This Week in Worship Sunday, March 20 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse The Reverend Doctor Farley Wilder Wheelwright died at the age of 99 on the 27th of February. Farley, was a one of a one of a kind person and one of the more memorable ministers of my childhood. Always an outspoken atheist, when I … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 3/17/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, March 13 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word. Certainly there is a right for you that needs no choice on your part. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 3/10/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, February 28 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse From our Minister As I have mentioned previously I am absolutely thrilled to have the Rev. Laura Everett with us this Sunday. Rev. Laura, a minister with the United Church of Christ, is the executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches. The Mass. … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 2/25/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, February 21 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse Prelude to a Reflection by Melinda Collins We can look at our social universe as a set of circles radiating out, with the individual at the center. Somewhere in there is First Parish Milton and a little beyond that our larger faith denomination. But just … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 2/18/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, February 14 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse Intergeneral Worship I am at the point in my ministry when I have preached on just about every theme out there. I have addressed lots of ideas and hit every holiday out there, heck I have even a few Leap Day sermons. After … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 2/11/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, February 5 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse Well the first voting in the 2016 presidential race is just beginning and as always I know that all of you are interested and passionate about the electoral process. As I may have mentioned before, no religious group in the United States votes in … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 2/5/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 31 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse One part of last Sunday’s service that seemed to catch the imagination of many of you was the description of the old Charles Street Meeting House. “The pews were moved into a circle, surrounding an inlayed imaged of earth, so that the parishioners can … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/28/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 24 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse At the end of every Christmas Eve service I am reminded of one of the downsides of being an interim minister. Seeing the faces of returning college students chatting and reconnecting with each other after months away from home; these old friends getting to … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/21/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 17 — Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse The Rev. Rebecca Parker writes about driving through a small town and seeing lots of sand bags and flotsam around, and saying to her companion, “there must have just been a flood.” She drove through another town with the same sort of debris … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/14/2016

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 10th Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse Recently a colleague, who was about to preach at an ordination, sent a note to some clergy asking what surprised us the most about ministry. My answer was about level of vulnerability that people share with their clergy. I thought of a few conversations … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 1/7/2016