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?
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 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
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!
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
This Sunday, April 4th, from 1-3:00 pm, we will have an Easter Festival on the Lawn of First Parish Dorchester. There will be 8 stations of possible activities celebrating New Life and Transformation. (One station for each of our UU principles, including the 8th Principle, which we have been in conversation around adopting)All are welcome to join … Continue reading Easter Festivities on the Lawn
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
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
