Pastors' Blog
Dear Ones,
One of the joys of this summer worship series has been learning about all of the different paths that have led us to worship on Sunday morning, or even just led us to our current faith. Sometimes these paths loop around, picking up different perspectives and experiences along the way, until we find the landing spot that fits us just right and feels like home.
Our homilist this Sunday is our beloved United Parish member, Casey Brown, who will share with us their...
NOTE: For this Sunday, 10am worship will be in our Sanctuary, not in Willett Hall.
Two years ago, Netflix came out with a six-part series called “The Story of God,” narrated by Morgan Freeman. It’s a well-produced docu-series that goes all over the world and explores how various faith traditions grapple with the idea of the divine. I was intrigued that they began the first episode of their story in discussing death.
Death is an inevitable part of our lives. I will die, you will...
Dear Ones,
For many years now, United Parish has partnered in ministry with common cathedral, an outdoor church for the housed and unhoused that meets every week on Boston Common. Our youth have participated twice in their CityReach program, we've hosted common art gallery shows, and we've...
About five years ago, a young couple came into our midst, after relocating to Boston from Texas to study theology. They have blessed us repeatedly with their musical gifts, their preaching, their Church School teaching, their active participation in our 20/30s group, ushering in worship and adding their thoughts and voices in a variety of meetings and social justice efforts.
Like some of us, Kendra and Chad Moore grew up in a conservative strain of Christianity. And like many of us,...
Summer Worship is at 10am, downstairs in Willett Hall
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me... Matthew 25:35
Have you ever entered a room, a building, a neighborhood or some other space where you knew no one at all? A place where you were going in essentially a stranger? How'd it feel? Were there butterflies in your stomach? Were you trying to sneak in and out, unnoticed? Were...
When we decided on the theme of Milestones in our Faith for worship this summer, I immediately thought of my call story, or the story of when/how I first felt called to ministry. I soon realized, however, that to me, it didn't really feel like a milestone. The true milestone for me was the role that my sense of call has played in my faith journey itself. Specifically, in the difficult 12 months after graduating Seminary, which were marked with loneliness, financial insecurity, and fear. This...
REMINDER: Summer Worship begins at 10am this Sunday, June 16, in Willett Hall
This past Lent, we embarked on a study of "Exploring our Faith," setting out on a weekly adventure of thinking about and articulating how we experience and describe our faith. We did this exploration individually and in study groups. On Easter Sunday, we shared some of our faith statements, both in the...
All-Parish Potluck and Spring Meeting this Sunday, after Worship. Come and hear our plans for the year ahead and stay for as long as you can!Church School Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, 9:45am, Memorial Park (or Parlor if rainy)
This Sunday is the Day of Pentecost, that annual liturgical holiday when we remember the fiery, blustery, confounding and clarifying power of the Holy Spirit coming among the first Christians and helping them understand one another, despite their differences...
Dear United Parish Family,
If you’re reading this, chances are you have some feelings about being a teenager- whether it’s something you’re looking forward to with joy or anxiety, something you’re right smack dab in the middle of and trying to navigate, or something you look back on with a whole mix of memories, angsty and nostalgic all at once.
And you know...
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor- would you be mine? Could you be mine?
I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,
I have always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you;
So, let's make the most of this beautiful day;
since we're together we might as well say,
"Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor?"
Hi Neighbor!
This Sunday, we're continuing in our theme of "...
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