Service Descriptions

Join us for So, Now What?!?! with guest speaker Lisa Fagerstrom. As we sit in community the Sunday after Inauguration Day, perhaps it will be inevitable to be wondering, "so, now what?" This sermon will invite us to reflect on where we have been, where we are, and...

To honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we consider the current state of discourse in our nation. Cognitive science and linguistics have given us new ways to understand ourselves in our differences and our similarities. Some fresh insight will be offered today that...

What if these four geniuses agreed to sit down and speak with one another about their conceptions of life, death, god, justice and love? Where would their perspectives mesh…and when would they agree to disagree? What is relevant about each one in our times?

In this, the first gathering of 2025 we will: Toll the bell for loved ones who died in 2024.Peal the bell for children born or adopted into our lives in 2024.And then, given this universal pattern of the cycle from birth to death, ask the question: What patterns are...

Join First Parish to celebrate Christmas Eve! Meaning gleaned from an ancient story.Peace felt in the expectant dark.Community shared. Carols that resonate with joy.Candles lit by a circle of people whose faces shine with love.What is waiting to be born...

Light One Candle with Yaakov "Trek" Reef  At Framingham UU, 24 Vernon Street Framingham, MAIn-person and online Hanukkah is happening this week. I'd like to offer some thoughts on light and darkness as we say goodbye to 2024 and prepare for 2025.  Yaakov ""Trek""...

The dark time of the year has so much beauty and spiritual meaning. Seeds of possibility are buried in the ground and rest before they begin to grow up to the light. We pause to recognize the companionship of all life and what it teaches us, how it loves us. 

Well, who knew? It is quite possible to pet and hug a porcupine. And we are all prickly at some time or other. How does a porcupine become more open to love? How does the person attempting to love those beings protected by quills enable this to happen?

Revelry Service with the Morris Dancers Join us for our Revelry Service!  This winter holiday service celebrates the longest night and the shortest day and draws upon ancient sacred and folk traditions.  Music, readings, and dance are woven throughout this festive...

Advent...a time of waiting. Waiting for the birth. Waiting for the returning light. Waiting for that which will turn the world toward something healing, new, and miraculous. Let's consider what the shape of that waiting could mean for Unitarian Universalists, for...