Category: Sunday Services

First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, will join All Souls Church of Greenfield and Bernardston Unitarian in a service presented by songwriter Harold Payne titled “Love Wins” on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom.

Rob Peck of All Souls will host Mr. Payne in this service of music and message, balancing moving lyrics with concrete steps to help us all tone down rhetoric and turn up civility.

Harold Payne is a multi-platinum songwriter and TEDx speaker.  Artists who’ve covered his material range all the way from Peter Paul & Mary to Snoop Dogg. A long time collaborator with Bobby Womack, Harold’s songs have also been recorded by Rod Stewart, Patti LaBelle, and the Temptations.

Email administrator@uugreenfield.org for the Zoom link. All are welcome!

This Sunday’s online service at First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, will explore the topic of “Interdependence.” This will be a Chalice Circle service beginning at 10 am. with Ann Linge leading meditation and discussion on the ways people and events are connected by ties of feeling and mutual influence. Each one’s being has meaning for every other one. The service is open to all. To participate, by Zoom video conference, request the link by email to fpnorthfield@gmail.com.

Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer will lead the 10 am service on this theme for First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, this Sunday, February 13. “As the calendar turns toward Valentine’s Day, our worship service this Sunday will be all about the life giving, life affirming, life saving power of love. I’ve got a wonderful story to share with people of all ages by Matt de la Peña, inspiring music, a chance to practice ‘lectio divina’ with moving poetry and a short message to offer too.” Our service will be at 10am and we will be gathering on Zoom. For the link to participate in the service send a request to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com. All are welcome!

The worldwide losses of work time and workers from the COVID-19 epidemic illustrate some fundamental truths about the world economy, and simultaneously disprove a popular false narrative about what is valuable and what is overpriced. Will we learn how best to go forward, or cling to old ideologies that don’t serve the common good?

Lay Reader Dan Tinen will speak on this question at First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, on Sunday, February 6. The service will begin at 11:30 am by Zoom videoconference.

For the link to participate in the service send a request to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com. All are welcome!

EDIT: an earlier version of this post stated that the service was to begin at 10am. The correct start time is 11:30am.

The classical guitar and its music will be the focus of the Sunday online church service for First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, at 10 am on January 30. Teacher and performer Malgorzata Lach will describe the history of the guitar in words and music. Malgorzata is an adjunct teacher of guitar at Mount Holyoke College, belongs to the band Lavender Defense, and teaches private students. For the link to participate in the service send a request to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com. All are welcome!

This Sunday at First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, the Chalice Circle service will address the theme of Connection and Community. American society emphasizes the individuality of persons, yet we are also connected to others, participants in community. Mary Bowen will lead this online program of reflection and sharing. Given the rise of the Omicron variant, we will be meeting on Zoom only this Sunday at 10am. Contact fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. The service will begin at 10 am.

On Sunday, January 16, 2022, All Souls Church of Greenfield, Bernardston Unitarian Church, and First Parish Northfield will share services.  Storyteller/Musician John Porcino’s topic is “A Heck of a Way to Stay Warm:  Finding Joy and Light in the Cold Cold Covid Winter”  –  “dedicated to weaving threads of laughter and insight”, hosted by Rob Peck, at 10:30 a.m., via Zoom.  Visit uugreenfield.org for information. 

Deeper and Wider Together, Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer.

Join First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, for a service exploring the ways that religious community can help us deepen and grow in faith (and some ways of thinking about faith and why faith matters). Someone who might describe themselves as “spiritual but not religious” and who also has some curiosity about Unitarian Universalism would find this a great Sunday to visit. Given the rise of the Omicron variant, we will be meeting on Zoom this Sunday at 10am. Contact fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link.