Freedom
Freedom is core to the American Creed and our unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Let’s reflect on freedom for a few minutes.
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Introducing A.B.Grump – My Friend For These Time
#NoWayToTreataNeighbor or No Way to Treat a Neghbor
If we really knew our neighbors, their history, the richness of their culture and not some easily digested stereotype, whether to the south or north or anywhere outside of our borders, we wouldn’t be able to dehumanize and treat them as the “Other”. Xenophobia unraveled. This sermon, first delivered in 2013 at the Provincetown UU … Continue reading #NoWayToTreataNeighbor or No Way to Treat a Neghbor
Blessings on the Journey
Blessings do abound in our lives and in our world. Seeing the blessings, sharing the blessings, being the blessing are central elements of the life of faith. Join us in the last service of the official church year, when, among other things, we thank Rev. Annie for being such a blessing as the Affiliate Minister … Continue reading Blessings on the Journey
Journeying Together
This year has truly been a journey in RE. We have gotten disoriented, perhaps confused, and uncertain where our faith and our lives may be heading. But we have also leaned on each other as we find our way and travel together towards a spiritual center and faith home. This RE Sunday, we will celebrate … Continue reading Journeying Together
Love the Hell Out of This World
On June 3 UU musician Matt Meyers joins Rev. Tricia to lead worship AND offer a song leading workshop open to all. Workshop at 10 am: “Song Leading with Matt Meyer Singing together is a core spiritual practice for Unitarian Universalist worship and is also a powerful tool for justice work. We’ll share some best … Continue reading Love the Hell Out of This World
Justice, Forgiveness, & Hospitality: What’s Creativity Got to Do wth it?
On Sunday, May 27, we welcome guest Worship Leader and Preacher, the Rev. Benjamin Perkins. Creativity is one of those words that conjures up artistic endeavors—painting, poetry, writing, sculpture and a whole host of other things. Hopefully, it’s uncontroversial to say that our species is better off because of our artistic sensibilities and that … Continue reading Justice, Forgiveness, & Hospitality: What’s Creativity Got to Do wth it?
Creating a New Story
First Parish has been around for a long time – close to 400 years. Time enough to have stories aplenty, time enough to have ebbs and flows of vitality, time enough for buildings to be built, burned down, built again, bought, sold, and renovated. Is it time for a new story for this old church? … Continue reading Creating a New Story
Mother Love, and then some…
It isn’t limited to mothers- or women, and that powerful love of that which is your treasure changes us all and changes the world. What or who is your pearl of great price, that which orients your life and for whom or for which you might even give your life? Worship Leader: Rev. Tricia … Continue reading Mother Love, and then some…
Leaving Room for Surprise
“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time, “ said poet Mary Oliver. The spiritual theme for the month of May is creativity, a topic that meets the blossoming month where … Continue reading Leaving Room for Surprise