Defending Democracy: Postcards to Georgia

Parlor First Parish

The Defending Democracy Group is hosting a postcarding event this Wednesday 8/28 from 5-6pm in the Parlor. We will be writing cards to Georgia to get out the vote. Please join us before the potluck, no need to register.

Defending Democracy: Debate Watch Gathering

Parlor First Parish

Would you like to watch the presidential debate with other people? Join us! The debate will start at 9 p.m., and we invite people to arrive any time 8:30 p.m. or later for tea and light snacks. Afterwards we will do a short debriefing based on the Lectio Divina model.

Women’s Alliance Program: Rev Marta Interviews Shira Hoffer

Sanctuary and Zoom First Parish

A Hotline for Israel/Palestine: Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan interviews Shira Hoffer September 15, 2024 - after service, 12:00 noon, in the sanctuary and on Zoom Join The Alliance for the first program of its inspirational and thought-provoking new season. This promises to be an engaging conversation between Rev. Marta and Shira Hoffer, a remarkable Harvard […]

Defending Democracy: Postcards and Pizza

Vestry First Parish

Join Rev. Erica and the Defending Democracy working group for an evening of community and postcard writing! Using the template and instructions from the Center for Common Ground we will be writing postcards to voters in states with voter suppression laws. Drop by for just an hour or stay for two! Together we can make […]

Pie Palace on Town Day, September 21st

Front Lawn / Clock tower +1 more

Pie Palace on Town Day, September 21st Pie Palace is on Sept. 21st, serving slices of delicious homemade pie to happy customers on Town Day. We need help from bakers, booth workers, set-up and clean-up. For newer members, this is a fun event where you will get to socialize with fellow congregants while helping to […]

Event Series Diversity Book Club

Diversity Book Club

Zoom

Note new schedule: The Diversity Book Club generally meets on the third Tuesday of every other month, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, on Zoom. The October book selection is The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. All are welcome, please join us! Please email diversitybookclub@firstparish.info, to obtain the link and to RSVP to join the discussion or with […]

Listening Session: Flags at the Meetinghouse

Zoom

How should we use the First Parish flagpole? The Defending Democracy working group has suggested that we fly three flags: a U.S. flag, a LGBTQ+ pride flag, and a Black Lives Matter flag. In this time when the U.S. flag has come to be increasingly associated with white Christian nationalism, we believe that it would be valuable for First Parish to […]

Transgender Day of Resilience

Front Lawn / Clock tower

PLEASE JOIN US on Wednesday, November 20 at 7 p.m. for a commemoration of Transgender Day of Resilience. We will gather on the meetinghouse lawn at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 630 Mass Ave., Arlington Center. Transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people are also invited to an affinity event at 6:15 p.m. at First Parish […]

Event Series Diversity Book Club

Diversity Book Club

Zoom

Note new schedule: The Diversity Book Club generally meets on the third Tuesday of every other month, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, on Zoom. The December book selection is Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo. In October, we discussed The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. All are […]

Reckoning and Repair: Update and Film Screening

Parlor First Parish

Join us from 12-2pm Sunday, January 5th for a brief update on the work of R & R and to view the PBS film "The Big Payback." This documentary about the rookie alderwoman from Evanston, Illinois, who led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations for Black Americans, will help us kick off our community's […]