by Robin Mitzcavitch, Director of Religious Exploration This story is not necessarily about me. Maybe it’s a fable. Maybe it’s about someone I know. Maybe it’s about all of us. As you read, see where you may find yourself within this story. Remember that time that you suddenly became cool? It felt pretty good didn’t … Continue reading Suddenly Cool

by Rev. Aaron Payson This month’s Soul Matters Theme is “Cultivating Compassion”.  The word “compassion” literally means to “suffer together”.  But what if the most important part of compassion isn’t really about suffering at all?  What if compassion were about recognizing and expanding our deepest connections to all those who are around us and even … Continue reading Cultivating Compassion

by Melissa McKeon, President, UUCW Board of Management If I had to choose one – just one – of Unitarianism’s principles, I’d choose the last. The “interconnected web of existence,” resonates even more than the others for me.  I love the metaphor: the web of a spider, the web of existence. I love that the … Continue reading The Web of Existence

by Laura K Secor “Life in the Megacity is drowning in the Noise, the incessant flood of stimuli of the postmodern age: data feeds, neural sensations, drugs, memories, ads, all of it.  New tech changes the rules of the game faster than anyone can process, or people no longer try.  They give in to the Noise.”  (:OtherScape) This … Continue reading Living Inside the Noise

by Rev. Aaron Payson Welcome, friends—Newcomers, old-timers, seekers, skeptics, saints of habit and rebels of the heart.Here, we gather not because we think the same, but because we choose to journey together.Belonging is not something given—it is something we build, with open hands and open hearts.It is made in the sharing of stories, the holding … Continue reading Building Belonging

by Rev. Aaron Payson The season for Summer Worship is upon us!  Beginning on Sunday, June 29 through Sunday, August 31, 2025, Summer Sunday Services returns to the lounge and various places in the community!  All services this summer will be in-person only.   Summer worship is informal and led by members and friends of … Continue reading 2025 UUCW Summer Sunday Services

by Laura K Secor Music Lessons Sometimes, in the middle of the lesson,we exchanged places. She would gaze a moment at her handsspread over the keys; then the small house with its knick-knacks,its shut windows, its photographs of her sons and the serious husband,vanished as new shapes formed. Sound became music, and music a whitescarp for … Continue reading Two Poems Wherein Playing the Piano Transforms the Soul

by Rev. Aaron Payson On Sunday, June 8th, UUCW Board President, Melissa McKeon announced the establishment of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester Legacy Fund, an endowment established to assist in the long-term viability of the congregation.  The Fund was established by a generous gift from UUCW Minister Emeritus, Rev. David Miller and Linda Miller.  … Continue reading The UUCW Legacy Fund

by Laura K Secor Hello My Friends, When I left you in March, we contrasted a Catholic view of heritage with a Zen view.  My Catholic friend described his feeling of being in a line of inheritance with the humans whose genes he shared through direct descent.  That felt very narrow to me, and left … Continue reading Do the Catholics Know Something We Don’t? Part Two