Welcome to First Parish

Each of us has worth and dignity. As Unitarian Universalists, we welcome persons of all sexual orientation, gender and its expression, religious background, marital status, family structure, age, mental and physical health and ability, racial and cultural identity or background, and educational and socioeconomic status. We value diversity and see it as a spiritual gift. All may share in the fellowship and leadership, blessings and joys of our congregation's life.
All of who you are is sacred.
All of who you are is welcome.

Join us for Sunday services at 10:30 am  Join us for the service at 10:30 am, for the religious education program for kids (soon after the service begins), and for coffee hour and fellowship afterwards. Everyone is welcome — you need not be a member, you need not recite a creed. Simply bring your whole self, as you are!

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Scituate MA is a vibrant, inclusive community of faith. We are a non-credal church stressing love, service, and religious freedom. ("Liberal" means 'free' in its theologic sense, in that your religion is about how you live, not what you believe.) Grounded in our Unitarian Universalist principles and purposes, we affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and we support each individual's unique search for truth and meaning.

Where are you on your spiritual journey? Wherever you are, we're curious to meet you. Join us in exploring “the big questions” and cultivating ways to live the answers amidst today’s modern challenges. Our congregation seeks ways to build community, guide our children, deepen spiritually, and to make a positive difference in the world.

Our interim minister: We welcome the Rev. Erin Splaine (she/her) as our Interim minister through 2025. 

This month’s Social Justice Collection will be donated to Side With Love, the Organizing Strategy Team of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). They provide programs and resources that help UU’s working across social justice causes organize and improve participants’ knowledge and skills while also furnishing spiritual events to ground all work in UU values.
How to Give:

• Sunday, March 2 to the collection plate
• Via FPUU
• Direct to the org.

Rev. Erin Splaine preaching.

Led by Beth Dubuisson.

Rev. Michael Hall preaching.
The Reverend Michael F. Hall has been the settled minister at the Keene Unitarian Universalist Church for 12 years, and will soon make a move to the UU Congregation of Franklin NH. During his time in Keene, Rev. Hall served as chair of the Keene Interfaith Clergy, the United Campus Ministry to Keene State College and was a member of the City of Keene’s Martin Luther King/Jonathan Daniels Committee. He is originally from Massachusetts.

“Poetry,” wrote Robert Frost, “is when an emotion has found its thought, and the thought has found words.” Our Sunday service on the 23rd will be a celebration of emotions, thoughts, and words as we focus on poetry (poems are favorites submitted, and read by, the congregation).
Rev. Erin Splaine leading.

Rev Erin Splaine, with Sheryl P.

What was happening in Old Scituate (today’s Scituate and Norwell) on or around April 19, 1775?
A Town Meeting has been called, and residents are eager to hear the latest news. Have more Tories been stationed in Marshfield? Does the port of Boston remain closed to all commercial traffic? When will King George III restore the citizens' rights? See how the discussion changes after a post rider enters with news of the battles.

The Scituate and Norwell Historical Societies present this exciting commemoration of the 250th anniversary of what we today call "Patriot’s Day" (the Battles of Lexington & Concord). A short fictional play, based on actual events in Scituate at the time, will be performed in both the First Parish of Scituate and the Second Parish of Scituate (today’s First Parish of Norwell).