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Worship & Services

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

Upcoming services:

May 3rd 10:30am - “We’ll Share the Road Awhile"

Different religious organizations have different expressions to describe the spiritual structure of the organization. Some creedal religions will cite the creed that they say each week as expressing their common belief. Unitarian Universalism is not structured around common beliefs, but holds certain values in common. Some churches claim that church is like a e family, but others don’t find that comparison useful. One ancient concept which was revived when our spiritual ancestors set up shop in New England is the concept of covenant. Originally, covenant was between mortals and God, for example, I the Hebrew Bible God makes pacts with the human race after the flood that he will never destroy all life on earth again and with Abram God covenants to make of his descendants a great nation, numberless as the stars. These divine covenants are called vertical because they are between the deity and a representative of humanity.

“After the Protestant Reformation, a new kind of covenant emerged, which is called horizontal. Each person has the power to make a relationship with others, and that is more basic than the decrees of church leaders. The word covenant means “walking together,” or in the words of this morning’s welcoming song, we agree to “share the road awhile.

Reverend Edmund Robinson

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Order of Service (05.03.26) 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.