With authentic Chinese music played on traditional instruments and songs by our children, and with the help of our own wonderful dragon, we will welcome in the new year. Chinese culture places great emphasis on respect for their elders. The sermon, delivered by our minister, Tom Rosiello, will examine how we treat our elders. A Chinese tea ceremony where all can participate will be held in Fellowship Hall between the services. Please bring a few coins to be placed in special red envelopes to give to the children serving tea and also a couple of oranges to exchange. If you go to the 11 AM Service plan to come early. The Tea Ceremony will begin right after the first service at 10 AM in Fellowship Hall and will end at 10:45 so you can get to the second service.
Past Services
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
Sunday, February 17th, 2013
During this week of Valentine's Day, we will examine what it really means to love your neighbor. We are called to "stand on the side of love" in relation to so many pressing issues of our time. Among the issues we will look at is how we fail to treat the strangers in our midst with love and compassion. At both services our Children's Message will be based on the life of Saint Valentine and our music will include a beautiful arrangement of "The Gift of Love" by Hal Hobson. Worship will be led by our Minister, Tom Rosiello. The Adult Choir will be singing at the 11 AM service and FPC singers will be singing at the 9 am service.
Sunday, February 10th, 2013
With authentic Chinese music played on traditional instruments and songs by our children, and with the help of our own wonderful dragon, we will welcome in the new year. Chinese culture places great emphasis on respect for their elders. The sermon, delivered by our minister, Tom Rosiello, will examine how we treat our elders. A Chinese tea ceremony where all can participate will be held in Fellowship Hall between the services. Please bring a few coins to be placed in special red envelopes to give to the children serving tea and also a couple of oranges to exchange. If you go to the 11 AM Service plan to come early. The Tea Ceremony will begin right after the first service at 10 AM in Fellowship Hall and will end at 10:45 so you can get to the second service.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
Our Minister Tom Rosiello will back after a month's sabbatical and we will be pulling out all the stops for inspiring services that will be rich with music, child dedications and an important message. Where we end up depends upon how high we set our sights. So often we can accomplish far more than we thought we could by keeping our sights set on the prize. Our Adult Choir will sing Randall Thompson’s wonderful setting of Robert Frost’s poem, “Choose Something Like A Star” at the 11 AM Service and some of our FPC jazz musicians will be playing at both services.
Sunday, January 27th, 2013
The Rev. Ken Sawyer
The Rev. Sawyer will be preaching on “Randomness” and the roles of chance and choice in life. Rev. Sawyer is minister emeritus of the First Parish in Wayland, at which he served as senior minister for 38 years before retiring in July.
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
The Rev. Patricia Hatch
Martin Luther King, Jr. knew how to let his light shine. He had intention, imagination, and commitment. We will reflect on how we can let our own lights shine more brightly with our choices and our dreams.
The Rev. Hatch is an itinerant Unitarian Universalist preacher who has her Master of Divinity degree from Boston University School of Theology.
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
The Rev. Bill Clark will examine the idea of a life lived with illness and disease. Drawing on his own experience of living with severe heart disease, Rev. Clark will ask the difficult questions, “How do we make sense of a life living with illness and disease? Where can we find meaning in such a life?”
Ministry is The Rev. William Clark’s second career. He worked within the Deaf Culture for 25 years; teaching deaf children, interpreting and teaching ASL. Rev. Clark attended Harvard Divinity School. He has served our UU Congregations in Houston, Texas and Lexington, MA. Following emergency heart surgery in 2007 life changed! He lives in Provincetown and currently serves as a Community Minister affiliated with the UU Meeting House of Provincetown.
Sunday, January 6th, 2013
The Rev. Elaine Bomford
A morning to appreciate the comic relief that lifts our spirits and keeps us from taking ourselves – and this world – too seriously. The Rev. Elaine Bomford has served UU congregations in Massachusetts and Vermont; she has been preaching in area churches for more years than you might imagine, given her youthful appearance.
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
Hector Constantzos
Our last service for 2012 is on Sunday, December 30, at 11 AM, in Fellowship Hall. The title is "What makes you glow". The theme is a discussion of everyday compassion.
Stories of compassionate acts always emerge during times of tragedy, like the story that happened across the street from Sandy Hook Elementary. However, acts like these do not happen only when great horror strikes. Acts of compassion happen every day. Ones that light a candle flame in our hearts, and makes us glow. Bring with you an act of compassion that you witnessed, heard of, read about, or just know happened during 2012 and share it with us in this service, or just come to listen to the stories.
This congregation is full of heart. We show it through out the year. Let's spend our final service reflecting on our compassionate beings.
Monday, December 24th, 2012
ALL ARE WELCOME
4 PM Family Service "Nativity in a Trunk"
Led by our minister, Tom Rosiello and our DRE, Michele Coté. This service will be oriented towards our children. We will have lots of them participating as we act out the Christmas Story and create a Christmas Tableau. Our Junior Choir and Youth Choir will be performing, and there will be familiar carols for all to sing. We will conclude this service with the traditional candle-lighting ceremony.
9 PM Traditional Christmas Eve Service
Led by our minister, Tom Rosiello. This service will feature traditional Christmas carols and anthems, the reading of the story of the birth of Jesus from the Christian Gospels, and a candle-lighting ceremony. It will be a quieter and more traditional service than the 4 PM service, with beautiful music provided by the Adult Choir, under the direction of Mike Pfitzer, organist/pianist Sanghee Kim, and talented guest musicians. An extended prelude of Christmas music will begin at 8:45 PM. Be sure to come early!
