This Week in Worship Sunday, November 30, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse Most of us know the story of Plymouth Rock and how when the folks getting off the Mayflower needed to come onto land they stepped on it. If you listen the way folks talk about that stone, you would think that by stepping … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 11/28/2014

This Week in Worship Sunday, November 23, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse What a wonderful weekend it was at First Parish, the excitement at the auction, which showed that the theology of abundance is alive and well here. Having Rev. Weller fill our pulpit on Sunday was a thrill for me and I know that … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 11/21/2014

Saturday, November 15, 2014 It’s finally here! The First Parish FunRaiser is this Saturday, starting at 7pm in the Parish Hall. Your $10 entry fee gets you one beverage, appetizers, desserts, live music, laughter, community socializing, and the opportunity to bid on many unique and exciting items in both a live and silent auction format. … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 11/14/2014

This Week in Worship Sunday, November 9, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse This Sunday : The Divinity of Forgiveness In some versions of the Lord’s Prayer people ask to have their trespasses forgiven, others their debts and still others ask to have their sins forgiven, all then say that they will forgive those who have … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 11/7/2014

Don’t Forget to Change Your Clocks! This Week in Worship Sunday, November 2, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse The Rev. David O. Rankin, one of my childhood ministers, wrote a piece about the dangers of preaching politics from the pulpit. “In 1968, I delivered a sermon prior to the presidential election. It was not a … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/31/2014

This Week in Worship Sunday, October 26, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse James Joyce wrote in Ulysses “God is a shout in the street,” I must admit I always liked that understanding, it is of course not theologically orthodox, but I think that is the point. Ours is a faith that calls us to find … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/24/2014

This Week in Worship Sunday, October 19, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse Why did you first come to this church? Had you belonged to another Unitarian Universalist church, or did you hear about the music? Were your children in need of religious education, or were you looking for a liberal religious community. Or maybe you … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/17/2014

This Week in Worship Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse This Sunday we will celebrate the annual Animal Blessing. I have never taken part in an animal blessing, and to be honest I am nervous about it. Not for the reasons you may think, I don’t think I’ll be bitten or have to … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/10/2014

This Week in Worship Sunday, September 28, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse One of my favorite books about the history of “Churches of the Standing Order” as the Puritans called their churches is “Sabbath in Puritan New England” by Alice Morse Earle. Although the title is rather dry, the contents are not, for Ms. Earle … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 10/3/2014

This Week in Worship Sunday, September 28, 2014 10:30am in the Meetinghouse This past Tuesday as I walked around the Church of the Presidents in Quincy, I kept thinking of Tony Dutzik’s mantra, that I shared with you in a recent sermon, of Mission Over Museum. It is very much like a museum not only … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 9/27/2014