This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, August 4 Sean Neil-Barron Music Jennie Mulqueen A Text Message from God What if one day your phone vibrated and you had received a divine communication. A text message from God was waiting in your inbox. Unopened. How would you feel? What do you think it would … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/2/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, July 28 Rev. Colin Bossen Music Joel Hiller Dear Friends and Members of First Parish: It has been a pleasure leading worship this past month. I am looking forward to this coming Sunday, my last with you. During the service we’ll be exploring the question: What does … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 7/26/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, July 21 Rev. Colin Bossen Music Joel Hiller This week in worship we ask the question: What does it mean to be present to justice. As part of the service we will be reflecting on the verdict from the Trayvon Martin case and the state of race … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 7/19/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, July 14 Rev. Colin Bossen Music Joel Hiller Dear Friends and Members of First Parish: Last Sunday we had worship outside, under one of the old trees outside of the meeting hall. This week, weather permitting, we may do the same. Either way, during the service I … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 7/12/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, July 7 Worship 10:30am July and August Summer Service held in the Parish Hall Dear Friends and Members of First Parish: Hello! I am Colin Bossen and I am going to be leading worship and providing pastoral care coverage for your congregation for the month of July. … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 7/5/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, June 30 “Avoiding Dysfunctional Closure” Jennie Mulqueen, Joel Hiller musician June is a time of tremendous transition. Class parties, picnics, concerts, and celebrations provide a dizzying array of closure exercises that can leave us feeling empty and deflated rather than a true sense of belonging, wholeness and … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 6/28/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, June 23 The Invisible Bonds of Visible Saints Rev. Parisa Parsa preaching, Joel Hiller musician As we work to embrace intercultural competency, we are met with powerful ghosts of our Calvinist past. Surprisingly, they are not entirely friendly. How can naming the culture of our faith tradition … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 6/21/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education SUMMER WORSHIP BEGINS THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Rev. Eric Dawson will start off our summer worship series in style! Don’t miss it. Confessions of a Bad Dad: Lessons about Life, Letting Go, and Frozen Waffles Parenting, like all of life’s endeavors is fraught with danger — none greater … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 6/14/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, June 9 “What Might Be” The Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt As summer approaches join us for a worship service about letting go and making room for all that is to come. Meetinghouse Choir will sing Religious Education Nursery care will be available for children under the age … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 6/6/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, June 2 Flower Celebration Rev. Parisa Parsa, Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt and Emma Jean Moulton directing the Meetinghouse Choir In our annual flower celebration we honor the historic story of Rev. Norbert Capek and his wife Maya, who risked their lives for freedom of worship in the former Czechoslovakia. … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 5/30/2013