News & Events

Calling all poets and poetry readers

  On Sunday, August 30 Sheila Murphy and Sherene Aram will lead our annual Poetry Jam. It's not a Poetry Slam--a competition--just a chance to get together to celebrate our own and others' poetry.  Contact Sheila and Sherene if you would like to participate. And,...

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Summer Service: Lammas Pagan Service

Join the First Parish pagan group as we celebrate Lammas, also known as Lughnasadh and First Fruits, comes from the Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas, "loaf-mass". It is a Cross Quarter Day, along with Halloween, Groundhog Day and May Day, half way between the solstices and the...

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Flower Communion and Picnic

First Parish Celebrates this Sunday by exchanging flowers in worship. Growth, warmer weather and the promise of a safe summer will be all topics that Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty will speak about. “One can see the world in a flower” shares Dr. Matty “The Buddha brought...

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Endings and Beginnings…

Within each ending a new beginning is born, thus life is a series of transitions. How can we live a life gracefully in the midst of constant evolution? Rev. Dr. Marjorie Matty will endeavor to imagine such a practice of living with impermanence. As part of our worship...

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The Inner Landscape of Women…

Women are inspired, committed and compelled to care for and nurture, yet, they are much more than mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt and caregiver. Women have concerns about aging, the environment, civility and intentional community. Who are we as women and how do...

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