Kelly Asprooth-Jackson · Gevurah & Chesed

Kelly Asprooth-Jackson · The River Is Not Lost, Only Wandering

Every life comes to an end, but no story ever truly does. This Sunday, Rev. Kelly invites us to reflect with him on wisdom from the parting messages of prophets from Moses to John Lewis. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/92762405253 Meeting ID: 927 6240 5253 Dial in: 1 929 205 6099

In this service, Rev. Kelly invites us to explore lessons for this particular moment drawn from speculative fiction luminary Octavia Butler’s novel, “Parable of the Sower.” Online worship at First Parish will be taking place via Zoom. Worship begins at 10 am, with a virtual coffee hour following immediately after (also via the same Zoom … Continue reading “The Only Lasting Truth is Change”

*Welcome *Call to Worship*Time of Greeting *Chalice Lighting Our Unitarian Universalist churches are dedicated to the proposition that beyond all our differences, and beneath all our diversity, there is a unity which makes us one, and which binds us together. We light this chalice in witness to this unity. *Affirmation of Faith Love is the … Continue reading “Survival Strategies”

On International Women’s Day, join us for a service about forms of wisdom that often go unappreciated: the wisdom of intuition, the wisdom of nature, the wisdom of loss, and the wisdom of the body itself.

Poetry is far from the only means of human expression, but it is among our most flexible methods of conveying grand and difficult meaning succinctly. A little over two decades ago I arrived in Miss Idonia Cannady’s classroom with no interest in poetry, to speak of. But among her assignments that year was that we … Continue reading “Poetic Wisdom”

Resilience, ur spiritual theme for the month of February, as a literal meaning of being able to return to the same shape after being stretched or bent. Normally it brings to mind constance and sameness. But it can also be about the will and determination to keep going, keep moving, keep changing. Join us for … Continue reading “No Place to Stop”

Our annual Side With Love service is a multi-generational time for us to celebrate the force at the center of our covenant as a congregation and as Unitarian Universalists: love. This year, we will explore love’s endurance and capacity to withstand disappointment and loss.