Sundays at North Parish - The North Parish Church of North Andover

Service This Sunday

August 24, 2025

10am – In the Chapel
Order of Service
Zoom link (Meeting ID: 824 0481 1225, Passcode: NP375)

UUcharist: an Ancient Ritual Reframed for Contemporary Unitarian Universalists

Description:Unitarian Universalism has moved far from its Jewish and Christian roots, but those roots run deep. The ritual of the eucharist is one such root. Today, we will explore eating and drinking as a practice of direct communion with the divine of our understanding. (Food provided.)

Leading: Aaron Pawelek

September Services – Sundays at 10AM

Sept. 7^th: Ingathering and Water/Stone/Shell Communion

Leading: Rev. Lee Bluemel, Susanne Hinson-Rieger, Like Rivers to the Sea
Music: Vocal Choir with John Middleton-Cox & Christina Kennedy
Children & Youth: Begin in service, end in groups
Coffee Hour: Welcome back with Bagels!

Join us as we engage in an annual ritual of coming back together as a multigenerational Unitarian Universalist community. All are encouraged to bring some symbolic water, a stone or shell to add to the common bowl. What ethical, moral, spiritual or emotional quality, experience or commitment will you arrive with as we gather after the summer months? Following the ritual, children and youth will meet in their new groups!

Sept. 14^th: Love at the Center, with UUA President the Rev. Dr. Sofia Bettancourt

Leading: The Rev. Dr. Bettancourt, Rev. Lauren Smith, Rev. Bluemel
Music: Vocal Choir with the Rev. Dr. Bettancourt, John Middleton-Cox & Christina Kennedy
Coffee Hour: All Congregation Back Yard Party (& backpack blessing)

Sept. 21^st: Fall Equinox & Celebrating the Sun Day/ Ferry Beach Weekend

Leading: Rev. Lee Bluemel
Music: Patty Brayden & John Finbury, John Middleton-Cox & Christina Kennedy

Sept. 28^th: Days of Awe

Leading: Rev. Lee Bluemel
Music: Barry Low, accordion; Vocal Choir withJohn Middleton-Cox & Christina Kennedy
Children & Youth: Trip to the Giving Garden! (Meet there.)

Want to watch a service you missed?

Videos of recorded services from recent years are available on the North Parish YouTube channel.

What to expect during a Sunday Service

There are many ways to participate in our service. Whether you choose to sit and absorb, stand and sing, or offer your talents to our musical offerings or a reading, we are glad to see you. Here is a broader description of what you might find.

There’s more than just Sunday!

Hear more about our ongoing activities…

Help us create lovely Sundays!

Join the Sunday team

Here is more information about these roles.

Help out with our children and youth programs

North Parish runs cooperative programs to fulfill our mission of UU faith development for children and youth. Parents and non-parents are part of this ministry in a variety of roles. Volunteers are also needed for a variety of roles outside the Sunday morning classroom, including planning roles on the Youth Adult Team or Elementary RE Team, and as companions to youth as COA mentors or coordinators. For those roles, please email our Director of Family Religious Education.

Honor a loved one

…with a donation of the Sunday flowers or weekly steeple lighting

Logistics details

Our parking at North Parish is not ideal. Options include:

Park in spaces on Great Pond Road (please leave access to the sidewalk where marked by the diagonal lines)
Those with disabilities and infants can park right next to the circle and accessible walkway in front of the building
Park head in on the grass on the left side of Academy Road as you head up the hill from the Meeting House
Park head in on the grass in front of the Second Burying Ground (the cemetery just past the yellow house on Academy Road)
Park in the town lot near the Youth Center
Please do NOT park in the spaces around the North Andover Historical building
Please try avoid the grass in front of our neighbors’ homes. Thank you!

Here is an aerial map showing the location of nearby parking.