Jim Curley

First Parish Chelmsford Unitarian Universalist

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Title	Date	Length
Stone Soup	2016-03-20	08:58
Stewardship Sunday	2015-03-22	10:13
Of Course We Can	2014-03-30	19:12

	Title	Description	Speakers
	First Parish Chelmsford Sermons 2013-2014	Sermons from the 2013-2014 church year at First Parish	Aaron Stockwell, M.Div. Sermons Series Website Aaron Stockwell, M.Div. , Dolores Heredia-Wood and Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero Sermons Series Dolores Heredia-Wood and Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero , Jim Curley Sermons Series Jim Curley , Joan Keane, Donna Mitchelson, and Don Hayden Sermons Series Joan Keane, Donna Mitchelson, and Don Hayden , Marisha Rowse Sermons Series Marisha Rowse , Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero and Ami Hughes Sermons Series Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero and Ami Hughes , Rev. Ellen Spero, Sam, Sierra, Nick, Bryce, Marion, and Sally Seekings Sermons Series Rev. Ellen Spero, Sam, Sierra, Nick, Bryce, Marion, and Sally Seekings , Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero The Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero has served as our minister since August, 2002. Ellen is a graduate of Brandeis University, University of Maryland (with an M.Ed in Special Education) and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. She has served as the Assistant Minister at the First Parish in Lexington, MA, and as the Interim Minister at Hope United Church of Christ in Alexandria, VA. Before entering the ministry, she was a special education teacher in Alexandria, Virginia. She grew up as a Unitarian Universalist, attending the First Church Unitarian in Littleton, MA. Sermons Series Website Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero
	First Parish Chelmsford Sermons 2014-2015	Sermons from the 2014-2015 church year at First Parish	Dolores Heredia-Wood, Rev. Ellen Spero, Michael, and Marion Sermons Series Dolores Heredia-Wood, Rev. Ellen Spero, Michael, and Marion , First Parish Chelmsford Congregation Sermons Series First Parish Chelmsford Congregation , Jim Curley Sermons Series Jim Curley , Joan Coyne, Ellen Mellen, Donna Mitchelson, Marisha Rowse, and Rosemary McMullin Sermons Series Joan Coyne, Ellen Mellen, Donna Mitchelson, Marisha Rowse, and Rosemary McMullin , Laura Nutter, Peggy Stephens-North, Deirdre Heck, Carrie Little, Dee Halzack, Carla Corey, and David Blackburn Sermons Series Laura Nutter, Peggy Stephens-North, Deirdre Heck, Carrie Little, Dee Halzack, Carla Corey, and David Blackburn , Laura Wagner - Executive Director of the UU Mass Action Network Laura has been an active volunteer and activist with UU Mass Action since 2011 and formally accepted her role as Acting Executive Director in April of 2014. She follows in the footsteps of the previous Executive Director, Jesse Jaeger, who provided three years of leadership and visioning that helped to grow UU Mass Action into a powerful organizing force. Laura has been a Unitarian Universalist for over 20 years. During this time she has held many lay leadership roles, but her passion has always been for social justice. Her work has centered on hunger and homelessness, environmental justice, ending mass incarceration and immigrant rights. Laura deepened her commitment to immigrant rights during a service learning trip with Boston New Sanctuary Movement to the Arizona/Mexican border in 2011. She states, “Witnessing the conditions at the border first hand moves one from an intellectual understanding of the situation to a deeply felt comprehension of the pain that our nation’s economic, drug and immigration policy has created.” In 2014, Laura traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, as part of a Witness for Peace learning experience exploring the roots of migration. In August 2014, Laura participated in the Pray for Relief action in Washington DC and was arrested with over 100 other interfaith activists calling for an end to deportations. Laura has also been an active member UU Mass Action working group, EMIT (End Mass Incarceration Together) and helped to organize the buses for the Jobs Not Jails rally in April 2014. Laura balances her community activism with her work as a Clinical Social Worker. She maintains a part-time private practice helping people who are healing from trauma. She holds a Masters degree from Boston University’s School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Science with a major in management from Northeastern University. Laura has been married for 26 years to Ken Wagner. Ken also has a long history in lay leadership and he is a passionate ally in Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression/Multicultural ministries. Laura and Ken are both members of Allies for Racial Equity and are committed to anti-racism/anti-oppression/multicultural work. Laura and Ken have four beautiful children and are enjoying the recent addition of two wonderful grandchildren to their family. Sermons Series Website Laura Wagner - Executive Director of the UU Mass Action Network , Lynne Cole Sermons Series Lynne Cole , Matt Meyer Matt Meyer is an artist of percussion, knowledgeable and experienced in a variety of styles, including latin-jazz, Brazilian, folk, funk, Hiphop and pop. