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Welcome!We are a Welcoming Congreagation! Click HERE for the press release announcing the special service we held on May 31, 2009, scroll down the page* for our Welcoming Congregation Statement, and check our Church Photos for pictures of the flag installation. We take the stewardship of our historic building seriously. Click HERE for the latest Property Committee To Do and Done List! During our summer hiatus from regular Sunday services, we have a number of ongoing activities that enable our congregation to stay in touch with each other and also reach out to the larger community. From June 21 through August 30, all are invited to meet, weather permitting, at the Wakefield (VoTech) entrance to Breakheart Reservation at 9:00 a.m. for a walk and/or, rain or shine, at Brother's Restaurant, 303 Main St for breakfast at 10:30 a.m. Contact Wendy Dennis, 781-246-9751, for more information about the walks or breakfast gatherings. The Rise Up Singing Group will meet on the Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. and our Meditation Group will continue to meet each Sunday evening at 5:00 p.m. For more information about Meditation and Singing events, call Rev. Maddie Sifantus at 508-358-7091 or email msifantus@aol.com. During the church year (1st Sunday after Labor Day through the 2nd Sunday in June) our Sunday Service starts at 10:30 a.m. Children and youth share in the beginning of the worship service and then are "sung" to their classes downstairs in our Social Hall. Nursery care is available for our youngest congregants (age 3 and under) beginning at 10:15. Following our Sunday services, the church hosts a coffee and fellowship hour for all ages.
Surveys of our congregation show us to be quite theologically diverse, leaning strongly to neither Humanism nor Christianity, but open to and respectful of a variety of spiritual ideas and interpretations. Many of us are active in civic activities and nonprofit organizations based both in Wakefield and beyond. * We are also proud to be a Welcoming Congregation. Having fulfilled the requirements of our denomination to be a Welcoming Congregation," the Wakefield UU Church is intentional about celebrating the presence and full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in all aspects of congregational life. We are located in downtown Wakefield, a block from Lake Quannapowitt and across the street from the Post Office. First erected in 1839 and modified several times after that, it is the oldest church building in town. It has survived two fires and three lightning strikes. The spire will, however, never be struck by lightning again! As the first step to major and necessary repairs and renovations, we had our spire removed on October 7, 2008. Click HERE for more about this project that will enable us to be better stewards of our beautiful and historic building.
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About Us: The Unitarian Universalist Church of
Wakefield is a gathering place for some of the most interesting, most
alive, most caring people in town. We have no creed and impose no belief
test, welcoming people of any theological persuasion, occupation,
ethnicity, and lifestyle.