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Worship & Services

Join us onsite in Marblehead or on Zoom this Sunday for our weekly service.

Upcoming services:

June 7th 10:30am

“Queer Religion”

For so many, queerness and religion feel like deep antagonists — it can be dangerous to claim queerness in a religious setting; difficult to claim religion in a queer setting. So, what might it mean for a religion to not just accept queerness, but to itself be fundamentally queer? Come join Sunday for some LGBT spirituality and a celebration of Pride. Joyful, colorful clothes encouraged!

Boston Pride

Boston’s Pride March will be the Saturday, 6/6. Our friends at Arlington Street Church will be having their own pride service at 10am Saturday, followed by joining the parade. If you would like to join UUs from around the area at this celebration, please come on by!

Summer Services

UUCM’s last standard service of the year will be on Sunday, June 14, after which we will be beginning our summer services. Summer services will be at 9:30-10:30am, have more of a casual/experimental flavor, and are a great time for lay participation in worship. Mac will be coordinating these, so if you have an idea for a service, think you might have an idea for a service, or are otherwise interested in participating, please email mac@uumarblehead.org.

Mac Perkins-High

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Order of Service (06.07.26) 10:30am

Sunday Services

Recent Sermons & Services

Banjo

Reading for The Banjo From Well Of Souls, Uncovering the Banjo’s Hidden History by Kristina R. Gaddy (New York: W.W. Norton & Sons 2022) p. 171 Interlude Now, when I look at the watercolor from South Carolina, I see a lineage of traditions extending backwards and forward in time. I imagine Mr. Baptiste, William, Lincoln and George, King Charles and Jackey Quackenboss Hendrina de Parra and all the named and unnamed musicians I’ve come across in my research I hear choruses of v

Outrage, Left and Right

No matter what the president calls it, the U.S. is at war. People on both sides are being killed by U.S. military equipment. There is a good argument that this war is illegal, but it is a war. And I think it could fairly have been called a war several months ago when the U.S. military was just killing fishermen in the Carribbean and along the Pacific coast of South America. I am speaking on outrage this morning because outrage is what I feel and perhaps it’s what you feel too

Still We Rise: Pioneer Nineteenth Century Female U and U Ministers

Antoinette Brown came of New England stock, sturdy and long-lived pioneers in Connecticut. Her grandfather, Joseph Brown of Thompson, Connecticut, served in the army all through the Revolutionary War and her father, another Joseph Brown, was in the War of 1812. Antoinette was a typical daughter of the line, energetic, resourceful and thrifty, with a keen sense of humor and a capacity to shoulder responsibility.

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What to Expect

Join us online (via Zoom) or onsite in Marblehead for our weekly Sunday service. To join online now, click below. To learn more about visiting us, see our visit page.

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We gather in worship to find meaning and live more deeply. Worship creates connections within, among, and beyond us, calling us to our better selves, calling us to live with wisdom and compassion.

Unitarian Universalist worship styles vary by congregation, and even within congregations. Some congregations’ worship is contemporary and high tech. Some congregations’ worship is traditional and formal. At the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead we try to find a balance of both. Our congregation’s worship is vibrant, dynamic, and multigenerational.

Elements of a typical Unitarian Universalist Sunday morning worship service include:

Words of welcome
Lighting a flaming chalice, the symbol of our faith
A multigenerational segment, such as a “story for all ages”
Music, both instrumental and vocal and in a variety of styles
A time for lifting up the joys and concerns of the congregation
A meditation or prayer
Readings—ancient or contemporary
A sermon given by our minister, a guest speaker, or a member of the congregation
An offering, collecting financial donations for the congregation or for justice work in the community.

From time to time, worships incorporate holiday celebrations, multigenerational plays and pageants, longer musical performances, child dedications, and coming-of-age ceremonies. We offer childcare and learning programs for children and youth during the Sunday service.