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and has studied in Cuba, Ghana, and Central America. Sermons Series Website Matt Meyer , Rev. Allison Palm The Reverend Allison Palm is a Program Assistant at the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association. Allison is a life-long UU and Minnesota native. Now a resident of Brooklyn, NY, Allison is a minister in preliminary fellowship with the UUA and has served congregations as a religious educator, Ministerial Intern and Temporary Minister. Allison graduated from Andover Newton Theological School in 2013 with a Masters of Divinity and a Certificate in Pastoral Care and Counseling. She is passionate about religious community, spiritual development and social justice. In her spare time, Allison enjoys biking, ballet, and exploring the city with her spouse, Tristan. Sermons Series Website Rev. Allison Palm , Rev. Ellen Spero, Marion, Aggie Brennan, Michelle Hillman, Ethan Hirsch, and Carole Russell Sermons Series Rev. Ellen Spero, Marion, Aggie Brennan, Michelle Hillman, Ethan Hirsch, and Carole Russell , Rev. Ellen Spero, Sam Morse, Joan Coyne, and Ron Deschenes Sermons Series Rev. Ellen Spero, Sam Morse, Joan Coyne, and Ron Deschenes , Rev. Lilia Cuervo The Rev. Lilia Cuervo, a native of Colombia, was the first Latin American woman ordained in the Unitarian Universalist denomination. She pioneered full time ministry in Spanish in San Jose, CA. where she served for six and a half years. At First Parish in Cambridge she also made history by being the first woman (and a Latina at that!) to be installed as a Parish Minister. She just ended four years of very productive multicultural ministry there. She is a co-founder of the Latino/a UU Networking Association (LUUNA), and the initiator of, and a translator and contributor to, Las Voces del Camino, the Spanish language Unitarian Universalist hymnal. Before entering seminary, she had a career as a Demographer working in Colombia, Brazil and United States. In 1964 she was invited by the University of California at Berkeley as an exchange Visiting Assistant Professor of Demography at its School of Public Health. Later she worked as the Evaluation & Research Associate at the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in New York City. Her degrees include a Master of Divinity from Starr King School for the Ministry, a Master of Demography from Georgetown University, and a B.A. in Math & Physics from Women Teachers College, Bogota, Colombia. Sermons Series Website Rev. Lilia Cuervo , Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero The Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero has served as our minister since August, 2002. Ellen is a graduate of Brandeis University, University of Maryland (with an M.Ed in Special Education) and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. She has served as the Assistant Minister at the First Parish in Lexington, MA, and as the Interim Minister at Hope United Church of Christ in Alexandria, VA. Before entering the ministry, she was a special education teacher in Alexandria, Virginia. She grew up as a Unitarian Universalist, attending the First Church Unitarian in Littleton, MA. Sermons Series Website Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero , Reverend John Pastor The Reverend John Pastor is currently the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Gardner. Rev. John G. Pastor, Jr. has served as minister of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Gardner, Massachusetts since 2007. He graduated with academic honors from Andover Newton Theological School where he was actively involved in the Center for Faith, Health, and Spirituality and the Reiki Ministry. During his tenure at seminary he completed a one year, full-time, chaplain residency at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. He was ordained in April of 2006 by the First Congregational Parish Unitarian in Petersham. In addition to serving UUSG, he serves as Interfaith Chaplain for JHC Hospice of Worcester. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Clara Barton District and the UU Mass. Action Network. He is also a former member of the CBD UU Minister’s Association Executive Committee. He lives in Petersham with his spouse, Bob Hall. Sermons Series Website Reverend John Pastor
