From ancient scripture to Frankenstein, we have always filled the shadows with monsters, though they rarely stay where we put them. This Sunday, we’ll venture toward the edge of the map to ask what our monsters are doing there—and what they might know about us. Spilt Plate: Cape Wellness Collaborative (CWC). Please give generously. Your … Continue reading How To Make A Monster
Getting to know our Neighbors! This inspiring day will begin with the morning service featuring a Wampanoag historian and musician and will continue with the Wampanoag Singers and Dancers performing after the service; tribal craftspeople, ducators, and organizations exhibiting in the Parish Room, including a crafts activity for children of all ages; and a chance … Continue reading Wampanoag Day
The Cape is a primer on different kinds of bodies of water. We’ve got it all here and we feel that abundance in the very air we breathe – humid and full of life. On this ingathering, we hold water as the metaphor for our community, what kind of body of water shall we be? … Continue reading Water Ceremony and Ingathering
This Pride Month, join Rev. Scot for a fresh look at scripture, history, and the surprising power of reading carefully. With humor, scholarship, and a nod to “The Princess Bride”, we’ll ask what love really means—and whether faith has been selling us the wrong story. Spilt Plate: Youth Outreach and Hospitality, (YOH). Please give generously. Your offering … Continue reading You Keep Using That Word: Love and Misquoting Scripture
Spilt Plate: A Baby Center Please give generously. Your offering will benefit the great work of this organization and First Parish Unitarian Universalist. Make checks out to FPBUU with the service date on the memo line. Please write a separate check for pledge payments. If you are not able to join us in person, we will … Continue reading Love For Those I Hate
In a moment that trains us to move fast and hold on tight, what does it mean to go far instead? Join us this Sunday for a sermon about shared courage, generosity, and why the future of a 325-year-old church depends on how we choose to move together now. Split Plate: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts … Continue reading The Parable of the Bricklayer
While the weather forecast seems to have become less dire, the timing of the coming storm and the possibility of road closures for flooding is still a concern. Out of an abundance of caution, First Parish Brewster will be closed on Sunday, February 1. There will be no worship service that day. Split Plate: Mass … Continue reading Worship service cancelled on February 1
A new year is a blank page waiting for ink—and sometimes for flame. In this first Sunday of the year, Rev. Scot invites us to imagine the next chapter of our shared life. Drawing wisdom from Native American storyteller Thomas King, the philosopher Nietzsche, and a few unlikely pop-culture heroes, he reminds us that our … Continue reading Unexpected Plot Twist!
We will present three worship services on Christmas Eve. The first service, at 4:00 PM, will be a no-rehearsal pageant for family members of all ages, led by CYM Director Anna Smith. The services at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM will both be “Lessons and Carols” by candlelight, led by Rev. Julia Jones, Rev. Scot … Continue reading Christmas Eve Services
Join us for our annual tradition, the No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant, where we retell an ancient story that still shines with truth, hope, and possibility. Participants young and old are warmly invited to step into the story as angels, shepherds, wise ones, animals and more. Come be part of the magic as we joyfully celebrate the light … Continue reading No-Rehearsal Pageant
