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This page contains links to texts of sermons preached at First Unitarian Church of New Bedford. As of Oct. 1, 2007, sermons available as PDF files only. Please note that not all visiting ministers make the texts of their sermons available, and not all sermons preached by our minister and lay leaders are available.
Singing for Freedom, February 17, 2008. Rev. Dan Harper.
Religion of Humanity, February 10, 2008. Originally delivered by Rev. William J. Potter in 1874, delivered again as part of our 300th anniversary year by Karen Andersen. The text of this sermon is not available.
Moses and the Underground Railroad, February 3, 2008, Rev. Dan Harper. Was Frederick Douglass a religious liberal?
The Times of Our Lives, Janury 27, 2008, Rev. Christana Wille-McKnight. The text of this sermon is not available.
Martin, Malcolm, and Henry, January 20, 2008, Rev. Dan Harper. Believe it or not, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has something in common with both Henry David Thoreau and Malcolm X.
Sermon for the 300th Anniversary Service, Friday, January 18, 2008. Rev. Dan Harper. A sermon preached for the initial celebration of the 300th anniversary of the settlement of the first minister of our congregation.
Paul the Organizer, January 13, 2008, Rev. Dan Harper. Paul of Tarsus was the organizational genius of the early Christian communities.
Paul the Puritan, January 6, 2008, Rev. Dan Harper. Paul's Puritanical streak may hide some nuggets of good common sense.
A sermon by Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson, December 30, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. Emerson originally preached one of his sermons to the Unitarian congregation in New Bedford on September 7, 1834. That sermon still sound fresh to our ears today.
A Victorian Christmas, Christmas Eve homily, December 24, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. What the Unitarian writer Louisa May Alcott had to say about celebrating Christmas.
The No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant, December 23, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper and Marybeth Truran. A "no-rehearsal Christmas pageant" took the place of the sermon.
Lessons and Carols, December 16, 2007. This service consisted of carols and readings (traditional and contemporary), and there was no sermon.
Christmas Envy, December 9, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. The text of this sermon is not yet available.
The Carpenter's Son, December 2, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. The magnificent painting "The Carpenter's Son" by American painter (and Unitarian) Edward Emerson Simmons once hung in the Parish House of First Unitarian. Here's the story of the painting. An image of the painting may be found here.
Greedy Guts, November 25, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. A fresh look at greed, using the myth of King Midas, the book of Proverbs, and a little bit of ecotheology.
Thanksgiving, November 18, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper.
The Eighth Principle, November 11, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. Why multicultural diversity must be at the core of Unitarian Universalism as a religion.
November 4, 2007, Rev. Leaf Seligman. Text of this sermon is not available.
All Souls, October 28, 2007, Marybeth Truraan and Jorge Pereira. Text of this sermon is not available.
Pride, Prejudice, and Politics, October 21, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. About international politics.
Salvation by Character, October 14, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper.
An Immigrant's Church, October 7, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. Sermon about Rev. Maja Capek, minister of North Unitarian Church (an antecedent church of First Unitarian).
The Plagues of Egypt, September 30, 2007, Rev. Robert Murphy. Text of this sermon is not available.
The Imaginal Life, September 23, 2007, Marybeth Truran. Text of this sermon is not available.
Universalist and Abolitionist, September 16, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper. Sermon about John Murray Spear, abolitionist and first minister of First Universalist Church of New Bedford (an antecedent church of First Unitarian).
Ingathering ceremony, September 9, 2007 (Readings and short homily only)
Labor of Love, September 2, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper
Universalism for Such a Time as This, August 26, 2007, Rev. Dan Harper
Sermons delivered prior to August, 2007, are no longer available on this archive.
