Past Services

Sunday, June 23rd, 2024

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

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

- 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

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

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

-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

- 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

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

Sunday, April 28th, 2024

- Rev. Darrick Jackson, Ministerial Credentialing Director, Unitarian Universalist Association 

So much is changing in our world, faith, and congregational lives. As we engage this changing reality, we need tools to help us meet the needs of this liminal time. Improvisation can provide us with a framework for ministry in these times. 

The Rev. Darrick Jackson (he/him) is the Ministerial Credentialing Director at the UUA. He is one of the authors in the book “Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity and Power in Ministry.” Rev. Darrick is active in DRUUMM (the UU ministry for people of color) and is the treasurer for Healing Moments (a ministry for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s). He is pursuing his D.Min in Theology and the Arts at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Rev. Darrick and his husband, Dr. James Olson, live with their two cats, Merlin and Morgana.

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, April 21st, 2024

- The Rev. Alice Anacheka-Nasemann, Minister of the Unitarian Church of Marlborough & Hudson & the Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum, FPC - We’re saving resources by joining together two churches on Earth Day for this special service celebrating stories of animals that are fighting back against the destruction of the earth. The Unitarian Society of Marlborough & Hudson will be joining us once again in Stow!

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) 

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