Past Services

Sunday, July 7th, 2024

"Weaving Our Lives: the UUA’s General Assembly Worship Service"

Online Only: use the usual Zoom link below

Join us for a recording of the previous Sunday’s service at General Assembly, which this year is being held virtually. It will reflect on the reality that we are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to this weaving so that all of us are held in care? 
 

Please use the regular Zoom link below, and then at 10am our Zoom Host Sharon Brownfield will start playing the recording that we can all watch together.

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: None this Sunday

Sunday, June 30th, 2024

"FPC's Work with the Interfaith Partnership for Refugee Resettlement"

For almost 3 years FPC has been in partnership with seven local area churches known as the IPRR that work together to help resettle refugees. Members of the Asylum Seekers Task Force will describe our success with two Afghan families allowing them to gain full independence. We are now assisting a large extended family from Rohingya (formerly Burma) who had been living in exile in Bangladesh for many years before their recent move to Lowell.    

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted on Saturday before service)

Sunday, June 23rd, 2024

"Emily and Johann: A Dialogue"

Join Music Director Chris Hossfeld for a service of music and poetry. The movements of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita No. 6 in E minor for keyboard will be played throughout the service, interspersed with poems by Emily Dickinson that highlight themes from the music. In effect, Emily Dickinson and J.S. Bach will be in dialogue with each other across time and space.

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted on Saturday before service)

Sunday, June 16th, 2024

"Annual Jazz Summer Service"

Come and enjoy our very own Parish Jazz Band, led by Michael Paladini, for a service focused on the Blues, featuring music from Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, and others. Michael’s homily will be on “The Paradox of Suffering”—why we need it, even though we try to avoid it. 

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted on Saturday before service)

Sunday, June 9th, 2024

"The Flower Ceremony"

- Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum 

The Flower Ceremony, sometimes called Flower Communion, is a Unitarian Universalist ritual celebrated now in its 51st year, where everyone is invited to bring a flower that goes into a group bouquet. The flowers represent the glorious diversity of humanity, so it's particularly appropriate that we celebrate this in the midst of Pride Month, as our beautiful LGBTQ+ diversity is part of what we celebrate in the rainbow of flowers that are gathered. We'll also have our annual church picnic following the service -- pack a lunch and lawn games and picnic blankets or folding chairs! This year we may have our picnic at the park next door, so stay tuned for details!

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted by the Saturday before service)

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024

"Transformation"

Intergenerational Service

- Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum with guest musician Joe Jencks
Summer is a time of shifting: school years end and begin, as do the tenures of FPC and UU officers. Right now, too, much of our society is transforming with new models emerging, and church life is no exception. This service will mark the transition of the completion of our first "First Chalice" class that we've had since 2019 and talk about how we learn to embrace transformation and change. All this supplemented with the fabulous music of musician Joe Jencks!
 

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted on Saturday before service)

Sunday, May 26th, 2024

"The Rev. Jo Murphy, UU Mass Action"

This service will feature the Rev. Jo Murphy, Executive Director of “UU Mass Action,” a statewide justice organization for Unitarian Universalists. UU Mass Action, whose first directors were FPC members, has been working since 2006 to help organize and mobilize the 142 congregations in Massachusetts, consisting of some 20,000 UUs, to address things at the state level. UU Mass Action has five primary campaigns of indigenous justice, immigrant justice, climate & environmental justice, economic & housing justice, and decarceration & end solitary. Come and hear more about justice in our state and how UUs can work together!

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (NEW printable version) 

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

"Religious Education Sunday and Bridging"

-Rayla Baldwin-Mattson and members of the RE Program, along with the Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum

Come join us for this special service celebrating our religious education program with our recognition of graduating high school seniors “bridging” to adulthood. The service will also feature our annual “RE Extravaganza”! 

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (NEW printable version) 

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

"Faith of Our Foremothers"

- The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum 

Rev. Cindy will profile several women or groups of women who have made a difference in Unitarian and Universalist history.

Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed. 

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE (NEW printable version) 

Sunday, May 5th, 2024

"Building Connection: One Song, One Strawberry, at a Time"

The Morningstar Singers
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum
FPC member Aimee Ledwell
Director of Religious Education Rayla Baldwin-Mattson 
Music Director Chris Hossfeld

Join us on the lawn behind the church (come through Atrium doors and head through doors directly across). The rain location will be Fellowship Hall. FPC hosts the Morningstar Singers in this special service about building community and beginning reparations. The Morningstar Singers are a women’s traditional hand drum group from the United Native American Cultural Center in Devens, MA, that seeks to preserve and continue the beautiful tradition of women’s singing in native culture.

Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)

FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.

Order of Service: CLICK HERE

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