Empowerment is a Four-Letter Word This past week I found myself having two seemingly unrelated but poignant conversations at First Parish. The first, about the struggles our younger congregants are facing and the second, about how each one is a tiny, autonomous being...
For May our topic is Socialism. Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. -- Earl Warren Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened...
Annual Music Sunday with guest musicians Southern Rail. Sunday April 28. An offering of "The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass" by Carol Barnett. This is an amazing work that beautifully combines traditional choral writing and bluegrass music. Music will include First...
at First Parish of Sudbury, Thursday, May 9 at 7pm Learn about Community Choice Aggregation and how we can use it to make a significant shift away from fossil fuels and towards renewable sources of electricity. Most towns and cities in Massachusetts have the option...
This Sunday, April 28, on Music Sunday, we will Share the Plate with the 350MA MetroWest. 350 Massachusetts (350Mass) is one of the most well organized climate activist groups in the state. If you care about addressing climate change in the state, this is the group to...
Help support First Parish of Sudbury's Faith in Action group's efforts to collect sunblock to be sent to Ghana. The Ghana Association of Persons with Albinism (GAPA) is working to help the vulnerable population of people with albinism (complete or partial lack of...
We had a very successful sale, thanks to the hard work of almost forty volunteers -- First Parish women, and men too -- who wrote articles, distributed flyers, updated and installed the sign, set up and took down tables, hauled donations up from the basement, sorted...
The Finance Committee and Board of Trustees have prepared a preliminary budget for fiscal year 2019-2020, and are preparing for our Annual Congregational Meeting on June 9 at 11:30am. Maybe you have questions about the budget and how decisions are made about what is...
Annual Music Sunday with guest musicians Southern Rail. Sunday April 28. An offering of "The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass" by Carol Barnett. This is an amazing work that beautifully combines traditional choral writing and bluegrass music. Music will include First...
Rev. Katie Lee Crane. What better way to celebrate Easter than to celebrate life! Our worship service will begin with the dedication of Audrey Orcheski, daughter of Ben Orcheski and Mary McLaughlin and granddaughter of longtime FPS member, Leslie Bryant. Noting the...