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

This Week in Worship Sunday, January 3 – Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse This is the year. This is THE year. THIS IS THE YEAR! Yup this is the year when you, First Parish, get a new minister. THIS is the year, when you start the next chapter in your life as a religious community. Do … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 12/31/2015

This Week in Worship Thursday, December 24 — Christmas Eve Worship & Pageant @ 5:00 pm in the Meetinghouse Thursday, December 24 — Christmas Eve Music Service @ 10:00 pm in the Meetinghouse Sunday, December 27 @ Worship @ 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse John Waters, the outrageous Baltimore film director, shot a scene in one of his early movies … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 12/23/2015

This Week in Worship Sunday, December 20 Worship @ 10:30 am in Meetinghouse A letter from an 1834 edition of The Christian Register, A Boston Unitarian magazine. “All the children are expecting presents, and all the aunts and cousins to say nothing of near relatives, are considering what they shall bestow upon earnest expectants. I observe … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 12/17/2015