"Jesus Who?" by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Feb, 21 2021
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Release Date: 02/22/2021
Despite It All, Joy! by Rev. Tricia Brennan, Adjunct Minister, worship service March 2, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Tricia Brennan, Adjunct Minister, preaching Worship service given March 2, 2025 Prayer by David Whitford, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Joy is an intrinsic element of spiritual life that can exist side by side with all that hurts, discourages and troubles us. Joy can seem elusive and still shows up unexpectedly. The times we are in call for all the joy we can muster. Offering and Giving First For March 2025, the Giving First recipient is the Resilient Sisterhood Project. Cambridge-based...
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Like a Tree, by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, worship service February 23, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, preaching Worship service given February 23, 2025 Prayer by Rev. Tricia Brennan, Adjunct Minister https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 This Sunday kicks off our annual Stewardship campaign. In her sermon Rev. Marta Flanagan will reflect on getting through in these times. The First Parish Choir along with the First Parish Bell Choir will provide music sustaining to the spirit with guest conductor Michael Bradley. If you would like to prepare for worship with a bit of music, click...
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Living With Death, by Rev. Wendy Page, Affiliate Minister, worship service February 16, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Wendy Page, Affiliate Minister, preaching Worship service given February 16, 2025 Prayer by Rev. Tricia Brennan, Adjunct Minister https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Working as a Hospice Chaplain, Rev. Wendy Page has had the privilege of accompanying patients and their families on their journey toward death. They have shared their hopes and comforts, their beliefs and their fears and have opened their lives to her. Wendy asks, "What can we learn from their vulnerability and their life journeys?" The Reverend Wendy Page...
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Love in This Moment, by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, worship service February 9, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, leading Worship service given February 9, 2025 Prayer by Bill Licea-Kane, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 On the Sunday before Valentine's Day, Marta will consider how to practice love in our time and at this chapter in our lives. *Note: This service was not filmed in the Meetinghouse and was only offered live online via Zoom due to inclement weather. Offering and Giving First For February 2025, the Giving First recipient is the Arlington Youth Counseling...
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Heresy Sunday: A Spark Within, by Rev. Stevie Carmody, Minister of Religious Education, worship service February 2, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Stevie Carmody, Minister of Religious Education, leading Worship service given February 2, 2025 Prayer by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 In the early twentieth century, Unitarian astronomist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin fell in love with the Universe, and followed that spark to a lifetime of discovery. Unitarian Universalists too have long nurtured the divine spark in each of us. Indeed, it’s one of our countercultural “heresies.” Join us for an interactive and engaging...
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Those Unacknowledged Legislators, by Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason, Guest Minister, worship service January 26, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason, Guest Minister, preaching Worship service given January 26, 2025 Prayer by David Whitford, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 An important part of the history of these United States is the poetry that our fellow Americans have written about it. What do their poems have to tell us about our country now? If it is true that poets serve as “the unacknowledged legislators of the world”, what national norms are they writing (or righting) for us today? Which of their verses might...
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We Make the Way By Walking, by Rev. Tricia Brennan, Adjunct Minister, worship service January 19, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Tricia Brennan, Adjunct Minister, preaching Worship service given January 19, 2025 Prayer by Mary Breen, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 We gather this Sunday on the day before Inauguration Day, and the day before Martin Luther King, Jr Day, likely with much stirring in our hearts and in our country. Those stirrings can lead us forward. Drawing on a line from a poem by Antonio Machado that is the sermon title, Rev. Tricia will reflect on what it means to be a community of faith in uncertain times....
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By Gentle Powers, by Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, worship service January 12, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister, preaching Worship service given January 12, 2025 Prayer by Loren Gomez, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Inspired by Sibylle Bosslet, First Parish Member and Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Prophet and Spy 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 in November 2009, and First Parish has donated...
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Claiming Our Way, by Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister, worship service January 5, 2025
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister, preaching Worship service given January 5, 2025 Prayer by Bill Licea-Kane, Worship Associate https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Come join us for a worship service about Epiphany and the New Year. The three magi followed a star in the East, what will guide you in 2025? Rev. Erica Richmond, parish minister, will be preaching. 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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Poetry Service, led by Lillian Povey, Worship Associate, worship service December 29, 2024
Sermons from First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington Massachusetts
Led by Lillian Povey, Worship Associate Worship service given December 29, 2024 Prayer by Lillian Povey, Worship Associate Reading of "How to Be a Poet" by J.M. Farkas, read by Lillian Povey https://firstparish.info/ First Parish A liberal religious community, welcoming to all First gathered 1739 Join us for our annual Christmas Eve candlelight worship service. 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 in November...
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.