This year we are not able to invite the community into FPS for the Harvest Fair. Instead, we will hold a food drive for the Sudbury Food Pantry. Food insecurity continues to increase as our communities struggle with COVID-19 and high unemployment rates. Please join us...
Who was St Francis, and why would a Franciscan Nun claim to be a Unitarian Universalist? Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty as she unpacks the beliefs of the Franciscan tradition in comparison to Unitarian Universalism. Please invite your non-human familiars for a blessing of the animals.
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What does it mean to save the soul of a Nation? Is it possible to create a place of peace during a pandemic, devastating wildfires, and the hottest recorded temperatures on the planet? What does it take to save the soul of a Nation, or a people who inhabit a planet? Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty as she considers competing ideals, agendas, and ambitions to “Keep America Great” and/or “Save the Soul of the Nation.”
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As summer ends and we return to the “regular” church year, the COVID Task Force would like to share information related to gathering online, using the Meetinghouse this church year, and the results of the COVID survey. We will continue to gather online until it is...
On September 19th, 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson in response to a letter from Frederick Henry Hedge calling for a “symposium” gathered with like-minded thinkers to engage in a free discussion of theological and moral subjects. Those who gathered sought a way to find meaning that was inherently and personally grounded in a sense of connection to the divine deemed by Emerson as the Oversoul. Is there such a thing as the divine and are human beings innately created in the image of the divine? Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty as she considers a walk-through transcendentalism and our connection with something larger than oneself.
Dunbar numbers “What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever. ― Seth Godin“I think we are at a new evolutionary stage. We evolved in...
Rev. Marjorie looks forward to welcoming you to our online* Homecoming Service on Sunday, September 13, at 10 am.
It is our tradition on Homecoming Sunday to share in a water ritual. Like in past years, we will collect water from the places that have meant so much to us over the summer—streams, lakes, rivers, ponds, garden hoses—or even from summer rainfall.
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It’s a tradition at FPS to end summer services with a poetry slam. Gather with us online on August 30th to share poems that speak to you: contemporary, classical, free verse, haikus… all are welcome. And, if you write poetry, bring those to share. The service will be...
The COVID-19 Task Force and the leadership of FPS want to know what you are experiencing as we continue to gather online for worship, social hour, religious exploration, small groups, and meetings. While our sanctuary is wherever we gather, we know that social...
Join us in a follow-up discussion to the recent sermon by Rob Kinslow. We will discuss why we try, even against all odds, to create good. The divine part of our human nature, the angel part, the part that can hear angels or the universe whispering, is that part of us...