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Sunday, November 28, 2021 10AM

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Giving First Submissions – Submissions for the Giving First Program until December 31st

November 19, 2021

Giving First Submissions – The Social Justice Committee is taking submissions for the Giving First P… Read more »

Chaplains on the Way New Giving Recipient for December 2021

November 15, 2021

Chaplains on the Way is the December 2021 Giving First recipient. Jill Gaulding, Executive Director… Read more »

A Ministerial Sabbatical

November 5, 2021

January 1- May 15, 2022 Sabbatical comes from the root word “sabbath.” In the Bible, it is a time fo… Read more »

Upcoming Events

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Loneliness and Connection – A STAR Program

November 29, 2021

Women’s Book Group

December 2, 2021

Older Men Lunch Meetings

December 2, 2021

Meet our Ministers

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Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan and Rev. Erica Richmond

First Parish is served by the elected leaders, volunteers, and staff. First Parish is also served by two full time ordained ministers. Both ministers preach and participate in worship services and are available for pastoral care, weddings, and memorial services.

Rev. Marta Flanagan is the Lead Minister called by a vote of the congregation in 2009 and is generally called “Marta.” Rev. Erica Richmond is the Parish Minister hired by the Parish Committee in August 2020 and is generally called “Rev. Erica.”

They say their ministry together is grounded in “a sense of a Spirit moving within and among us, service to First Parish, and a call to work for justice, both within and beyond the walls of the meetinghouse.”

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