The Board of Trustees is proud to announce its full slate of officers for the 2020-21 church year: Laura Maltby – Chair, Althea Smith – Vice Chair, and Melissa Wender – Secretary. The remaining Board members are: Dayo Hall, Chris Montani, Pam Goncalves, and Deirdre Murphy.
Come and hear Tom Cunningham and the 1630 band tonight, Friday, July 17, at 6:30 pm in the church yard. This will be another wonderful opportunity to come together while maintaining appropriate distancing. Please wear a face mask and enjoy the music in this beautiful outdoor setting.
Our Fair Foods partners have been slowly and carefully reopening and are now back in full force, practicing careful COVID-19 protocols. They are staging in the Parish Hall, and distributing their delicious and healthy $2 bags of vegetables, fruits, and bread to hundreds each Friday starting at 2 pm from the gate to our yard … Continue reading Fair Foods back in action
First session: Monday, July 20, 9am Readers and thinkers of all ages are invited to join First Parish’s summer book group, to be facilitated by Katherine Jenkins with support from Lucas Gonzalez Milliken and Emily Lichtenstein. The group will read An Indigenous People’s History of the US for Young People, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. This book … Continue reading Summer Book Group: “An Indigenous People’s History of the US for Young People”
With Chris Montani leading, First Parish had its first in-person service on Sunday July 12 in the churchyard. Our hybrid service also included people on Zoom from home and it went very well. We hope to have more outside services with appropriate physical distancing!
With our July 5th service, we begin our summer series of lay-led services. This First Parish tradition offers the chance to experience our community from the perspectives of some of our amazing members. We start with Lucas Gonzalez Milliken and Kat Oyie examining what it means to say “We welcome you, whoever you are” And … Continue reading Summer Services begin
First Parish Dorchester statement of support for Black Lives Matter Rally Dorchester, June 19, 2020 and the Unitarian Universalist Association call for confronting and ending anti-Blackness The Board of Trustees of First Parish Dorchester, a nearly 400-year old historic Unitarian Universalist congregation released the following statement: First Parish Dorchester wholeheartedly declares that Black Lives Matter! … Continue reading First Parish joins fight to save Black lives
The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Laura Maltby has been elected to be the new Chair of the Board, effective July 1, 2020. The outgoing and incoming board met on June 16 and the new board voted unanimously for Laura. Laura has led the Membership Committee and she was the Chair of … Continue reading Laura Maltby elected Board Chair
A new volunteer network of Boston area teachers, garden educators, and food justice activists called Growing Resilience has just been given permission to grow food in unused garden beds at BPS schools during the closure and this summer. The harvests will be distributed to Boston families in need. The beds will be returned (with improved … Continue reading Mather School Garden Volunteers Needed
Highlights from the virtual May 31 First Parish Dorchester Annual Meeting include: Election of Pam Goncalves and Deirdre Murphy as trustees Re-election of Treasurer Sherman Zemler-Wu, Secretary Susan Lush, and Financial Secretary Myles Crowley Authorization for FPD to sell the parking lot to the city for a new firehouse The 2020 Annual Meeting draft minutes … Continue reading Annual Meeting Highlights
