In this third Disrupt Church service, we draw lessons from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry. We use Kimmerer’s framework of abundance and reciprocity to imagine new possibilities in our congregation and begin to name things we would each love to see happen at church! Come prepared to add your voice to the prompt “I Wish Someone (at … Continue reading Title: Disrupt Church: Lessons from the Serviceberry
In week two of our three-part series, learning from the Disrupt Church work of Rev. Peggy Clarke and Community Church of NY, we hear stories of new patterns blossoming and begin to imagine what we might want to disrupt here, ourselves. Join us as we generate some wishes, wonder together, and ask how this moment … Continue reading Disrupt Church: Being Church
This week we begin a three part series, learning from the work of Rev. Peggy Clarke and Community Church of NY. Disrupt Church asks who we should be and how we should be in the world as a progressive faith. In part one, we examine this moment we are in, using lessons from the past … Continue reading Disrupt Church: This Moment
Each fall we turn with intention to our congregational covenant, to remind ourselves how we choose to be together. (You can find copies in the narthex, if you need a reminder!) This fall, we look with a lens on belonging, on making space for others as well as ourselves, and on that type of discomfort that … Continue reading Breathe into Belonging
Join us this Sunday as we kick off the year with our annual Water Ceremony. We’ll retell an old story in a new way as we discover the most important ingredient to building community. This multigenerational service has a role for everyone! Bring your water from home and add it to our congregational waters, meet … Continue reading Building Belonging: A Water Ceremony Service
It’s our final regular service of the year and we are coming together in our tradition of celebrating Norbert Čapek’s Flower Ceremony! Come build the bouquet in community, hear stories of resilience, and take with you a reminder of the joy of our congregation and the sustaining care we create. After the service join us as … Continue reading Gathered: A Flower Ceremony Service
It’s our annual Pride service! In 2025, the lessons of the early years of Pride are even more important. Resistance has become a tool for survival. Joy is how we care for our tender spirits. Come hear stories of resistance, joy, and queer faith as you celebrate yourself, your community, and your neighbors.
Join us for our celebratory annual Milestones service! This year, as we celebrate graduates and those moving to a new phase of school, we also get to honor two of our Faith Development programs. First, we’ll launch the young group of My First Chalice participants as they receive their first flaming chalices. Then, we’ll honor … Continue reading Milestones
In the United States, Mother’s Day traces its origins to the work of peace and public health activists of the 19th century. Today, we reflect on Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 Mother’s Day Proclamation, both in its original language and in updated context for the 21st century. With our May theme of Imagination as our guide, … Continue reading Then and Now
Come celebrate our new members of First Parish Beverly with our annual welcome ritual! One beauty of our UU faith is that we expect that it is growing and changing with us and in response to the world around us. Together we’ll explore the ways we shape and co-create Unitarian Universalism within our congregation, when … Continue reading This Faith We Build
