CANCELLED
This Sunday’s worship service (both in person and on Zoom) has been cancelled due to the timing of the weekend’s winter storm and the sudden unavailability of our primary speakers. We look forward to seeing you next Sunday, January 14.
Archives: Services
Christmas Eve Service
A traditional celebration of the season, our intergenerational Christmas Eve service will feature lots of holiday stories, the lighting of candles, and traditional Christmas carols. This service will begin at 5:30 PM. To keep everyone safe and healthy during this indoor service, masks will be required. There will be no morning service. Zoom access here.
Solstice Service
This intergenerational worship service will be created and led by the children from our Religious Exploration program. The service will feature stories and music that relate to the winter holidays and to Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Zoom access here. Order of Service and Announcements here.
The Evergreen Tree
Long before evergreens were brought inside to decorate for Christmas, ancient people considered these trees sacred. They were bridges between heaven and earth, where gods could speak to the humans and humans could speak to the gods. Zoom access here. Order of Service and Announcements here.
The Importance of Covenant
Within our world, our country, and even our congregation, there are a variety of perspectives on many deeply held beliefs. With so much divisiveness in our world right now, we must ask ourselves: what is more important, being right or being kind? This Sunday, our executive board chair Bill Wians, our minister Rev. Dave Egan, … Continue reading The Importance of Covenant
The Sunken Place
As we enter the season when the days grow shorter and the nights longer, we will explore what it means to have more darkness in our world than light. This seasonal shift, along with all of the expectations surrounding the holidays, can leave us feeling depressed, anxious, and overwhelmed. Is this sunken place of the … Continue reading The Sunken Place
A More Inclusive Friendsgiving
Please join us for this intergenerational worship service. This morning our youth will help those of us who are older understand issues that their generation are often much more comfortable with: such as gender identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, and how to show kindness and love by using one’s preferred pronouns. Following the service, we … Continue reading A More Inclusive Friendsgiving
Not Gonna Take Away My Shot
As the national occurrence of mass shootings and gun violence increases, we grieve the constant loss of life, and ask why we continue to be so attached to our weapons in the face of such regular tragedy. How many people must we lose before we enact systemic change? Madeline Champagne will join us for this … Continue reading Not Gonna Take Away My Shot
The Gardener’s Guide to Racial Justice
Today we welcome the Reverend Mary Margaret Earl to FPUU. She is the Executive Director of the UU Urban Ministry in Roxbury, of which we are a member congregation. Her sermon will ask the question: How do the lessons from tending, trying, failing, and trying again teach us to keep moving our justice work forward? … Continue reading The Gardener’s Guide to Racial Justice
All Souls Present & Past
For this fun, intergenerational service, everyone (young, old, and in-between) is invited to come dressed in your Halloween costume… if you dare! We will explore the foundations of Halloween, which grew out of Samhain, and morphed into All Saints & All Souls Day, and Dias De Los Muertos. This Sunday we will call up all … Continue reading All Souls Present & Past