One Atheist’s Ten Suggestions – February 19, 2012
Rev. Richard Trudeau returns to the pulpit as this week’s guest minister. Penn Jillette, of the Penn & Teller magic/comedy team, calls himself a “hardcore atheist” and offers his own “Ten Suggestions” in place of the traditional Ten Commandments. Sunday’s sermon compares the two. Richard Trudeau, a onetime intern and then Assistant Minister at Theodore Parker Church, is in his 17th year as minister of the UU Church of Weymouth. In his former life he was a mathematics...
Read MoreThe Tower of Babel – February 12, 2012
Continuing our year’s investigation of Bible stories, this Sunday we encounter “The Tower of Babel.” The story of how a once-united humanity came to be divided and scattered is one of those universal myths that appears in many different traditions across time and culture. We now live in a time in which our divisions are felt so acutely and tragically, our need for unity is so urgent, and the possibilities for global community are closer than they have been since the primordial time described in the story of Babel. Part of our Unitarian Universalist practice is to strive to make bridges...
Read More300 Years Through the Eyes of Our Ancestors – February 5, 2012
The service features excerpts from documents written at various times in our history telling us our church’s life story, read by church members who have been involved in the 300th Anniversary preparations. Listen Recordings of complete worship services are available to registered users via the Members’...
Read MoreBread and Roses – January 29, 2012
This week’s worship service, led by Rev. Lilli Nye, honors the 100th anniversary of the Lawrence Textile Strike, also known as the “Bread and Roses Strike” or the “Three Loaves Strike” (in reference to the amount of bread each family would lose from their already-meager rations if the threatened pay reduction went into effect). As a successful strike carried out by immigrant, mainly female, and ethnically diverse workers, it carries forward our “David & Goliath” theme. We’ll consider some of the historic struggles of the American labor...
Read MoreRocking Time – January 22, 2012
Our student minister, Connie St. Hilaire, leads the worship service. The sermon, Rocking Time, is about how we can grieve healthfully and how we can support one another during a time of mourning. Listen Recordings of complete worship services are available to registered users via the Members’...
Read MoreThe Story of David and Goliath – January 15, 2012
This Sunday we look at the ancient story of David and Goliath, and a parallel story of a more contempory expression of David and Goliath — Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights struggle. Throughout history, breakthroughs in the fight against oppression are often brought about by unlikely champions who muster the courage to face their seemingly insurmountable foes. Listen Recordings of complete worship services are available to registered users via the Members’...
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