Celebrating Our Final Service of the Season: Flower and Seashell Communion, Potluck, and Annual Meeting!
Join us on Sunday, June 7th at 10:00 AM as we celebrate our final service of the church year before taking our summer recess. It is going to be a wonderful, full day of community, ritual, and looking toward our future together.
Here is the schedule for this special Sunday:
This is a beloved UU tradition where we each bring a flower or seashell to place in a common vase or display, and leave with a different one brought by someone else. This beautiful exchange symbolizes the unique beauty, resilience, and diversity that each individual brings to our shared community.
We look forward to seeing everyone there to wrap up a wonderful season!
Join us on Sunday, June 7th at 10:00 AM as we celebrate our final service of the church year before taking our summer recess. It is going to be a wonderful, full day of community, ritual, and looking toward our future together.
Here is the schedule for this special Sunday:
- 10 AM | Flower and Seashell Communion Service: Led by Reverend Yvonne Andrews, this beautiful, traditional Unitarian Universalist service celebrates community and belonging. We kindly ask all members and friends to bring a flower or a seashell from a favorite place of yours—your garden, a favorite beach, or wherever you may come across them—to add to our shared bouquets and collection.
- 11 AM | Community Potluck: Following the service, we will gather for fellowship and delicious food. Please bring a dish to share as we celebrate the wonderful year we've had together!
- Post-Potluck | Annual Meeting: Immediately after our meal, we will convene for our official Annual Meeting. Your voice and vote matter as we discuss important church business and plan for the year ahead.
This is a beloved UU tradition where we each bring a flower or seashell to place in a common vase or display, and leave with a different one brought by someone else. This beautiful exchange symbolizes the unique beauty, resilience, and diversity that each individual brings to our shared community.
We look forward to seeing everyone there to wrap up a wonderful season!
Yvonne Andrews, Minister
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Yvonne Andrews - Our Minister
Welcome to First Parish Church in Fitchburg! We are excited to introduce Rev. Yvonne Andrews, the presiding minister of our beloved church. With over thirty years of experience as a Career and Spiritual Coach, Rev. Yvonne has dedicated her life to helping others create significant transformations. A mother of 7 and a foster mom to many, her compassionate spirit guides our community with love and care. Rev. Yvonne is also a Core Faculty Member at Lesley University’s Threshold Program, where she supports young adults with diverse learning, developmental, and intellectual disabilities. She is the author of the textbook Career Development: Looking Towards Your Future, which is used in the program to empower students to reach their full potential. Her passion for education extends to her work as adjunct faculty at Mount Wachusett Community College for over 20 years, and she also serves as part-time faculty at Fitchburg State University and Worcester State University. Beyond her academic work, Yvonne has a private practice in Fitchburg, where she provides coaching and guidance. In 2020, Yvonne felt called to pursue her spiritual journey, attending seminary and being ordained in 2022 at Riverside Church in New York as an Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister. At First Parish Church, we are thrilled to have her lead us in faith, growth, and community. We invite you to join us, connect, and be part of the exciting work happening here! |
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Our Vision
We choose to support a worldview of community guided by compassion, informed by justice, empowered by love, and where all are welcome.
We choose to support a worldview of community guided by compassion, informed by justice, empowered by love, and where all are welcome.
Our Mission
First Parish continues in its historic charge as social and spiritual innovators in service to the community of Fitchburg and through its example, the world surrounding it.
First Parish continues in its historic charge as social and spiritual innovators in service to the community of Fitchburg and through its example, the world surrounding it.
What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist?
Unitarian Universalism is a non-creedal religion that welcomes people of all beliefs . Drawing from many different religions and wisdom sources, Unitarian Universalists understand that no single religion, tradition, or person has all the answers. 10:00 a.m.
We are held together not by creed, ecclesiastical authority, or revealed truth, but by our chosen commitment to each other, our broad and inclusive outlook, and in our values, as expressed in our Seven Principles.
We are united in shared experience: our open and stirring worship services, religious education, and rites of passage; our work for social justice; our quest to include the marginalized; our expressions of love.
Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote which we hold as strong values and moral guides. We live out these Principles within a “living tradition” of wisdom and spirituality, drawn from sources as diverse as science, poetry, scripture, and personal experience.
For more information about our faith, check out “10 Things to Know About Unitarian Universalism.” There’s also a wonderful description of many strands of the UU tradition in “Our Shared Faith.”
Unitarian Universalism is a non-creedal religion that welcomes people of all beliefs . Drawing from many different religions and wisdom sources, Unitarian Universalists understand that no single religion, tradition, or person has all the answers. 10:00 a.m.
We are held together not by creed, ecclesiastical authority, or revealed truth, but by our chosen commitment to each other, our broad and inclusive outlook, and in our values, as expressed in our Seven Principles.
We are united in shared experience: our open and stirring worship services, religious education, and rites of passage; our work for social justice; our quest to include the marginalized; our expressions of love.
Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote which we hold as strong values and moral guides. We live out these Principles within a “living tradition” of wisdom and spirituality, drawn from sources as diverse as science, poetry, scripture, and personal experience.
For more information about our faith, check out “10 Things to Know About Unitarian Universalism.” There’s also a wonderful description of many strands of the UU tradition in “Our Shared Faith.”
