In July and August our services are led by lay members of the First Parish Community. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear from each other about our spiritual journeys and insights. Folks share on a variety of topics that interest them. Come, support each other and get to know each other more deeply. Dan Lochen … Continue reading Summer Services
In life we often find people in heated debate that want the same things. The open ended question is a good strategy to resolve conflict and reach consensus. It may not lead to agreement but it can provide a space for dialogue and conversation. So I ask you ”What do you mean?” Here’s the video … Continue reading Of Metaphor and Meaning – What do you mean?
Join us this Sunday for worship and fellowship. The first lay lead summer service will return to a service format we have not used since before the pandemic began, but which has been very much enjoyed in prior summers, a communal hymn sing. We will still light our chalice and share our joys and sorrows, … Continue reading Come Let Us Sing!
This service will shown on video at First Parish and on Zoom. “We are not alone, though sometimes we forget that truth. We are woven into one cloth, one gorgeous blanket, designed for use, for comfort, to sustain and to love…”—Rev. Dr. Sarah Lenzi “Woven in a Single Garment of Destiny” is a full-length video … Continue reading Woven in a Single Garment of Destiny
Have you ever encountered someone who was authentic and free in a way that inspired you to get more free or be more authentic? Have you noticed how freedom is contagious? Join us on this Juneteenth Sunday as we celebrate and honor the ways in which we free each other by freeing ourselves. Here’s the … Continue reading Free People Free People
We often talk about revolution as something that is loud and aggressive. But being a revolutionary is also quiet. We listen for the call of what is ours to do. We softly create spaces that foster revolutionaries, especially amongst our young folks. Sometimes our queer pride isn’t only about throwing bricks, it is also about … Continue reading Sounds Like a Whisper
In the midst of this world, how do we savor the blessings in our lives? How do we give and receive blessings in community? What does this moment in history teach us about how to live in exchange with the blessings around you? We will engage in the ritual of Flower Communion this week. Please … Continue reading Exchanging Blessings Now
Feeling Lost? Confused by the twists of the world, and not sure where you’re going? You do not journey alone. In this service, we will move through the ancient spiritual practice of walking the labyrinth. It is a path of constant twists and turns, that can be disorienting, but which is always moving towards a … Continue reading To the Center
Beauty surrounds us. And we can choose to nurture it and create more abundant beauty and love in the world. Or we can choose to perpetuate systems that create harm and inequity. Beauty exists all around us – alongside fear, greed and systems of oppression that seek to squander beauty. How might we do our … Continue reading Nurture Beauty
How we are with each other matters. We create and shape our communities in little moments. Join us for a celebration of all that is beautiful about community. We are in this together. And what we create here at First Parish ripples out into the world. This service will focus on sending peace to Ukraine, … Continue reading Nurturing Community
