Author: Office Administrator

COVID-19 Update

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In Person and by Zoom every Sunday at 11am All services through at least December 2021 will be hybrid (available for in person attendance as well as via zoom at https://zoom.us/j/4438056805). If you join us in person, please wear your mask and sit distanced from one another. We are asking in person participants not to … Continue reading COVID-19 Update

Care about Social Justice, healing & equity?

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Please take a few moments to complete the following actions: Support Ethnic Studies in Boston Public Schools, Urge state legislators to support the Mass Indigenous Legislative Agenda, In solidarity with demands from various Black & Brown organizers, as well as Dorchester People for Peace- urge city councilors to nurture our Boston communities by redirecting funding for Boston … Continue reading Care about Social Justice, healing & equity?

Get your First Parish T-Shirt!

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New First Parish Dorchester T-shirts are now available for all members and friends. Many thanks to the Membership Committee, especially Michelle Oyie, for making this happen. The shirts will be available at all upcoming First Parish in person events, or contact Laura Maltby (landrmaltby@aol.com) to arrange pick up/delivery. Sizes range from Youth Small to Adult … Continue reading Get your First Parish T-Shirt!

Help plant sunflowers

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Help us make FPD even more welcoming by planting sunflowers! Saturday, May 29th at 10 AM.Rain date: Saturday, June 5.Everyone is welcome at this kid-friendly gardening event! Bring your friends and neighbors! We’ll be putting in sunflower seeds and seedlings around the periphery of the yard. We are hoping that in the late summer and early fall, it’ll … Continue reading Help plant sunflowers

Planning for Friday Evenings on the Lawn

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Please join us this Monday May 17 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/4438056805 to discuss Friday evening events.  The activities will be weekly from June 11 to September 10 and be co-sponsored with Bowdoin Geneva Main Street and  other local organizations. This meeting will focus on three of four larger evening events that will celebrate Cape Verdean, Vietnamese, Irish and Native … Continue reading Planning for Friday Evenings on the Lawn

Cookies and Pledges!

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First Parish hosted a Pledge Party on Wednesday evening, April 21, to gather together and make pledges for the support of our parish for the coming year. Homemade cookies were delivered to congregants and enjoyed along with fellowship in a highly successful kickoff to our annual pledge drive. Here is Allie Chery and Josiah getting … Continue reading Cookies and Pledges!

Re-allocating police funding for safer communities

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Join fellow members of FPD to support community efforts for a safer and more equitable neighborhood, city and world. We are meeting Wednesday, April 28 7-8:30 PM at this Zoom link (https://zoom.us/j/4438056805) to discuss support of community efforts to reallocate funding from policing to community-building, and other ways FPD can work to further align our actions and values. Email Katherine … Continue reading Re-allocating police funding for safer communities

Spring=Gardening! April 3

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Work day in the yard: Saturday, April 3, 8am-12/1pm Spring=Gardening! Volunteers needed to help hang the new Black Lives Matter banner; clean-up in the recently planted areas; install path fencing; do some general yard cleaning; and possibly plant an ornamental tree in the memory garden. Bring work gloves. Future project: laying a brick path, incorporating inscribed … Continue reading Spring=Gardening! April 3