First Parish Northboro, Unitarian Universalist
40 Church Street, Northboro, Massachusetts
WELCOME TO FIRST PARISH NORTHBORO
"... a welcoming and beloved community that inspires spiritual growth and social action."
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Our Vision
We are a spiritual home for individuals and families, for people of faith and seekers of meaning. We are a welcoming, open community, active in social and environmental justice. We affirm the worth of all people and the interdependent web of all existence.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be a welcoming and beloved community that inspires spiritual growth and social action.
Our Members and Friends
We are a diverse, welcoming congregation. We are young and old. We are heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered. We are city dwellers and suburbanites. We are affluent and just getting by. We are single and living in many different types of families. We are a congregation of few colors that would like to be a congregation of many colors. We come together from many religious backgrounds. While we are located in Northboro, we are less than 20 minutes from downtown Worcester, and people attend from throughout Central Massachusetts. Our location is particularly convenient for residents of Boylston, Shrewsbury, and Southborough.
A Welcoming Congregation affirms the presence and participation of Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, and/or Transgendered people. To be a Welcoming Congregation, we had a series of workshops sponsored a diversity dance, a gay/straight discussion group, sponsored movies, and led a number of worship services. The UUA recognized us in June of 2001 as a Welcoming Congregation.
We are a
Green Sanctuary
Green Sanctuary is the name of a formalized process developed by the organization, UU Ministry for the Earth, to assist UU congregations in living in greater harmony with our planetary home while also helping solve the numerous environmental crises that threaten humanity’s quality of life and the lives of future generations. In 2008, First Parish Church, UU, Northboro became an accredited Green Sanctuary, an accomplishment in which we joyously celebrate. However, accreditation was just a stepping-stone in our individual and collective journeys to further actualize our Seventh Principle, “to respect the interdependent web of which we are part,” in and through our lives lived.
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This Sunday
May 19
This is our annual Celebration of the children's Religious Education Year. Teachers will share insights from their own experience. Students will explain the life achievements of Henry Bergh in a series of skits; the youngest will share ideas about helping out with Henry's passionate commitment. Are you wondering who Henry Bergh was? Come learn about one of our "famous" UUs! It's all about the ASPCA and the New York SPCA.
May 26
Laura Trendel will speak with us about the history and meanings of this spiritual practice. Jason Dulac, who built our own labyrinth with help from others in our congregation will share some of his thoughts about his process of building our labyrinth. If it is a nice day, after service, we can go and walk the labyrinth. Rev. Judith will lead this service.
June 2
Annual Meeting follows the service.
The Perspective Newsletter
10:30AM
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Religious Education (“RE”) Sunday
NOTE: FOOD DRIVE FOR NORTHBORO FOOD PANTRY TODAY! PLEASE BRING SOMETHING TO DONATE!
The Spiritual Art of Walking a Labyrinth
Annual Flower Communion.
May 2013
Come as you are and be welcomed.
First Parish Unitarian Universalist
40 Church Street
Northboro, MA 01532 USA
Phone: (508) 393-6422
Fax: (508) 393-8938