Past Worship Services

Worship with the Green Sanctuary Committee on Sunday, April 14th at 10:30am, “Nurturing through Nature: A Look into a Nature-Based Early Childhood Setting”

Our 7th principle calls us to “respect the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part”. It encompasses environmental justice projects like First Parish’s own Kids to Camp, now in its 15th year.  Please join the Green Sanctuary Team and Sarah Gilbert, a teacher at Fern Brook Nature School in Middleboro, for … Continue reading Worship with the Green Sanctuary Committee on Sunday, April 14th at 10:30am, “Nurturing through Nature: A Look into a Nature-Based Early Childhood Setting”

Family Chapel and Worship with the Parish Committee on Sunday, April 7th, “Journey of Transformation: Stories of Change from Our Parish Committee”

This is a hybrid worship service. Please join us in the sanctuary or by ZOOM: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/8261399470 Or via phone: +1 646 876 9923 Meeting ID: 826 139 9470 You can view the Order of Service here: https://fpuubridgewater.org/oos/ Families are  invited to join our religious education volunteers for our monthly Family Chapel service at 10:30am in the Upper Parish Hall. Click here … Continue reading Family Chapel and Worship with the Parish Committee on Sunday, April 7th, “Journey of Transformation: Stories of Change from Our Parish Committee”

Virtual Vespers – Path of Interdependence

Vespers: InterdependenceWednesday, April 3, 2024 at 7 pmExplore our monthly worship theme during an informal, online worship service focused on reflection and connection. This is a virtual worship service. Please join us via ZOOM: https://uuma.zoom.us/j/97873530749?pwd=LzRabXhxWGx4MlduWmJuK3Bsa3ZEZz09 Meeting ID: 978 7353 0749Passcode: 098634

“Having Enough, Not Enough” – (text)                                                                    Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018

“Never Forget” – (text)                                                                                                  Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018

“Seeking Safety” – (text)                                                                                              Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday, October 21, 2018

“Will You Harbor Me?” – (text)                                                                             Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday, October 7, 2018

“Resolution Dissolution” – (text)
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 7, 2018, 10:30 am

“Desire/Grasping” – (text) – and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday February 7, 2016, 10:30 am

“Conservatively Liberal?” – (text) – and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 31, 2016, 10:30 am

“Black Lives Matter” – (text) – no Video – met in Parish Hall
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 17, 2015, 10:30 am

“Beyond Partisan Division” – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 3, 2015, 10:30 am

“Still Waiting” – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday December 13, 2015, 10:30 am

“Miracles & Martyrs” – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday December 6, 2015, 10:30 am

“In The Middle” – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday November 15, 2015, 10:30 am

“Summoning Memories“ – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday November 1, 2015, 10:30 am

“Religious Experience“ – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday October 18, 2015, 10:30 am

“Rediscovering Awe“ – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday October 4, 2015, 10:30 am

“Peace Sunday Reflections“ – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher and Rev. Rachel Tedesco, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Sept. 24, 2015, 10:30 am

“What Is Freedom, Really?“ – (text) and on YouTube The reading was a video, Sweet Honey in the Rock singing “We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest” (Ella’s Song) in the background. It’s here: https://youtu.be/EGQJmUsEE2I
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday June 14, 2015, 10:30 am

“Love Yourself as Your Neighbor“ – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday May 31, 2015, 10:30 am

“Broken Hearts“ – (text) and on YouTube
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday May 17, 2015, 10:30 am

“Compassion in Many Tongues” – and YouTube Video
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday May 3, 2015, 10:30 am

“Together, We Can” – New Member Sunday (text)
and YouTube Video
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday April 19, 2015, 10:30 am

“Crosses, Flowers and Easter Eggs” (text) and YouTube Video
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday April 5, 2015, 10:30 am

“Listen to the Crying of the Earth” (text) and YouTube Video
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 29, 2015, 10:30 am

“Simplicity and Silence”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 15, 2015, 10:30 am

“Listening Deeply”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 1, 2015, 10:30 am

“Skeptical Science”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday February 22, 2015, 10:30 am

“Trouble with Science and Religion”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday February 1, 2015

“Selma Was Then, Ferguson Is Now”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 18, 2015

“We Are Unitarian Universalists”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 4, 2015

“The Old Story“ (text) and on YouTube
Rev, Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday December 7, 2014

“My Cup Runneth Over” (Text) or YouTube Video
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday November 23, 2014

“Standing Before Us”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday November 2, 2014

“Prayer and Meditation”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday October 19, 2014

“What, Me Worship?”
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday October 5, 2014

“Beginning Again“
Rev. Rachel G. Tedesco, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday September 28, 2014

“Covenant of Nations” – Peace Sunday
Rev. Paul Sprecher, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday September 21, 2014

“Up Close and Personal”
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 16, 2014

“Contradictory Truths”
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 2, 2014

“Gifts of Love and Service”
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Jan. 19, 2014

“Tikkun Olam”
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Jan. 5, 2014

“Christmas Message”
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Dec. 23, 2013
Watch video of this service.

“Who Is the Christ Child?” A Reflection on Pageant Sunday
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Dec. 15, 2013

Universal Puzzlement
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Dec. 1, 2013

Unqualified Thanksgiving
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Nov. 17, 2013

Reason Prevailed

Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Oct. 6, 2013

Holding On
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Sept. 22, 2013

Water Communion- A Sharing of the Sacred
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday Sept. 8, 2013

The Wisdom in Flower Communion
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday June 16, 2013

A Child Went Forth
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday June 2, 2013

It Means Everybody
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday May 9, 2013

What Have You Gotten Into?!
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday April 21, 2013

Good Information
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday April 7, 2013

Easter Homily
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 31, 2013
Watch video of this service.

A Story that is Loving and True
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 17, 2013
Inhabiting the Level Playing Field
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday March 3, 2013

We Begin Again In Love
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday February 17, 2013

More than Threads
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday February 3, 2013

Love Is the Spirit, Service Its Gift
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 20, 2013

Epiphanies: Shifting Sureties
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday January 6, 2013

Christmas Message
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, Candlelight service, First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday December 23, 2012

Making Room
First Parish Bridgewater, Sunday December 2, 2012

Reflection for Thanksgiving
Bridgewater Community Thanksgiving Service
The Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson Nov. 18, 2012

Life Has Been Shared
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson Nov. 4, 2012

Democracy: A Spiritual Discipline
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson Oct. 21, 2012

Coming Back to Truths
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, Oct. 7, 2012

The Heart of Peace
Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson, Sept. 23, 2012

Opening Our Parachutes
The Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson Sept. 9, 2012