This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, August 25 Jeff Stoodt and Lisa White Music Joel Hiller Worship theme: Home It’s a physical structure. Yet a house seems to only become a home when lives are lived in it. In this service, we will reflect upon the spiritual dimensions of home. Why does it … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/23/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, August 18 Tandi Rogers Music Joel Hiller Summer Service held in the Parish Hall Religious Education Nursery care will be available for children under the age of 5. Prayer & Meditation Every Sunday 9:00-9:45am. News & Announcements IS YOUR CHILD PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN RE THIS YEAR? … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/16/2013

This Week in Worship & Religious Education Sunday, August 11 Melinda Collins Music Joel Hiller Circulating currents, glass-smooth calms, foaming rollers, towering waves, lapping ripples. Deep sea vents, underwater volcanoes, coral reefs, cold seas, warm water, the meeting of water and land. The sea has many characters. What has the the sea’s bounty and beauty … Continue reading Your Weekly Link – News and Updates 8/9/2013

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