First Parish Church of Groton

We are a community of adults, youth, and children seeking to deepen spiritually, to take care of one another, and to be a blessing to the world.

These are some of the things we care about at First Parish Church: We value spiritual depth, spiritual growth, and spiritual maturity. We value service to others, especially to those outside the walls of the church and to those in need. We value generosity and view increasing generosity as part of the spiritual life. We value being a “permission granting” church. By this we mean saying yes to new ideas and possibilities which are consistent with and further the mission and values of the church. We value taking care of each other. We will be asked to take care of the members and friends of our community who are in need. We will receive care when we are in need.

As a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association, we affirm and promote the principles of the UUA. As a Welcoming Congregation, we actively welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people as full participants in the life of the church.

In other words, our congregation and our Unitarian Universalist faith are engaging, participatory, and inclusive. All are welcome at this table. Join us!

Click on the “latest news” badge on any page to be taken to a chronological (and searchable) list of events and items of interest to members of this community. The newest items will be on top.

In addition to appearing on the new Latest News page, the news items are listed below. Click the title links to see more details.

Endowment Grant Proposals [ 08/25/2010 10:23 PM ]

The Endowment Fund Board will be accepting proposals for grants from the Endowment again this year. If you have an idea for a project that needs some help, please submit a proposal and we'll consider it. Proposals are due by September 30th. — David Webb for the endowment Fund Board

How To Make Brownies [ 08/24/2010 02:44 PM ]

The notice that went out by email to the church list had a pretty unreadable version of the recipe for brownies; we apologize for that. Here is a corrected version (PDF).

Rev. George Downey’s Talk “The Religion Phenomenon” [ 08/22/2010 08:23 PM ]

A number of people at the Aug. 22 summer service asked to have Rev. Downey’s talk posted. Here it is: “The Religion Phenomenon.”

Summer Services For 2010 [ 06/30/2010 10:57 AM ]

David Gordon and Rocky Sandy have pulled together the 2010 roster of lay-led summer services. Join us at 10:00 on Sundays beginning June 27 in the cool of the FPCoG vestry for these intimate, often surprising, and always worthwhile services. (No services will be held on July 4 or September 5.)

Audio and Transcripts of Recent Sermons [ 03/12/2010 09:31 AM ]

The new audio system in the sanctuary is making it far easier to post audio from the services on the Web. In addition, in this church year we are making a more assiduous effort to get sermon transcripts posted. To listen to a sermon, click the audio link to open an audio player in a new window; or right-click (on a Mac, ctrl-click) to download and save it to your computer. Transcript links also open in a new window.

You can visit the Sermons page for links to all the audio and transcripts of sermons that we have in hand (not just this year’s).

May 30 , 16 , 09 , 02 ; April 25 , 18 , 04 ; March 28 , 21 , 14 , 07 ; February 28 [transcript], 21 [transcript], 07 [transcript]. January 31 , 24 , 17 , 10 , 03 ; December 24 , 13 [transcript], 06 ; November 15 , 08 , 01 ; October 25 ; September 27 [transcript], 20 [transcript].

Order Your Bricks for the Remembrance Garden [ 09/09/2007 05:45 PM ]

Have you visited the Remembrance Garden recently? It's on the east side of the Parish House back porch. It is a beautiful, peaceful spot enhanced by the intentions of those who have chosen to remember loved ones, places, or events in their lives. It's not too late to order your brick for the Remembrance Garden.