This Week in Worship Sunday, October 25 — Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Theme: Kinship I want to start this week’s article by thanking everyone for coming to the Beyond Categorical Thinking program last week. I know it was informative and will aid your church in getting the best minister possible. This Sunday we’ll be wrapping … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/22/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, October 15 — Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall Beyond Categorical Thinking A few years ago, I had applied to become the minister in a Unitarian Universalist church in the UK, and for a few days I imagined what that would be like. What would the membership be like, what hymnal … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/15/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, October 11 — Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall The Blessing of the Animals Worship Leader: Jennie Mulqueen The idea of blessing animals in a church service was one of those things that had never entered my mind until someone mentioned that it was happening at their church. I thought for … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/8/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, October 4 — Worship @ 10:30 am in Parish Hall It’s New Member Sunday and we have six wonderful folks who will be signing the membership book during the service. It is also World Communion Sunday. Is there a connection? Yes there is and it has to do with this month’s worship … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/1/2015

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