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.
All of who you are is sacred.
All of who you are is welcome.
Summer Special Collection:
PLEASE CONTINUE to support the Scituate Food Pantry during the summer, but please use the drop-off locations. Check the Food Pantry’s Most Needed and Always Needed lists.
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9:30 am Summer Services (July 12 - Aug 30)
Everyone is welcome — you need not be a member, you need not recite a creed. Simply bring your whole self, as you are!
As with many UU churches, full services with choir take a break for the summer months. Summer services are held earlier, and are informal and relaxing. We gather on the sofas with coffee for discussions led by members of the congregation on themes of their choice. Everyone is welcome.
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.
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.
Sunday Services
Summer: Lay-led, informal gatherings over coffee, at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, July 12 Where Does the Time Go?
Presented by Abby Diamond-Kissiday
Sunday, July 19 Teach! Reach! Preach!
Presented by Jenn Mackey and Indivisible Scituate. Part of the national Weekend of Action honoring the legacy of John Lewis.
Sunday, July 26 Why Are You Here? Have You Seen Everything You Want To?
Presented by Abby Diamond-Kissiday
Sunday, Aug 2 Everything Is Waiting For You
Presented by Mary Beaulieu. Meditations on the poem by David Whyte.
Sunday, Aug 9 Growing in the Community
Presented by Jon Belber, Community Outreach & Farm to Food Pantry Director at Holly Hill Farm in Cohasset MA. We will be planting!
Sunday, Aug 16 The Prophetic Sisterhood
Presented by Kate Glennon. Inspirations from Cynthia Grant Tucker's book about the radical projects of the Iowa Sisterhood.
Sunday, Aug 23 Lessons from a Box of Broken Crayons
Presented by Connie Drapeau Kennedy.
Sunday, Aug 30 "Trifles" (one-act play performance)
Susan Glaspell's 1916 one-act play, presented by Lin Haire-Sargent and Acting Out Together
First Parish In the Community
Heritage Days in Scituate (Sunday, Aug 9)
Root Beer Float Extravaganza!
Open 1- 5 pm (with Lawson Tower bell concert 4 - 5 pm)
Enjoy a frosty treat on the lawn, listening to tunes pealing from Scituate's unique Lawson Tower bells. First Parish UU welcomes all visitors to our beautiful 1880 meetinghouse, to our third annual Root Beer Float Extravaganza, featuring the traditional old-time treat of root-beer with vanilla ice-cream ... or add a brownie, or try an orange creamsicle version!
Blue Boat Coffeehouse (Sat, Oct 3 at 6:00 pm)
Blue Boat Presents:
Sarah Blacker and the Light
with opening act Sam Luke Chase
Stand for Democracy:
On hiatus for the summer months (normally Sundays at noon)
ICE OUT
First Parish Scituate is joining Indivisible Scituate and a broad coalition of groups across the country demanding accountability, honoring the lives lost, and making visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.
A core principle behind all ICE Out events is a commitment to nonviolent action and to civil disobedience. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values, and to act lawfully at these events.
First Parish Scituate is joining Indivisible Scituate and a broad coalition of groups across the country demanding accountability, honoring the lives lost, and making visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.
A core principle behind all ICE Out events is a commitment to nonviolent action and to civil disobedience. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values, and to act lawfully at these events.
Parish Events
Parish activities are detailed in each weekly newsletter
Social Justice Activities
Get involved with the Social Justice Committee's initiatives. Plan or attend activities at church or in the larger community that advocate, educate, and serve the causes of justice and democracy.
Check the newsletter for resources, parish activities, community events, and online workshops.
Check the newsletter for resources, parish activities, community events, and online workshops.
Acting Out Together: A Play-reading Group
Acting Out Together meets on third Fridays to read a good play together, and discuss the interesting issues it raises. The best dramas are built on difficult human problems. In the spirit of our church's commitment to social justice, we want to offer interactive dramatic reading as a way for all of us to engage with dilemmas that resonate with our own lives--in community, nation, and world.
Game Night (all ages!)
Held on second Fridays, game nights are a longstanding tradition at First Parish, and great fun for all ages. People bring board games, cards, tile games, and puzzles. Play, teach, or just come hang out. Oh, and there's pizza!
Fididdlers Craftivist Group (offsite)
The (historic!) Fididdlers crafting group invites you to join us Wednesday nights from 7-9 pm; this takes place at hosts' homes. It’s a great time to meet up with other church members, and learn easy-to-do crafts (including protest projects!). You don’t need to be an artist or activist - everything is very simple and we have all the supplies needed. Check the newsletter for see who is hosting, or to see what donated materials you could supply.
A Ministry of Soup!
Our Soup Group cooks up gallons of nutritious, delicious soups every couple of weeks that get delivered to our neighbors in the community via the Scituate Food Pantry — currently upwards of 300 families. This project is in collaboration with the Holly Hill Farm "Farm to Food Pantry" program.