Reverend Boullata studied theology at Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto, and came to Massachusetts to do an internship at the First Parish Church in Weston in 2000. He was ordained in 2003. After a series of interim ministries, Peter returned to Massachusetts in 2007 to be the Associate Minister at the Weston congregation.

Reverend Boullata grew up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada though he was born in Jerusalem to mixed Palestinian-American parentage. When he is not at church, Peter enjoys life in the city of Boston. Going for walks, reading literary fiction, cooking delicious meals, dancing, writing and laughing his head off with friends and family are how he spends much of his time.

About his ministry, Peter says:

The purpose of my ministry is to equip people of faith to live powerful, inspired lives.

I believe the church is called to be for the world, not simply in it—and relegated to the private sphere at that. The humanitarian values and liberal principles we affirm at First Parish are not for our congregation alone, but stand as powerful testimonies in a world marked by division, violence and inequality.

My religion informs and inspires my hope for a world of peace and plenty, cooperation and compassion, justice, pleasure and beauty. I embrace the scientific story of the universe as humanity's common sacred text and as an inspiration for living a life of attention, wonder, and praise. Whether we apprehend the Divine within the world or find that this world alone is enough, our historic this-worldly orientation calls us to care deeply for the earth.

Unitarian Universalism has at its heart a tolerant, experiential, naturalistic and conscientious approach to religion, whatever labels we apply individually to our theological and philosophical worldviews.  I ally myself with that spirit of wonder, curiosity and sympathy wherever it is found and aspire to cultivate it in the congregation I am honored to serve. We are at our best as a religious movement when our congregations are collective expressions of this liberal spirit and when Unitarian Universalists manifest this spirit in our lives.

It is to this that I am humbly dedicated.