It can be hard to know when to push ourselves to be brave and when to stick to our more comfortable strengths. One of the blessings of community is that we can lean on each other and find the roles that are right for us. Worship leader: Rev. Annie Gonzalez Milliken with worship associate Chris … Continue reading You Do Not Go Alone
Facing the truth that we’ve hurt others, or forgiving others their injuries of us- these things are not for the faint of heart. Yet a faith life without forgiveness lacks both grit and grace. In the season of Yom Kippur, we help each other have courage to do what is right. Worship leader Rev. Tricia … Continue reading It Takes Courage: Seeking and Offering Forgiveness
How very hard it can be to say goodbye- to a person, a habit, a place, an identity, a chapter of our lives. We so don’t like change, nor find it easy to let go. And yet…to welcome the new, we must make room. As the season turns from summer to fall, and in this … Continue reading Hello, Goodbye
It is easy to throw open the doors of our homes, hearts, or church to those we like, instinctively trust, or feel connected to. It is harder to do so with those we instinctively don’t trust, don’t like or feel no connection to. But who is our neighbor, who might be our future friend, … Continue reading Living the Welcome
We begin the church year with the traditional Water Communion, a ritual of joining our samples of water from places meaningful and nourishing. The choir will sing, and so will we, the preacher will preach, the children will laugh, and the community gathers. Worship leader, Rev. Tricia, with Worship Associate Myles Crowley Read the full … Continue reading Return Rejoicing
For our service this Sunday, we will be observing Flower Communion, in a bit of a different way: during the day on Saturday, you are invited to bring a flower to the back porch of the church building, and leave it there. While there, take a flower that someone else has left. Lucas will pick … Continue reading Flower Communion
Our summer services begin with an invitation to worship with Unitarian Universalists all over the world. Join the Live-stream General Assembly Virtual Worship Service on Sunday at 10:00 am: https://www.uua.org/ga/program/highlights/sunday-morning-worship The following week we begin our summer lay-led services, also starting at 10.00 am, on Sunday, July 5.
This year has forced us to do everything differently. As we move into 2021, we will bring the hard lessons from 2020 with us. We will also bring bold hopes, dreams, and visions with us into the new year. What world will we collectively imagine? What will we do to make sure that we build … Continue reading We’ll Build a Land
For this service, In-person attendance is described below. If joining by Zoom, please use the regular First Parish Zoom account: https://zoom.us/j/4438056805 – Please note the time change – summer services start at 10am! Sunday Services from July through Labor Day at First Parish Dorchester are traditionally lead by lay members of our congregation, while our minister is on … Continue reading Summer Service July 11 at 10 am -Worship Leader Bruce Shatswell
Unitarian Universalism is an intentionally pluralist faith. In order to live into our call to be a pluralist congregation, we have to be able to talk about what is real and true for us. It matters so much how we do this. And we need to be able to really listen to each other. Join … Continue reading Listen
