The FPS Strategic Planning group would like for you to come for one or both of the upcoming feedback sessions. In these meetings, the Strategic Planning team will share with the congregation their draft recommendations, answer any questions you might have, and solicit...
News & Events
The SPECIAL Parking Place
Thanks for Remembering Just in case you didn’t know, there is a special parking space next to the carriage sheds, which is purchased each year at the First Parish auction. For the whole year (from July through June), this parking spot is reserved on Sunday mornings....
Livable Sudbury Presentation at Goodnow Library
Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 6:30pm presentation of a report on the Livable Sudbury needs assessment conducted by the Sudbury Council on Aging and others. Here is the flyer.
Freshening Up the FPS Website
The First Parish website could use a little freshening up. It would be wonderful to have another person or two (besides our dedicated webmasters, Tom and Jan) who is willing to help with the website changes. Also, people to edit text and review would be good, too. We...
Thanks for our Secret Santa efforts in December
We received this letter from Kay Lowe, Area Clinical Manager at the Department of Children and Families Framingham Area Office "I wanted to take some time to write to thank you at First Parish of Sudbury for your support through the holidays. The holidays are said to...
The Auction is Coming! April 6
Mark your calendars for Saturday evening, April 6th at 6 PM, for the annual First Parish Spring Service Auction. This year’s theme will be Breakfast at Tiffany’s, so get ready for a glamorous evening of fun and bidding. If you are a veteran of the Service Auction,...
Black History Month in UU area congregations
Throughout Black History Month, Unitarian Universalist churches in Concord, Stow, and Sudbury will participate in Say Their Names, a collaboration among the three congregations, led by the Maynard Anti-Racism Alliance (MARA). Each week during worship, we will honor...
Insights: “The Art in Letting Go” by Michele Barkhauer
The Art in Letting Go Imagine for a moment that you have a single rope wrapped around your hand, and that you’re gripping that rope in order to hold onto what is at the other end dangling over a precipice. At the other end of the rope is a thing that was once...
Mindfulness Meditation with Laine Gifford and the FPS meditation group
This Sunday, Laine Gifford and the FPS meditation sangha (community of people who gather together and are committed to the practice of meditation) will lead our 10am service. It will include some teaching about meditation and a chance to practice short meditations...
Lessons Learned from Professor Sherman by Rev. Claire Donaldson (for newsletter)
Acceptance and tolerance can be found in any arena. Opportunities for learning can be found in many settings. It’s not always easy to let go of misinformation and long held beliefs. Sometimes we can find new lessons in some unexpected places. Rev. Claire Donaldson...