“TO BE STILL”
It’s been a hard year, you’ve heard it said, a hard couple of years. We continue to have a lot to deal with. Our mental health is fragile. We need to be gentle with ourselves and each other. This service is to help us find … read more.
Archives: Services
Time for reflection in celebrating the unique qualities of ourselves and in others
SUMMER SERVICES BEGIN
Beginning June 26th, our summer worship services will be held every Sunday at 10:30 am outdoors at Dane Street beach on Lothrop Street in Beverly, in the shade of the trees at the south end of the park. In case of rain, we … read more.
“These Messengers” – Flower Ceremony
Most Unitarian Universalists celebrate the Flower Ceremony, created by Norbert and Maja Capek in the 1930’s. In this, our last regular Sunday of the congregational year, we will celebrate the Flower Ceremony and consider why of all our UU rituals, this one endures. The story … read more.
Question Box and Congregational Ministries Appreciation
What would you like to ask the interim minister? Rev. Susan will answer questions submitted in advance on Unitarian Universalism, theology, faith, ministry, congregations in 2022, the spiritual life. We will also appreciate our members’ ministries this Sunday, so please come and be thanked for … read more.
MILESTONES
Somehow in the midst of a year that had held many challenges, good things have been happening at First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist. Today we celebrate milestones that remind us how and why community life is important to us: appreciation of congregational ministries; recognition of … read more.
“The First Parade”
Memorial Day holds some surprising roots, including racial ones, which we need to remember if we are to acknowledge the depth and complexity of the occasion. The day is, as Mark Bellinti writes, “a time for remembering the human loss in human wars, the silence … read more.
“Religious Education Sunday: Being Unitarian Universalist – A Faith of Action”
The Purpose of Religious Education at First Parish Church is to understand, nurture and live out our Unitarian Universalist Faith. During our Religious Sunday Service, we will hear a multitude of voices and ages express the many ways in which we embrace our shared values, … read more.
“How the Moments Come to Us”
Brad Willenbrock, Diana Niethamer, Christian Douglas, Duncan Ballantyne, Paul Willenbrock, Roberta Villanti, Carol Ballantyne, Carol Gerard, and Rev. Susan Milnor
When we become curious about our racial history, what do we find? How is our own faith tradition part of this story? It’s a little like … read more.
“Tending Our Mothers’ Gardens”
Mother’s Day can be a tough time for many, and there is no one right way to hold it. But most of us can appreciate the legacies of foremothers as they struggled to make lives and engage their own creativity. What did they do with … read more.
“Transformation – it’s more than just change”
As spring transforms the gray of winter to the green of spring, so we enter into a time of visioning that goes beyond just change but seeks transformation. A time to vision a new and more vibrant future for us as a community.
IN-PERSON WORSHIP at 225 … read more.