This Week in Worship Sunday, February 24th, 2019 Worship at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse “A Wide Eyed Theology: Sounding the Call” Guest Minister This Week: Leslie MacPherson Leslie MacPherson has been a member of First Parish for the last ten years, six of which she served on the Worship Committee. This year, she has … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 2/21/2019

Minister Rev. Lisa Ward On this day, a year ago, a gunman killed 17 students and staff and injured 17 others at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.  Valentine’s Day.  For any who knows grief – and we all do – anniversaries, especially the first one, are particularly unnerving.  Emotions, memories, fear rise … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 2/14/2019

Our Guest Minister This Week: Deb Morgan Bennett  Deb Bennett is a newly fellowshipped Unitarian Universalist minister. She has served as intern and summer minister at the Winchester Unitarian Society, Winchester, MA and provides regular support for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield, MA and the Unitarian Universalist Meeting South Berkshire in Housatonic, MA. Deb is … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 2/8/2019

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 27th, 2019 Worship at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse “To Witness The Day” Minister Rev. Lisa Ward As First Parish engages in conversations, listening circles, story-telling and surveys these next few months, to create a mission statement together that will be presented for a vote at our May annual … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/25/2019

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 20th, 2019 Worship at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse “Why Do Black Lives Matter?” Minister Rev. Lisa Ward This Sunday’s worship service is entitled “Why Do Black Lives Matter?” and will be addressing questions, issues and wonderings about this now international movement, begun in 2013.  The Social Action Committee … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/18/2019

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 13th, 2019 Worship at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse “The All That Is” Minister Rev. Lisa Ward At a Milton Interfaith Clergy Association meeting, a colleague shared a new phrase that is now widely used in referring to people who are homeless.  The term is “unhoused”, which simply describes … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/11/2019

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 6th, 2019 Worship at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse “Finding Unity in an Age of Division” Our Guest Minister This Week Eamon Aghdasi is a Baha’i from Milton, MA and his community’s representative to the Milton Interfaith Clergy Association (MICA). A lifelong Baha’i, he has served on the elected … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/4/2019

This Week in Worship Sunday, December 30th, 2018 Worship at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse “Inviting Joy” Minister Rev. Lisa Ward As the new year approaches, I think of the Taoist principle of simplicity.  In our competitive, consumerist culture, there is a tendency to apply “getting ahead” presumptions to one’s spiritual journey.  When wanting to … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 12/28/2018

This Week in Worship Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 Worship at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse “Sing We Now of Christmas” Minister Rev. Lisa Ward One of the musical offerings in the 10 pm Christmas Eve service features a popular reading by Howard Thurman, entitled “The Work of Christmas”: “When the song of the angels is … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 12/21/2018