Recent Sermons
Living Our Values with Ms. Laura Wagner
Join the congregation at First Parish of Sudbury for the first of our Sunday services during the time our settled minister is on sabbatical. This Sunday, Jan. 13, we welcome back to our pulpit Ms. Laura Wagner, executive director of UU Mass Action, the Unitarian Universalist State Action Network. Their mission is to organize and mobilize UUs to confront injustice. Ms. Wagner’s sermon is titled “Living Our Values”. Join us to learn more. This Sunday we will “Share the Plate”–half of the collection will go to...
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Join the congregation at First Parish of Sudbury for the first of our Sunday services during the time our settled minister is on sabbatical. This Sunday, Jan. 13, we welcome back to our pulpit Ms. Laura Wagner, executive director of UU Mass Action, the Unitarian Universalist State Action Network. Their mission is to organize and mobilize UUs to confront injustice. Ms. Wagner’s sermon is titled “Living Our Values”. Join us to learn more. This Sunday we will “Share the Plate”–half of the collection will go to...
read moreEndings and Beginnings…
The first Sunday of the New Year is an important time at First Parish it is a time when we remember those whom we have lost over the year and the new additions to our families who arrived. Please bring the names of those whom you would like to honor for this service. This will also be the last Sunday before Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty’s sabbatical begins. Rev. Marjorie will be sharing her thoughts about sabbatical, the upcoming themes and how to take care of one another in her absence. The next few months will be filled with many different...
read moreHome for the Holidays…
Come join us this Sunday to sing carols, share stories and to wonder about what is needed to create a sense of “home” no matter where you are during the...
read moreAuction Sermon: Nature
In ancient times… during the dark days of winter, at the birth of spring, thru the abundance of summer and the harvest humankind has sought deeper meaning, entities to blame and allies for our journey. The mother, Goddess who gave birth and meaning to life, the father, God who worked the land and the people towards achievement. Throughout history meaning has been imagined and shared through ritual, legend and folklore. The stars and heavens held the truth. The pagan faith, the beliefs of our ancestors before organized religion was a...
read morePeace…
What is peace? Is peace attainable and maintainable in this life? Can we imagine living in peace and what would we, humankind, need to give up and accept in order to create peace on earth? Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty as she imagines and embraces a practice of peace....
read moreA Festival of Revelry!
Be sure to join us for our annual Festival of Revelry! This year, on Sunday, December 2, our Mummers Play will center on the conflict between Nature and Civilization, Chaos and Order…and Dionysus and Apollo! These Greek gods were half brothers with very different personalities and ethical mores. Come see how this plays out, hear great music and enjoy great Morris Dance....
read moreGenerosity and Gratitude
Join Dave and Alex Andrews for a special service this Sunday, Nov. 25 with beautiful music and a sermon offered by Dave, “Generosity and Gratitude”....
read moreThanks and Giving…
‘Tis the season for giving thanks for all of the bounty of the year, for family and friends and for the official start to the holiday feasting! Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty as she extols the virtues and blessings of New England Thanksgiving traditions....
read moreGratitude – Our Spiritual Currency…
Why is it so important that we, as a people, give with a generous heart? Why is it important that we lift up one another instead of put one another down? How we give of ourselves marks how our experience of life will unfold. Rev. Marjorie calls this premise and the resultant exchange of energy spiritual currency or compassionate currency. During a month all about gratitude join us to imagine what our effort in the world could create....
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