This Week in Worship Sunday, September 27 Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall I grew up in the First Unitarian Church in New Bedford which at the time had a very humanist centered theology. Unlike some religions which stress the importance of God above all things, humanism focuses primarily on the importance, authority, and potential of … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 9/24/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, September 20 Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall I spent part of last Saturday night at the orientation meeting for the youth group and their parents. My part of the meeting was to talk about the role of covenants in our faith tradition and then to help the parents of the … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 9/17/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, September 13 Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Well Homecoming Sunday is upon us and with it the hopes and dreams of the coming year. Much has been written and much more will be spoken in the coming weeks about what this year will bring us, but as no one should … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 9/10/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, September 6 — Summmer Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Music: David Won and Tim Steele At this morning’s service we are happy to welcome tenor David Won. He will be sharing two musical selections which will also be heard this Friday as a part of the 9/11 commemoration ceremony at … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 9/3/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, August 30 Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce A sealed bag containing a scrap of wall paper dating from the 19th century, a container of floppy disks, a cabinet full of cassette tapes from before I was ordained, and a change counting machine. All this and more was found while cleaning … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/27/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, August 23 Summmer Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce The television host Stephen Colbert lost two of his brothers, and his dad, in a plane crash when he was 10 years old. And yet he is so full of joy, and antics, and abiding religious … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/20/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, August 16 Summmer Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Worship Leader: Chris Alburger Chris Alburger is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School. Chris has served as Assistant Chaplain at Suffolk University Interfaith Center and Research Associate for the Pluralism Project. Chris is interested in the intersection of religion and politics, … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/13/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, August 9 Summmer Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce Friends, I was recently on the social media when I saw photos of my friend’s children waiting for the school bus to take them to their first day school. Yes they were friends who live in … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/6/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, August 2 Summmer Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Worship leader this week is Jim May From our Interim Minister… A friend and colleague who recently moved back to New England after a number of years serving churches in the Southwest told me a story of visiting the new church … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 7/30/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, July 26 Summmer Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Worship leader this week is Rev. Hank Peirce Don’t Believe the Hype: I learned long ago not to believe what is written, in even the finest newspapers, but it took me a while to understand that I needed to apply that … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 7/24/2015