Rev. Elea Kemler is minister of First Parish Church of Groton. She came to First Parish in 2000, following a five-year ministry in Gardner, MA. Rev. Kemler is a graduate of Barnard College and Harvard Divinity School. She lives in Groton with her partner Fran Stanley and their children, Isabel and Caleb.
Something opens our wings.
Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.
Someone fills the cup in front of us:
We taste only sacredness.
— Rumi
Rev. Kemler leads worship most Sunday mornings at First Parish and is available for pastoral counseling, and also for weddings, child dedications, memorials, and funerals. She is available by appointment through the church office at 978-448-6307 or by email at .
Read Rev. Kemler’s article published in the May/June 2002 UU World, A Future in This Place (off-site link).
Follow this link for transcripts of recent
sermons or to listen to or download an audio recording of one of Rev.
Kemler’s sermons.