Come join us online for this service where we will explore what Easter means to us as Unitarian Universalists. How do we make sense of these cyclical themes of rebirth and resurrection, especially in a culture that often focuses on the linear and the finite? During this special Sunday Easter service, you are invited to … Continue reading The World Awakes Again
Every Wednesday evening we will hold an online Vespers Service at 7:00pm. This will be a time for calm reflection, filled with special music, testimonials, joys and sorrows, prayer, and meditation. If you would like to share a reading, poem or music during this service, please contact Rev. Dave. To join the service, click on this link: … Continue reading “Renewal” Vespers Service
On this Sunday we will celebrate the culmination of our annual fund drive. By pledging to our congregation each year, we re-affirming our commitment to one another and to the work of First Parish. Come join us for a joyous online worship service of praise and gratitude for this community that we all help to … Continue reading Commitment Sunday
Every Wednesday evening we will hold an online Vespers Service at 7:00pm. This will be a time for calm reflection, filled with special music, testimonials, joys and sorrows, prayer, and meditation. If you would like to share a reading, poem or music during this service, please contact Rev. Dave. To join the service, click on this link: … Continue reading “Spring” Vespers Service
On this special online intergenerational service, all are invited to introduce your pets or stuffed animals to the congregation! There will be a time for your furry friend to receive a special blessing, testimonials from our children, and fun music to celebrate our beloved animals. For especially during these trying times, we know that our … Continue reading Blessing of the Animals
As our annual pledge drive formally kicks off, we will hear about why supporting First Parish is important. Every year we renew our covenant with one another to take care of this community; to give of our time, our talents, and our resources, so that we can continue to have a church to call home. … Continue reading Renewing our Covenant
On this Sunday, Rev. Egan will explore how the environmental crisis affects different communities differently. Through an unequal allocation of resources, policies that benefit those with wealth and power, and an exclusion of communities of color from the decision making process, environmental racism is on the rise. As our climate continues heat up, how will … Continue reading Same Planet, Different Worlds
During this intergenerational worship service, we will talk about what it means to give back to this community that we love. Following the worship service we will have a pizza lunch, then the Building and Grounds Committee will lead all interested volunteers on repairing, fixing and sprucing up our beautiful historic meetinghouse and U … Continue reading Let our Service Begin
With Valentines Day fast approaching, we will explore different kinds of love. We will first talk about the importance of loving ourselves, with all of our beautiful imperfections. Using the Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages, we will look at the various ways people express and accept love with one another. Finally, we will look … Continue reading Little Packets of Love
As we enter black history month, Rev. Egan will take a look at our Unitarian Universalist history of racism and classism, and how this continues to affect us today. While we assert that we honor the intrinsic worth and dignity of everyone, our UU faith has often failed to live up to this ideal. We … Continue reading Our White Supremacy Culture
