You can listen to sermons delivered at the Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church by clicking on the audio buttons below. Or click on a sermon title in order to save it to your hard drive. All sermons are in MP3 format.
2012-’13
Creating a Usable Faith
Lisa Judd, Church Member and Guest Speaker
August 25, 2013
Muslims Are Good People
Rev. Frieda Gillespie
May 26, 2013
Roots Service
Members and friends talk about their spiritual journeys.
May 5, 2013
Reflections on Spring, Fear, Sadness, and Hope
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
April 21, 2013
Deepening Our Thinking
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
April 7, 2013
Creating Compassion
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
March 24, 2013
Evil
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
March 10, 2013
Reflections on Stewardship
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
February 17, 2013
Note: There is no audio file. The link will take you to a text version of the sermon.
Justice for All: Empowering Immigrants in Massachusetts
Patrick McDermott and José Palma of Centro Presente; introduced by Lois Markham, chair of the NSUU Social Action Committee
January 20, 2013
Intoxicated with Love: Sufism
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 13, 2013
Practicing Peace
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
December 9, 2012
We Give Thanks for This Precious Day
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
November 18, 2012
Now What?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
November 11, 2012
Death with Dignity
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
November 4, 2012
Gender, Identity, and Sexual Orientation
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
October 21, 2012
Immigration
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
October 7, 2012
Working on the Holy
Rev. Maddie Sifantus, Guest Speaker
September 30, 2012
Whose Are We?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
September 23, 2012
Question Box
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
September 16, 2012
Reflections (Water Service)
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
September 9, 2012
2011-’12
Let’s Be Bold
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
June 17, 2012
Journeys (Roots Service)
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
June 3, 2012
The Tao of Parenting
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
May 13, 2012
Lifting the Loneliness
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
May 6, 2012
The Myth of Free Will
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
April 15, 2012
Say Yes!
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
April 8, 2012
In My Heaven
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
April 1, 2012
Let’s Think About This
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
March 18, 2012
Respect for the Worth and Dignity of Every Person?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
March 4, 2012
The Funny Thing About Church Is …
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
February 26, 2012
Why Marry?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
February 19, 2012
There is no audio file of this sermon. The link will take you to the text.
Lifelong Learning
Beth Blanchard, NSUU Member
January 29, 2012
Living the Simple Life
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 22, 2012
Worlds Apart
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 15, 2012
How Can We Help?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 8, 2012
What Sustains Us?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
December 11, 2011
Gratitude
Jen Dillinger, M.Div., Acting Minister
November 20, 2011
Wisdom: Ancient and New
Jen Dillinger, M.Div., Acting Minister
November 13, 2011
God Is in the Details
Rev. Edwin Lynn, Minister Emeritus
November 6, 2011
You may also listen to Rev. Lynn reading from his book Shore Lines: Life Lessons from the Sea:
All Souls Day
Jen Dillinger, M.Div., Acting Minister
October 30, 2011
Being Vegan
Dana Doyle, Guest Speaker
October 23, 2011
A Matter of Scale
Jen Dillinger, M.Div., Acting Minister
October 9, 2011
Responsibility to Awe
Jen Dillinger, M.Div., Acting Minister
October 2, 2011
Times of Transition
Jen Dillinger, M.Div., Acting Minister
September 18, 2011
2010-’11
Stories of Fatherhood
Tim Bernard, Glen Golrad, and Leonard Swanson
June 19, 2011
Service Is Our Prayer
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
June 12, 2011
Social Networking: Will It Change the World?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
June 5, 2011
Memories, Respect, War, and Peace
A spiritual conversation led by NSUU member Peter VanDeBogert
May 29, 2011
Do It Well: Vocation in Our Modern World
Ashley Benner, Director of Religious Education
May 22, 2011
Change, Change, Change
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
May 1, 2011
Resurrecting Our Life
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
April 24, 2011
Conserving Our Region’s Natural Heritage
Edward O. Becker, Guest Speaker
Executive Director, Essex County Greenbelt Association
April 17, 2011
The Mystery of the Child
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
April 10, 2011
Tell Me All Your Thoughts on God
Rev. Gail Berger, Guest Speaker
March 27, 2011
Mothering Earth
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
“This Land Is Your Land,” by Woody Guthrie (public domain); performed by Larry Plitt and Paul Harty
March 20, 2011
Honoring Those Who Serve
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
March 13, 2011
Celebration Sunday
Nelson Scottgale, Jenny Beauregard, and Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
March 6, 2011
Strangers in Our Midst
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
February 20, 2011
(Reflections on The Death of Josseline, by Margaret Regan)
The Broken Family
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
February 13, 2011
UU 101: Spirit and Our Spiritual Mission
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 23, 2011
UU 101: Our History with Racism
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 16, 2011
UU 101: Who or What Is God?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 9, 2011
UU 101: Where Is Paradise?
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
January 2, 2011
We Are All a Little Quirky
Rev. Edwin Lynn, Minister Emeritus
November 14, 2010
Capturing the Joy
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
November 7, 2010
Reflections on Treatment
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
October 31, 2010
All Ages Together
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
October 17, 2010
The Blessing of the Animals
Rev. Frieda Gillespie, Minister
October 10, 2010
Celebrating Margaret Fuller
Bonnie Hurd Smith, Historian and Guest Speaker
September 26, 2010
