At First Parish Church in Beverly, we believe in the enduring value of love, service, and spiritual growth within a warm community. As we recite each Sunday, “Love is the spirit of this church, and service its law. This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace, to seek truth in love, and to help one another.”

What do Unitarian Universalists believe? We come together in community with a wide variety of religious beliefs. Unitarian Universalists are theists, humanists, seekers, atheists, and, sometimes, unable to define their understanding of the sacred. We sometimes say that we are one faith with many paths and a shared covenant, or set of promises about how we agree to be together in community.

We are a Welcoming Congregation, which is a UU way of stating we have done intentional work to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the full life of our church.

As Unitarian Universalists, we hold shared values that guide our congregation, our worship, our learning, and our action:

We affirm that love is the power that holds us together and is at the center of our shared values. We are
accountable to one another for doing the work of living our shared values through the spiritual
discipline of Love.

Inseparable from one another, these shared values are:

• Interdependence: We honor the interdependent web of all existence and acknowledge our place in it.
• Pluralism: We are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology.
• Justice: We work to be diverse multicultural Beloved Communities where all feel welcome and can thrive.
• Transformation: We adapt to the changing world.
• Generosity: We cultivate a spirit of gratitude and hope.
• Equity: We declare that every person is inherently worthy and has the right to flourish with dignity, love, and compassion.

Wherever you may be in your faith journey, we invite you come visit with us this Sunday and explore whether First Parish may be the spiritual home you’ve been looking for.