Some never went away during COVID (kudos, Fair Foods!) Some, like AA, came back last year with care. Others have recently begun to fill our space again with joyful dance and singing – we’re looking at you Mather School-BalletRox and Boston Children’s Chorus!  Still others have used our space to honor lost loved ones after funerals. And … Continue reading Our regulars are all back on our refinished Parish Hall floor, plus some!

Congratulations to the A.A. Meeting House Group as they celebrate their 15th anniversary this Tuesday, Dec. 21. The Meeting House Group continues the long relationship of First Parish Dorchester with A.A. which apparently dates to 1966. As reported then in the Up-Look (FPD’s newsletter): ” A voluntary group calling themselves Alcoholics Anonymous meets in the church Kitchen on Sunday … Continue reading Meetinghouse Hill AA Anniversary

Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) conducted their long running annual Annual Thanksgiving Food Distribution from our parish hall in the Meeting House on Monday, Nov. 22nd. . Volunteers and staff assembled donated by  many vendors into bags. Volunteers then delivered them directly to about seventy families, mainly in Dorchester and Roxbury.. Each family received four or five … Continue reading Eastern Service Workers Association Thanksgiving distribution

Caleb McCoy is a Dorchester native, musician, rapper and producer who brands his style as OAK music (One of A Kind).  Caleb likes to make music and tell his personal stories hoping they will connect with the audience. 6 p.m. activities for kids and picnicking 7-8 p.m. music by  Caleb McCoy Grande Finale BBQ Evening on the Lawn – Friday, September … Continue reading Friday on the Lawn – Caleb McCoy

Filmmaker Raouf Zaki, movie producer and award winning director, will be joining us on the lawn at First Parish to screen three of his serious and humorous films, followed by a time for questions and discussion. The evening will include these short films: Not Your Average Arab (19 min), Santa Claus in Baghdad (25 min.) and Fireflies (12 min.).  … Continue reading Friday on the Lawn 8/27: Short films by Raouf Zaki

Friday Evenings on the Lawn,  August 20  from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmKera M Washington will be leading us in Drumming for All Ages starting at 7pmKera is the Director of Yanvalou Drum & Dance at Wellesley College; a Music Teacher at Mather Elementary School;Leader of Zili Misik, an all female ensemble that performs an acoustic & … Continue reading Friday on the Lawn – Drumming