Fostering a sense of belonging

This Sunday, March 1, we will hold a special ceremony to welcome new members who have joined the church since September. Our minister, the Reverend Frieda Gillespie, will speak about “Belonging.” What do we mean when we say we belong to the church? What are the spiritual implications of belonging to each other? Those are [...]

An improved Sermons page

Please have a look at (and a listen to) our Sermons page. No longer do you see a blank page when you click on a link to listen to a sermon. We have now embedded audio buttons directly in the page.

Exploring the meaning of the Seventh Principle

Our guest speaker this Sunday, February 22, will be the Reverend Paul L’Herrou, a retired Unitarian Universalist minister who is the author of the seventh (and most recent) of our denomination’s principles: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. The title of Reverend L’Herrou’s talk on the Seventh [...]

Celebrating a giant of science

This Sunday, February 15, we will mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth by celebrating his contribution to our understanding of ourselves and the living world. The sermon, “Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin,” will be delivered by our minister, the Reverend Frieda Gillespie. This week the New York Times published a special section on Darwin, [...]

Thinking about gender on Valentine’s Day

This Sunday, February 8, the Reverend Frieda Gillespie will look at various ways to love in anticipation of Valentine’s Day. The title of her sermon is “What Does Gender Have to Do with It?” Whether gender has a whole lot to do with whom we fall in love with is an interesting question. How does [...]

OWL sex education noted in Boston Globe

Our Whole Lives (OWL) is a human sexuality curriculum that was developed by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ. It is one of the programs I feel most proud of in our denomination. The curriculum offers courses from early childhood to adulthood, and some congregations teach multiple age groups. Typically our [...]

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