	First Parish Chelmsford Sermons 2015-2016	Sermons from the 2015-2016 church year at First Parish	James Galasinski Sermons Series James Galasinski , Jayne Boissonneault, Sarah Manning, Suzanne Wilson, Leslie Yauckoes, Carla Corey, and Donna Mitchelson Sermons Series Jayne Boissonneault, Sarah Manning, Suzanne Wilson, Leslie Yauckoes, Carla Corey, and Donna Mitchelson , Jim Curley Sermons Series Jim Curley , Joan Coyne and Neil Harmon , Justine Sullivan and Elizabeth Valentine Sermons Series Justine Sullivan and Elizabeth Valentine , Matt Meyer Matt Meyer is an artist of percussion, knowledgeable and experienced in a variety of styles, including latin-jazz, Brazilian, folk, funk, Hiphop and pop. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and has studied in Cuba, Ghana, and Central America. Sermons Series Website Matt Meyer , Neil Harmon Sermons Series Neil Harmon , Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson Reverend Anita has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for over 20 years, serving as the settled minister of Unitarian Universalist congregations in Canton, MA and Swampscott, MA, and currently serves as the interim minister in Northborough, MA Sermons Series Website Rev. Dr. Anita Farber-Robertson , Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero, Janice Tervo, and Steve Zocchi Sermons Series Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero, Janice Tervo, and Steve Zocchi , Rev. Ellen Spero, Betsy Beach, John Haberle, Jayne Boissonneault Sermons Series Rev. Ellen Spero, Betsy Beach, John Haberle, Jayne Boissonneault , Rev. John Gibb Millspaugh The Rev. John Gibb Millspaugh is nationally known (within Unitarian Universalism) for organizing 400 congregations to pass a UUA Statement of Conscience on food and environmental justice, for helping to develop one of the most popular TEDx Talks of all time, and for his national keynotes and workshops ranging from an hour to four days, all about the spirituality and practice of leadership. John joins us from Medford, Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife Sarah and their four-year-old son. John began his work for Unitarian Universalism serving in the office of the President from 1997-2001 as he earned a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Since then his experiences have included serving UU congregations as a UU minister in California and Massachusetts for eleven years, and as District/Regional Director of Congregational Development for New England for two years. Although John occasionally has to write about himself in the third person, he prefers amateur photography (which opens his perception to the beauty always nearby), playing guitar for his son (who is too young to let poor musical technique interfere with joy), performing magic (starting at age four and still fooling no one), meditating regularly (or at least regularly--and quite seriously--planning to meditate as soon as today, or no later than tomorrow or the day after), and most of all, authentic conversation with open-minded people who share an interest in lifelong learning and in serving something larger than themselves. Sermons Series Website Rev. John Gibb Millspaugh , Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero The Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero has served as our minister since August, 2002. Ellen is a graduate of Brandeis University, University of Maryland (with an M.Ed in Special Education) and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. She has served as the Assistant Minister at the First Parish in Lexington, MA, and as the Interim Minister at Hope United Church of Christ in Alexandria, VA. Before entering the ministry, she was a special education teacher in Alexandria, Virginia. She grew up as a Unitarian Universalist, attending the First Church Unitarian in Littleton, MA. Sermons Series Website Reverend Ellen Rowse Spero , Reverend Justine Sullivan Justine Sullivan is currently serving as the interim minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick Maine. Justine served as our Ministerial Intern from the fall of 2015 until June of 2017 while pursuing her Master of Divinity degree at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. Justine was ordained in 2017 by her home congregation of Northborough, Massachusetts. Justine is a member of the UU congregation in Northborough, Massachusetts, where she lives with her spouse Dale. Justine and Dale have been together since 1986 and legally married since 2004. Justine has been a social worker and psychotherapist for the past 20 years and has worked as a congregational consultant and facilitator throughout New England. In addition to serving in leadership positions in her home congregation, Justine served as president of the Clara Barton district board from 2012 to 2015 Sermons Series Reverend Justine Sullivan , Susan Woodmansee, Andrea and Doug Long, Kathleen Cullen, and Joan Coyne Sermons Series Susan Woodmansee, Andrea and Doug Long, Kathleen Cullen, and Joan Coyne

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