On this Sunday we celebrate the abundance and beauty of the season by bringing flowers gathered from gardens or roadsides to share with others in the congregation. For this worship service, we will welcome new members to our congregation, and show our gratitude for all of the staff, committee chairs, and FPUU executive board members … Continue reading Flower Communion Sunday
Ever since human beings have known fear, they have created super-human figures that can protect them from harm and can keep out the monstrous other, whether that mythical protector is Gilgamesh, Sampson, Moon Knight, or Obi-Wan Kenobi. Today we will explore why this heroic archetype is so foundational to our western culture and why these … Continue reading The Hermit of Tatooine
Please note that worship on this Sunday will take place in The Grove at Ferry Beach in Saco, Maine, where many from the congregation will be on retreat. There will be no worship service at our meetinghouse in Medfield. However for those not attending Ferry Beach, there will be a pre-recorded service available online.
One of the ancient questions that continues to be asked is why bad things happen to good people. Could it be that there’s a malevolent force at work in the universe? Or is that just the way life is? This will be an indoor, in-person worship service, that will be streamed over Zoom as well. To … Continue reading “A Devil Who Meddles?”
Three of the ancient spring stories begin with laments, with cries of despair: Persephone is captured by Hades and taken to the Underworld; the first-born sons of Egypt all die before the Hebrew people can escape from bondage; Jesus is crucified. And yet all three of these stories have happy endings, for the main characters … Continue reading Happy Endings
The former UUA Moderator, Denny Davidoff, says, “In the end what really counts is not how much we have but what we have done with it, how many we have helped, how much we have shared. In the end our only permanent possession is that which we have given away.” The people of this congregation … Continue reading Commitment Sunday
Cornel West says that it’s easy to be optimistic when we have a pretty good idea of how things will turn out and when things are going well. Hope is when you see that things are not going well and have the courage to change them. This sermon will focus on the way in which … Continue reading Restoring Hope
Today there is still the conversation about the impact that gender stereotyping is having in considering women for top leadership positions. This conversation about women in leadership is not new, of course, and so on this Sunday we will look back to the Post-Civil war era and reflect on those women who dared to enter … Continue reading The Prophetic Sisterhood
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 an outdoor pizza lunch, then the Building and Grounds Committee will lead all interested volunteers on repairing, fixing and sprucing up our historic meetinghouse and U House. … Continue reading Work Day
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 our time, our talents, and our resources, so that we can continue to have a church to call home. On … Continue reading AFD Kickoff
