"Jesus Who?" by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Feb, 21 2021
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Release Date: 02/22/2021
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, preaching Worship service given October 27, 2024 Prayer by Loren Gomez, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Join us for our Annual All Souls Day service. Please bring a photo or an object that reminds you of a loved one who has passed- we will make an altar during the service. Marta will be filling in for Rev. Erica this week. Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we...
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Featuring testimonials from Jamie Aronson (read by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan), Peggy Gardiner, and Lois Fine Worship service given October 20, 2024 Prayer by Bill Licea-Kane, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Join us on Sunday to hear from three First Parish congregants about how they live out their spiritual commitments in the world. How do each of us live our faith? How have we been living faithfully during this election season? This is a special annual service that is sure to be inspiring, join us on...
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Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister Worship service given October 13, 2024 Prayer by Loren Gomez, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Using Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” Rev. Erica will explore how theological pluralism came to be a priority in Unitarian Universalism and what Indigenous wisdom might teach us today. Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we feel is...
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Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister Worship service given October 6, 2024 Prayer by Loren Gomez, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 In her sermon Marta will take up nuggets of wisdom from the Jewish High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah began on Wednesday evening, October 2 Yom Kippur begins Friday evening, October 11. Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we feel is consistent with Unitarian Universalist...
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Rev. Stevie Carmody, Minister of Religious Education Worship service given September 29, 2024 Prayer by Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 So you had a bad first go of it. Luckily there’s always the Second Act. Join Stevie this Sunday as we explore trying again. Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we feel is consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles. The program began...
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Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister Worship service given September 22, 2024 Prayer by Elizabeth Hunter, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 This Sunday Marta will consider the question of truth and deception in our times. What is the truth? When have your felt deceived? When have you deceived? Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we feel is consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles. The program...
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Worship service given September 15, 2024 Prayer by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 As we look towards the election in November, as we protect and fight for democracy, what role will each of us play? Using Deepa Iyer’s social change ecosystem map, Rev. Erica will invite each of us to think about what, in particular, we might offer. Offering and Giving First The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we...
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Worship service given September 8, 2024 Prayer by Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 In her sermon, Marta will consider what do our times call for from us as people of faith? The choir will offer music and we will launch the religious education programs for our children for the year. Water Ceremony Please bring water from a place meaningful to you. During worship we join our waters together in our annual water ceremony. This water will be used in child...
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Worship service given September 1, 2024 Prayer by David Whitford, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Do you run before the wind? Tack to windward? Both at different times? What has gone according to plan in your life? In every detail? A lot? Not a single thing? How do you feel about that? What now? During the summer our worship is led each week by a member of our congregation. John is a long time member of First Parish, currently singing bass in our choir, ringing with our hand chime group, and organizing...
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Worship service given August 25, 2024 Prayer by Ruben Hopwood, Worship Leader https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 How does reflecting on our belief in the interdependent web of life help us as Unitarian Universalists to attend to Disability Justice in our own congregation? Drawing on writings by Julia Watts Belser and Reverend Monica Coleman, this sermon reflects on the connection between our UU principles and the principles of Disability Justice as well as the connections between members of our faith community. During the...
info_outlineOn the First Sunday in Lent Rev. Marta Flanagan considers what we are to make of Jesus: the teacher, prophet, savior and liberator. Next month on the first day of Passover Marta will preach the second sermon in this series: “Moses What?”
The art referenced in this episode is contained in the episode thumbnail and includes:
- Superman Jesus, Unknown
- Head of Christ, Warner Sallman, 1940
- Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, 6th century
- Forensic Rendering of Christ, Richard Neave
- Bright Hope Baptist Church, Philadelphia PA, 1964
- Jesus of the People, Janet McKenzie, 1999
- A Last Supper, Lorna May Wadsworth 2010
- Wales Window, John Petts, 1965
Podcast introduction music composed and played by First Parish Music Director Emeritus, Kenneth Seitz: “Amen, Blessed Be;"
number 14 in the First Parish songbook, Singing Toward Justice.
Introduction language is the Mission Statement adopted in 2010 spoken here by First Parish lay leaders and Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan.