Every Wednesday evening we will hold an online Vespers Service at 7:00pm. This will be a time for calm reflection, filled with special music, testimonials, joys and sorrows, prayer, and meditation. If you would like to share a reading, poem or music during this service, please contact Rev. Dave. To join the service, click on this link: … Continue reading “Spring” Vespers Service
On this special online intergenerational 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 … Continue reading Blessing of the Animals
As our annual pledge drive formally kicks off, we will hear about why supporting First Parish is important. Every year we renew our covenant with one another to take care of this community; to give of our time, our talents, and our resources, so that we can continue to have a church to call home. … Continue reading Renewing our Covenant
On this Sunday, Rev. Egan will explore how the environmental crisis affects different communities differently. Through an unequal allocation of resources, policies that benefit those with wealth and power, and an exclusion of communities of color from the decision making process, environmental racism is on the rise. As our climate continues heat up, how will … Continue reading Same Planet, Different Worlds
During this intergenerational worship service, we will talk about what it means to give back to this community that we love. Following the worship service we will have a pizza lunch, then the Building and Grounds Committee will lead all interested volunteers on repairing, fixing and sprucing up our beautiful historic meetinghouse and U … Continue reading Let our Service Begin
With Valentines Day fast approaching, we will explore different kinds of love. We will first talk about the importance of loving ourselves, with all of our beautiful imperfections. Using the Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages, we will look at the various ways people express and accept love with one another. Finally, we will look … Continue reading Little Packets of Love
As we enter black history month, Rev. Egan will take a look at our Unitarian Universalist history of racism and classism, and how this continues to affect us today. While we assert that we honor the intrinsic worth and dignity of everyone, our UU faith has often failed to live up to this ideal. We … Continue reading Our White Supremacy Culture
In this intergenerational service, our children will examine the history of oppression in our country. On this Martin Luther King Jr weekend, they will tell us the stories of those in our UU faith who were not willing to accept the status quo and worked to change our world for the better. While much progress … Continue reading Dismantle and Rebuild
VIDEO Following the news of rising tensions between the United States and Iran, Rev. Egan reflects on that all-too-familiar drumbeat of war, as our nation continues to fight in multiple wars in the Islamic world. Will Iran be next? Drawing on the Myth of Sisyphus from Greek Mythology, we wonder if we will ever be … Continue reading It’s All Wrong
Based on his first year of teaching art in Roxbury, Rev. Dave will explore how the divine is present in our daily lives, and what happens when we feel abandoned by that love. Following the service, everyone is encouraged to grab a drink and a snack and join the Committee on Ministry in the Vestry, … Continue reading Where is God?
