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
First Parish Dorchester’s 391th Birthday PartyAn on-line fundraiser and celebration of our communitySaturday, March 20, 2021, 6pm The First Parish Dorchester annual gala and Meetinghouse Award celebration has been a regular fundraising event in our Dorchester community for over 10 years. COVID has challenged all of us, but we are proud to announce that we will still … Continue reading FPD Celebrates 391st Birthday
North Bennet Stree School streamed a Boston Public Quartet concert on Thursday, February 25 The North Bennet Street School (NBSS) held a virtual concert with Betsy Hinkle and Jason Amos, members of the Boston Public Quartet, live streamed from our First Parish sanctuary. They performed works on violin and viola by living Black composers Adolphus Hailstork … Continue reading North Bennet St. School concert from FPD
First Parish is working with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) for them to use our Parish Hall and Allen Parlor as a COVID-19 vaccination site in Dorchester. We are proud to help provide this service, but please be aware that the site is available only to people within the BIDMC network, of whom … Continue reading FPD to be Vaccine Site
On Tuesday January 19th at 5:30pm, in a splendid and moving light and sound show, with the great tower bell pealing out over Meetinghouse Hill, First Parish joined the nation in mourning those who have died in the COVID pandemic, honoring those who suffered and those who served, and welcoming in a year of hope … Continue reading Bell Rings for COVID Victims
Did you miss Ana Popa’s “Evening of Music and Spoken Words to Keep You Warm on a Winter’s Night” concert on Monday, December 21? No worries! Check out the video hereBeautiful music by G. Walker, L. v. Beethoven, G. Holst, D. Macdonald, S. Prokofiev, J. S. Bach, played by Susanne Friedrich, cello and Ana Sorina Popa, pianoInspiring … Continue reading An Evening of Music and Spoken Words
On Sunday afternoon, November 22, FPD folks gathered to rake leaves and generally put the yard to bed for the winter. Here we have Ardis, Melissa and Trevor taking the opportunity to play in the leaves!
Would you like to add some physical activity to your spiritual activity on Sunday, November 22? Some of us will gather at 1:00 PM to do yard work. All are welcome!
Boston’s Black Nativity looked forward to celebrating it’s 50th annual production this year – the longest run anywhere of the play written by Langston Hughes. While it is not be possible to mount a live show, the anniversary will be celebrated at a “virtual” Gala and in a film created by Emerson College documenting its rich history. … Continue reading Black Nativity films At First Parish
Do you enjoy making hats, scarves, or mittens? We would love to make warm winter items available to children and adults in our community and neighborhood. They can be distributed on Friday afternoons, in conjunction with Fair Foods. Please let Laura Maltby (Landrmaltby@aol.com) know if you have any items that you would like to contribute, either … Continue reading Calling all knitters/crocheters
