We are honored to welcome The Paradoxides String Quartet back to First Parish. The quartet features violinists Anna Fernandez-Buehrens and Liz Maloney, violist David Fastovsky, and cellist Paul Hall. The members of the quartet have been playing together in a variety of orchestras and chamber groups for more than 20 years. The evening will start at 6 p.m. … Continue reading Friday on the Lawn: Paradoxides
As part of the August 6 Summer on the Lawn series, we folded paper cranes to memorialize the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. The film Paper Lanterns, was also shown, which is about the atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori and his lifelong effort to honor ten American POWs killed by the bombing. Among the … Continue reading Folding Cranes
Fun and comradery for all ages! Come, picnic and listen to music while creating your robot using recycled material and multiple colors of tape. This intergenerational art activity will be led by Jerry Beck, artist and executive director of ArtSpace. who will arrive in the 1952 Ford pick-up UFO truck. Invite your friends and neighbors to … Continue reading Friday on the Lawn: UFO ArtSpace, July 30
First Parish has a long tradition of lay-led summer services for the weeks when the minister is away on vacation and study leave. It is a great chance to share in the wisdom and experience of a wide variety of our members. Some services will be hybrid (in-person and Zoom) and some will be Zoom … Continue reading Summer Services at First Parish – 10am
July 9, 6-8pmSinger/guitarist Adam Gibbons (7-8pm)Local Dorchester community activist and singer/guitarist Adam Gibbons will be performing singer-songwriter folk/rock material by artists like James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Beatles, and others. A joint venture of First Parish, Bowdoin Geneva Main Streets, Fields Corner Main Street, and Four Corners Main Streets
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Barbara Greene on June 27. A longtime member of First Parish, including twenty-one years as Church Secretary, she was a great friend to her mentor the late Rev. James K. Allen and was instrumental in keeping the First Parish Church of Dorchester open and available … Continue reading Passing of Barbara Greene
Muhammad Seven & the Spring headline on June 11 at 7 pm (activities and socializing start at 6 pm)
Please take a few moments to complete the following actions: Support Ethnic Studies in Boston Public Schools, Urge state legislators to support the Mass Indigenous Legislative Agenda, In solidarity with demands from various Black & Brown organizers, as well as Dorchester People for Peace- urge city councilors to nurture our Boston communities by redirecting funding for Boston … Continue reading Care about Social Justice, healing & equity?
New First Parish Dorchester T-shirts are now available for all members and friends. Many thanks to the Membership Committee, especially Michelle Oyie, for making this happen. The shirts will be available at all upcoming First Parish in person events, or contact Laura Maltby (landrmaltby@aol.com) to arrange pick up/delivery. Sizes range from Youth Small to Adult … Continue reading Get your First Parish T-Shirt!
Help us make FPD even more welcoming by planting sunflowers! Saturday, May 29th at 10 AM.Rain date: Saturday, June 5.Everyone is welcome at this kid-friendly gardening event! Bring your friends and neighbors! We’ll be putting in sunflower seeds and seedlings around the periphery of the yard. We are hoping that in the late summer and early fall, it’ll … Continue reading Help plant sunflowers
