Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum
As we’ve just passed the solstice, we’ll examine the balance of light and dark, Holly King and Oak King, and mark the turning of the year.
Past Services
Sunday, December 23rd, 2018
in the Sanctuary
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
9 am service in the Community Room 11 am service in the Sanctuary~ Mummers Play
Sunday, December 16 at 11AM
in the Sanctuary
Our Annual Mummers Play!
FPC's children and youth will perform "St. George and the Dragon" at the 11 a.m. service under the direction of Janet Beatrice. This traditional Mummers' Play is considered by many to be a celebration of the Winter Solstice.
Versions of the Mummers' Play have been performed door to door in English villages by local players for hundreds of years. Our version of St. George and the Dragon is a compilation of many plays from several different villages and includes a time-honored sword dance which was traditionally performed by the men of the village.
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
9am Service above in the Community Room 11am Service in the Sanctuary-Mummers Play
Sunday, December 16 at 9AM in the Community Room
“A Christmas Carol Celebration”
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum with Ann Sadler
Unitarian Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published 175 years ago this week! Come join Rev. Cindy and Ann Sadler for a celebration of this Christmas story that would forever change how we view Christmas.
Sunday, December 9th, 2018
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum will be preaching.
Sometimes this season can be a difficult one, whether due to seasonal affective disorder, losses in the family, conflict, loneliness, or many other things. This Sunday we’ll honor those feels and talk about how to cope with the holiday season when you’re feeling blue.
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
5:00 PM Special Christmas Vesper Service in the Sanctuary-Child care Available
This year's annual Holiday Vesper Service at FPC will welcome our new settled minister, The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum, to Stow with a program titled Christmas in New England.
The service will feature music by New England composers, including Daniel Pinkham's interesting and iconic Christmas Cantata, Gwyneth Walker's Rejoice! for choir, brass quintet, and piano, and some of your favorite carols, hymns, and readings from this area.
Our FPC Adult Choir will be accompanied by Sanghee Kim on the piano and organ, and we will be joined by a brass quintet of students from Boston University for the performance.
As always, attendance is free, a musical and spiritual gift to the congregation and the greater community during this holiday season. All are welcome. CHILD CARE AVAILABLE
Mike Pfitzer, Music Director
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum will be preaching.
Mystery and wonder are inherent in the Christmas season, but sometimes as we grow up we lose the sense of the magical possibility of the holidays. We’ll reclaim a little bit of that awe on this Sunday.
Sunday, November 25th, 2018
ONE SERVICE AT 11AM
Our Unitarian-Universalist religious heritage compels us to address the important, widespread, and complex social issue of domestic violence. This special service, created and led by FPC's Domestic Violence Awareness Group, will focus on what is now a problem of epidemic proportions in our country and in our communities. Ben Atherton-Zeman, a nationally recognized public speaker who has given presentations and performances dealing with gender-based violence in 46 states and 12 countries, will be our guest speaker.
A member of FPC, Ben is now studying at the Boston University School of Theology.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
7:00pm IN THE SANCTUARY
Our vespers this month will be a solemn recognition of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, where we toll our bell and read the names of those transgender people who lost their lives in acts of violence this year. Come and share your support for the transgender community as we bear witness in love
Sunday, November 18th, 2018
THANKSGIVING SERVICE~INTERGENERATIONAL
Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum
At our intergenerational Thanksgiving service we will break bread together and celebrate the season of harvest. We will also distribute UUSC Guest at Your Table boxes and talk about what it means to be a “welcome table.” The bread we share is baked by FPC youth, who will also participate in the service. At the end of each service we will invite people to gather outside to place our transgender pride flags on our lawn in recognition of the upcoming Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Sunday, November 11th, 2018
Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum will be preaching.
Carl Sagan (whose birthday was November 9) said, “We are made of starstuff.” This service will explore outer space and our place in the cosmos.
This service will also include a recognition of veterans.
