Author: UUDux

It has been a busy month, settling in as your new Interim DRE, meeting everyone, and staring the program year. I have especially enjoyed my work so far with the high school youth group. HIP is a wonderful group of 17 teenagers. They have all kinds...

Skylar Kergil Tells Us His Story at the 2015 Welcoming Congregation Worship Service We were delighted to have Skylar Kergil at the 2015 Welcoming Congregation worship service. Skylar is a musician, transgender activist, and YouTube sensation. Skylar's transition from female to male is documented on his...

Our second Unitarian Universalist Principle concerns our search for justice. Attention is drawn to the 1,138 rights denied at the Federal level to same-sex couples. Massachusetts has made some corrections but more adjustment is needed in the areas listed below: Laws relating to the acquisition, ownership...

Yes, YOU can get married here! First Parish Church was the first religious institution in Duxbury to perform a same-sex marriage. We are one of the few churches on the South Shore that conduct same-sex marriages in their sanctuaries. Alternatively, our minister will officiate at a...

The Welcoming Congregation Committee of First Parish in Duxbury was invited by First Parish in Cohasset to participate in a worship service on January 27, 2008. The Cohasset church was exploring the process of becoming a Welcoming Congregation, and Jim Hamilton of our committee joined...

Alex Myer, Author of "Revolutionary" Visits The annual Welcoming Congregation worship service held on May 11th was highlighted by Alex Myers, author of the book ‘Revolutionary,” who spoke on the topic of local legend Deborah Sampson. Sampson disguised herself as a man to join the Continental...

In February 2014 First Parish Church welcomed PFLAG's program focused on the evolving definitions of gender, featuring guest Pam Garramone, Executive Program Director of the Greater Boston Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People (PFLAG). The First Parish Church Welcoming Congregation Committee...

First Parish Members Support Same-Sex Marriage at State House Story by Jim Hamilton, photos by Sheila Lynch Part of the colorful array of signs displayed by people of many faiths, backgrounds and orientations in support of retaining the right of same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts. The...