20180909_0667-ingathering Worship Service September 9, 2018 10:30 am in the Sanctuary Welcome back, First Parishioners! At our annual Ingathering Worship, the program staff is excited to see everyone who’s been away for the summer months and all those who led and participated in our summer worship services. We’re also eager to welcome our new intern […] The post Ingathering Worship & Water Communion appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

Reading 1 Lisa Bond 20180805_0660-lynes-reading-1-lisa-bond Reading 2 Elizabeth Rosa 20180805_0660-lynes-reading-2-elizabeth-rosa Reading 3 Gail Lehman 20180805_0660-lynes-reading-3-gail-lehman Sermon Phil Lynes 20180805_0660-lynes-sermon Reading 4 Virginia Shapiro 20180805_0660-lynes-reading-4-virgina-shapiro Reading 5 Deborah Niles 20180805_0660-lynes-reading-5-deborah-niles Summer Worship Service August 5, 2018 10:30 am in the Parish Hall Phil Lynes presenting In their marriage ceremony 49 years ago Phil and Carolyn incorporated […] The post Kahlil Gibran – Philosopher, Poet, Artist appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

20180902_0664-livingston-sermon Summer Worship Service September 2, 2018 10:30 am in the Parish Hall Cathy Livingston presiding Dr. Livingston will share insights from her current consulting practice with higher education institutions to help them increase their effectiveness in supporting today’s students in achieving their educational goals.  The profiles of today’s college students reflect significant changes in […] The post Becoming a Student-Ready 
College in the 21st Century 
is a Social Justice Issue appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

20180812_0661-jim-L-sermon Summer Worship Service August 12, 2018 10:30 in the Parish Hall Rev. Jim Leffingwell preaching Jim is a retired, ordained, American Baptist minister.  After graduation from Seminary, he served as pastor of churches in Berkeley, CA, Emporia, KS, and Kansas City MO.  He then served 10 years as the Executive Director of the Metropolitan […] The post In Pursuit of Happiness appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

20180729_0657-fred-small-sermon Summer Worship Service Rev. Fred Small July 29, 2018 10:30 in the Parish Hall A glass vase will one day shatter.  If we accept it as “already broken,” Buddhists advise, we may appreciate it more while it is whole.  In this sense, everything is already broken: our bodies, our relationships, our planet.  But at […] The post Already Broken, Already Whole appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

20180722_0654-sermon Summer Worship Service July 22, 2018 10:30 am in the Parish Hall Rev. Michelle Walsh preaching Some of us are old enough to have lived through turbulent times in the past and feel the similarities. How do we draw upon the lessons of the past that often are not taught in our schools to […] The post The Times They Are A-Changin appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

20180701_0646-Jolie Olivetti-pilgramage-sermon- Summer Worship Service Rev. Jolie Olivetti July 1, 22018 10:30 am in the Parish Hall We make the road by walking – so goes the poem by Antonio Machado. The way ahead is not always laid out for us, and sometimes it takes a little bushwhacking and slogging in the mud to get […] The post Pilgrimages appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

  20180610_0638-catie-sermon Worship Service June 10, 2019 10:30 am in the Sanctuary For our annual Pride worship service, we will examine the history and present issues of LGBTQ rights movement through the lens of hope and hopelessness. Is it hope, or love, or both that keep us going together through difficult times? Our First Parish […] The post Equality As Yet Unrealized appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

20180617_0643-catie-sermon Worship Service June 17, 2018 10:30 am in the Sanctuary It’s a packed Sunday! At this month’s multigenerational worship service, we will honor Fathers’ Day; celebrate the UU Flower Communion tradition; and, close out worship in the sanctuary until September. We’ll also have our First Parish Singers, UU Ringers, and SongSquad offer music. Our service […] The post Sending Forth appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.

Reading 20180513_0634-one-source-reading Homily 20180513_0634-one-source-catie-homily Worship Service May 13, 2018 10:30 in the Sanctuary One Source, Many Beings  All living beings are interconnected, springing forth from the earliest Homo sapiens and, even earlier, to the first living single-celled organisms. In our Mother’s Day multigenerational service, we will celebrate our deep connection with all our fellow people and Earth’s creatures. […] The post One Source, Many Beings appeared first on First Parish in Needham Unitarian Universalist.