Welcome!
In Unitarian Universalism, you can bring your true self: your full identity, your questioning mind, your expansive heart. Each time we gather we create a home for open minds, loving hearts, and helpful spirits.
During the church year (starting the Sunday after Labor Day and ending the third Sunday in June) we invite you to join us for worship at 10:30am, and coffee and fellowship at 11:30am. During the summer months we offer lay-led worship at 9:30am in The Beal House (our parish house, located diagonally across the street from the Meetinghouse).
The Beal House (Parish Hall)
First Parish Meetinghouse
As a pluralistic community, we believe we are enriched by differences. We invite, welcome, and celebrate people of all ages, races, ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender expression, levels of education, and economic status.
Our facilities are wheelchair accessible. Designated parking can be found close to the front entrance of the church and close to the front entrance of Sampson Hall, where coffee hour takes place after the worship service.
how is First Parish Church different from other churches?
We are a pluralistic faith community, meaning we each bring our own understandings of Life – these might or might not include God, great spiritual teachers, or other elements. Unitarian Universalism emphasizes deeds, not creeds. We are a covenantal people, meaning that we make agreements about how we want to live lives that help to heal the world and “build heaven on earth,” as our Universalist heritage teaches. Our Unitarian heritage teaches us to be open to wisdom wherever we might find it, and to use our reason and experience of life to guide us in living out that wisdom.
Please visit the “What We Believe” tab to find out more.
“OUR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PRINCIPLES
The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth;
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process;
The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all;
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.”