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Sermon Archive

Welcoming the Stranger (Rev. Jenny Rankin)

 Sermon Preached on September 15, 2013 It is Opening Sunday, my first here with you. We walk across the threshold, through those great doors,  and come into the shelter of these old walls.   As women and men and children have been doing now for hundreds of years.  We...

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Is There Such a Thing as a Good Death? (Ginny Cohen, R.N.)

This talk was given at our church by Ginny Cohen, R.N. on February 24, 2013.  The talk features "The 5 Wishes" document put out by Aging with Dignity.    Ginny says, "A few years ago I attended a session given by my Health Ministry Association in Framingham. ... I was...

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The Baby with the Bathwater (Newt Fink)

Newt Fink gave this talk on May 6, 2012 In the reading from the children’s book, Madeline, Miss Clavel – the nanny or governess whoever she was – wakes in the middle of the night, turns on the light, and says “Something is not right.” The story aside, the words...

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Sunrise on Easter Sunday (Rev. Wendy Fitting)

The Rev. Wendy Fitting gave this sermon on Easter Sunday - April 8, 2012 Yesterday a dear and thoughtful friend asked me if I liked Christianity … seemed a good idea to think long and hard before answering … but the immediate from the heart and mind response was: ...

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Becoming and Belonging (Rev. Rona Tyndall)

Becoming and Belonging The Rev. Rona Tyndall gave this sermon at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church on March 18, 2012. Do you like elephants?  I’m crazy about them.  Elephants are not only naturally social creatures, they actually form complex...

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December 19, 2010 Sermon (Rev. Wendy Fitting)

The following was read on the air by radio commentator, Paul Harvey.  (The original author is Bo Lozoff, and Wendy shared it in her December 19th sermon.)  An Open Letter from God My dear children, and believe Me, that is all of you, I consider Myself a pretty patient...

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Canvass Messages

"Sermon on the Amount"  -  Rev. Wendy Fitting Every one of us - when we go to bed at night - makes sure that the house is in order.  The fire is banked. The lights are extinguished. The children have eaten and brushed their teeth and are safe in their beds.  We have...

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Upcoming Services

Gloucester UU joins Rockport and Essex for worship this Sunday at First Univ of Essex, or on Zoom. 
 
Sunday August 23rd 10 am Stronger Together with Rev. Tess Baumberger
Join us for a service about how we can be stronger by working together, using the symbols of spinning threads and weaving tapestries.  The service will include a simple ritual, poetry, and meditations on the power of collaboration.  
 
To join us via Zoom please visit uuessex.org and click on the Zoom link.  If you’re coming in person, there is some street parking or you can use the municipal lot. Coming from Gloucester you would go past the church and take your first left onto Martin Street, then go left again on Shepherd Street.  Please know the central spots in the lot are reserved for boat and trailer parking during the summer.  If you go up the stairs at the end of the lot, you can cross the parking lot and make your way to the church.
 

Recent News

Sunday Nov 23

In Gratitude for the Risk-Takers, led by Reverend Janet Parsons, with Andrew Glennon and our church choir. On this Sunday before Thanksgiving, we will pause to salute one of our country's strongest voices for justice, who happens to have an unexpected tie to the...

Next Book Discussion – Jan 13, 2pm

The Director is our next selection. Please join us on Jan 13, 2pm in the Williams Room. The Director (2025), by Daniel Kehlman, a celebrated young German-Austrian author, is an historical novel based on the life of G.W. Pabst (1885-1967), the early film director who...

Sun Nov 9

A Posture of the Soul, led by Reverend Janet Parsons, with musician Steve Lacey. This month, fittingly, we will be exploring gratitude as a way of life. How does it protect and benefit us? Bundle Up! Our boiler will not be repaired in time for this Sunday. While the...