Prior Services

Join us as three generations of First Parish members come together to share their beliefs and the experiences that contribute to what sustains and inspires them. Come hear Gail Hardenbergh, Sheila Davison, and Ben Reiner share their thoughts — and Peg Espinola share...

We push forward to encourage the introduction of a holiday to replace Columbus Day. Can we atone, the white progeny of colonialist forebearers, for what has been perpetuated in the name of expansion? Let us consider the injustice that this country was built upon the backs of enslaved Native Americans, indentured European immigrants, African Slaves. Many worked to build this nation to then be excluded from the benefit of the expansion. Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie as she wonders how the implications of our past have created the current climate in this country that will have ramifications on our future.

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Who was St Francis, and why would a Franciscan Nun claim to be a Unitarian Universalist? Join Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty as she unpacks the beliefs of the Franciscan tradition in comparison to Unitarian Universalism. Please invite your non-human familiars for a blessing...

What does it mean to save the soul of a Nation? Is it possible to create a place of peace during a pandemic, devastating wildfires, and the hottest recorded temperatures on the planet? What does it take to save the soul of a Nation, or a people who inhabit a planet?...

On September 19th, 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson in response to a letter from Frederick Henry Hedge calling for a “symposium” gathered with like-minded thinkers to engage in a free discussion of theological and moral subjects. Those who gathered sought a way to find...

Rev. Marjorie looks forward to welcoming you to our online* Homecoming Service on Sunday, September 13, at 10 am. It is our tradition on Homecoming Sunday to share in a water ritual. Like in past years, we will collect water from the places that have meant so much to...

It’s a tradition at FPS to end summer services with a poetry slam. Gather with us online on August 30th to share poems that speak to you: contemporary, classical, free verse, haikus… all are welcome. And, if you write poetry, bring those to share. The service will be...

Join us in a follow-up discussion to the recent sermon by Rob Kinslow. We will discuss why we try, even against all odds, to create good. The divine part of our human nature, the angel part, the part that can hear angels or the universe whispering, is that part of us...

On Sunday, August 16, at 10 am, the Racial Justice Group will lead a service, Racial Justice: Step Back to Listen, Step Up to Support. It will be a time to listen—to truly listen—to the words and music of people-of-color... and a time to reflect on voices too seldom...

The German theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) is reported to have once said, "Even if I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would continue to plant my apple trees." Twentieth-century Unitarian Universalist theologian Henry Nelson Wieman said such acts of faith,...