Lights & Parish Bells for COVID Lives Lost
President-elect Biden will lead a memorial to remember and honor lives lost to COVID-19, with church-bell ringings and light shows across the country on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 5:30 pm, the night prior to his inauguration. FPS will join in, with the ringing of our bells,...
Salon/Bohm Dialogue 1/17/21 – Free Speech
Jake Angeli - noted US Capitol invader and QAnon member. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to...
Sunday, January 17 – A Community Conversation on Anti-Racism
FPS is joining with the Sudbury Interfaith Clergy Association on Sunday, January 17 at 1:30 pm for "From Strength to Love"—a community conversation on anti-racism in tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The forum can be accessed by this link. See this flyer for...
Saturday, January 16 – Bingo Night!
Join First Parish online for Bingo Night! Saturday, January 16. 2021, at 7 pm. We have some wonderful prizes for those lucky enough to score B-I-N-G-O! Prizes include gift bags containing honey, tea, and a Concord Teacakes gift card and gift bags containing homemade...
Christmas Eve Service
Thursday, December 24, 20207 pm Join us for a joyful service, as we celebrate together as a community. We will gather our two services into one, via Zoom, beginning with a Story For All Ages, lessons, and carols—culminating in sharing our collective light...
Celebration of the Winter Solstice: Revelry Sunday
Sunday, December 20, 202010 am At this time of year, we celebrate the journey of coming out of darkness into the light. Traditionally, we hold this Revelry service in person together. This year, we will share some of our favorite videos of past performances by our...
Salon/Bohm Dialogue 12/20/20 – The Transition Movement
Our December topic is "the Transition movement". Transition is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world.The international Transition movement began in 2005 in Totnes, England, and has since spread to over 1,200 communities in 50...
First Parish Secret Santa 2020
This year we will be doing Secret Santa a little differently. As in the past, we will help provide holiday gifts to children and teens engaged with the MA Department of Children and Families (DCF). This year we are working with Wonderfund, a non-profit organization...
Saturday, November 21 – Fall Cleanup
Please join us as we rake, sweep, and clean away the fallen leaves and branches around First Parish, all while socially distancing ourselves from each other, and wearing our best seasonal masks. With your help, we will put the grounds to rest for the winter season....
Salon/Bohm Dialogue 11/15/20 – Meritocracy
At the core of our democracy, there is a basic inequality, not the inequality of wealth, though that is a problem, or the inequality of speech, though some think that a problem too, but the inequality of citizens. – Lawrence Lessig meritocracy - noun1. rule by persons...