There are so many reasons why folks join our First Parish community. During this service, members of the congregation will give personal testimonials about why they love First Parish. If you ever thought about inviting a friend to church, this would be a great time to start!
Join us for this collaborative worship service including several local ministers, where we will exercise our imaginations and share dreams about what happens next. How do we imagine the pandemic will affect different parts of our culture? What does church look like after COVID? Justice after COVID? Love after COVID? Joining us will be ministers and … Continue reading After COVID: Let’s Dream!
“White supremacy” is a provocative phrase, as it conjures up images of mobs in white hoods. However, actual “white supremacists” aren’t required to uphold white supremacist culture — that is, the set of institutional assumptions and practices, often operating unconsciously, that tend to benefit white people and exclude people of color. Please join us for … Continue reading Reflections on Racism
During this intergenerational worship service, all are invited to introduce your pets or stuffed animals to the congregation. There will be a time for your furry friend to receive a special blessing, testimonials from our children, and fun music to celebrate our beloved animals. For especially during these trying times, we know that our pets … Continue reading If He Only Had a Dog…
As we say goodbye to 2020 and welcome in the new year, we ask ourselves: What’s holding us back? What’s getting in the way of living as fully as we’d like? What from the past year might we burn away and release? During this burning bowl service, you will be invited to write down those … Continue reading Release 2020, Welcome Hope
A traditional celebration of the season, our intergenerational Christmas Eve service will feature lots of holiday stories, the lighting of candles, and traditional Christmas hymns.
This service will focus on the timeless story of the Maccabees reclaiming and rededicating their temple in Jerusalem with a single oil lamp that lasted way beyond its usual burning time. This is a powerful metaphor for the tenacity of the human spirit and the oftentimes miraculous power of the Universe to give us what … Continue reading The Miracle of Your Light
As we enter the season when the days grow shorter and the nights longer, we will explore what it means to have more darkness in our world than light. Is the coming darkness something to be fearful of, or might it be something to embrace? Rev. Egan will examine this theology of darkness as a … Continue reading Try Asking the Dark Where the Light Comes From
We hope you will join us for our annual tradition, our Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service, that will include clergy and congregants from various houses of worship here in Medfield. First Parish will be hosting this virtual service, with Eva Kendrick organizing the various church choirs to bring us the gift of song. Come share in … Continue reading Community Thanksgiving Service
This year, as we wonder how we will continue our Thanksgiving traditions during the height of a global pandemic, we pause in the midst of it all, to give thanks. For even though times are hard, we have so much in our lives to be thankful for: our family and friends who are still with … Continue reading So Very Grateful
