votes and is the next book that we will read. The meeting will be March 10 at 3:00 in the Williams Room. I have one copy that members can borrow - please let me know if you are interested. It is also available to check out at the...