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Please join us for this exclusive, one-of a kind, limited-time rendition of The Gift of the Magi, originally by O. Henry, new screenplay by Sarah Quigg. The pageant will star our own singularly-gifted Westminster young people and will be an opportunity for all ages to reflect on the mystery and power of gift giving in … Continue reading The Gift if the Magi 2.0 – All Ages Service
The Christian holiday of Christmas is full of stories of the unbelievable – full of miracles and mystery. To the skeptical among us, it can seem far fetched. Yet our world is full of the unexpected, the unknown, the unresolved. Let us reflect on how opening up to the impossible give us new insights into … Continue reading The Mystery of the Miraculous
It’s dark out there. It happens every year. Short days, long nights, long winter up ahead. And… It’s dark out there: forecasts of challenges on many fronts that touch us all. What might this season of Hanukkah have to teach us about hope in hard times? What might this holiday have to say about lighting … Continue reading Light One Candle
Friends, there is a power outage in East Greenwich and at Westminster. Due to safety concerns, both morning services (9am and 11am) have been *cancelled* for today, Dec 2. Please join us again on Sunday, December 9th! Download QR 🡻
John Paul Ware was ordained to the ministry at King’s Chapel in 1979. He has served as a parish minister, extension director, district executive, vice president for corporate relations at a seminary and best of all (for a brief time) a bookseller at a religious bookstore in downtown Boston. One Services at 9am in the … Continue reading We were this way because I remember us this way
Bring a memento to church! In this month of “memory” Thanksgiving is a time to remember this country’s history, as well as our own. Where do we come from? Who or what has sustained, supported and loved us into who we are today? In this all ages service, all are invited to bring something (or … Continue reading Thanksgiving Cornbread Communion: The Keeping Quilt
“If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be Honest Anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Be Good Anyway. Give your world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give Your Best Anyway.” ~ Mother Teresa. We are living in an age of well-founded skepticism where dishonesty seems … Continue reading Trust Anyway
The spiritual journey is not a once-and-be-done-with-it endeavor. Neither is participating in a congregation. Although there are certain thresholds moments (like “signing the book” to join), the depth and breadth of one’s spiritual journey is not static. What might be possible for you and for your spiritual and emotional growth if you were to “re” … Continue reading Re-Membering Westminster
The life of New England’s first female ordained minister, with emphasis on her work for women’s rights. Rev. Richard Trudeau was for 17 years the minister of the UU Church of Weymouth, Mass. and for 35 years a teacher of math and the history of astronomy at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass. His latest book … Continue reading Olympia Brown and the Fight for the Vote
We most often think of sanctuary as a place – a church, a roof overhead in a downpour, a shelter for wildlife. What if we expand our definition of sanctuary? In today’s all-ages service, Rev. Ellen tells a story from her Transylvanian pilgrimage this summer to reflect on the sanctuary that might be available to us, and through us, … Continue reading Surprising Sanctuaries
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