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
Work day in the yard: Saturday, April 3, 8am-12/1pm Spring=Gardening! Volunteers needed to help hang the new Black Lives Matter banner; clean-up in the recently planted areas; install path fencing; do some general yard cleaning; and possibly plant an ornamental tree in the memory garden. Bring work gloves. Future project: laying a brick path, incorporating inscribed … Continue reading Spring=Gardening! April 3
Join us Saturday, October 3, 8am to noon to plan and work. Bring gloves as needed and tools if you can. A group of interested members recently met to begin to create a vision for the grounds. We talked about making the space more welcoming not just for members but for the community at large. We … Continue reading FPD Yard Work Day!
As part of the 2019-2020 First Parish year, all the Religious Education participants have created a covenant to guide them this year. See here for details of the RE covenant.
9 youth and 3 adults helped serve a meal at Rosie’s Place on Sunday, June 16th. The experience culminated a Goods Drive started by Simon Fernandez-Buehrens, and was a project undertaken by the entire church community. Simon and the youth brought 5 full boxes of food and toiletries that were collected by church members and … Continue reading Youth serve at Rosie’s Place
Many thanks to our dedicated RE teachers!As a token of our appreciation for the hard work and dedication of our RE teachers, FPD is making small donations to organizations selected by them: Florence Forbush: Haley HouseAsher Wingard: Trans LifelineChris Gray: Dana Farber InstituteTricia Brennan: BIJANNoël Currier: Audubon SocietySusan Lush, Mary Grady, Doug Shaheen, Samantha Tan, Mary Fernandez-Buehrens, Michelle Oyie, … Continue reading To honor our RE teachers…
On April 28th, the Youth Group began a food and toiletry drive for Rosie’s Place, spearheaded by Simon Fernandez-Buehrens, who has been increasingly concerned about homelessness in Boston and the world. There will be collection boxes on the table by the base of the stairs until Sunday, June 16th. On that day, the youth group will be … Continue reading Youth Group supports Rosie’s Place Toiletry Drive
On Anniversary Sunday, the youth invited members of the congregation to write a memory for this community that has impacted or transformed them in some way. If someone was visiting for the first time, they were invited to share what brought them to First Parish in Dorchester this morning: what was their path? (Spiritual or … Continue reading Youth Memories-Anniversary Sunday
A fantastic time was had by the dozen youth present. Deep community building, long conversations, games and wild hijinks abounded. It was a unanimous agreement that we should do this again some time. Many thanks to parents Katherine Jenkins and Michelle Oyie for their presence through the retreat, to Tom Cunningham and Rev. Tricia for … Continue reading Youth overnight a success
On Sunday, September 16,we re-dedicated the RE rooms in honor of Lowell and Charlotte Kingsley, who gave so much time and love to First Parish over many decades, especially to the children of First Parish. The new carpeting and fresh paint were made possible by a generous gift from the Kingsley family. Left … Continue reading Kingsley dedication of RE rooms
