Excitement, Warmth, and Commitment
First Parish: People, Spirit, Justice
This Week’s Sunday Service
“To Be Woke in a World that Prefers to Sleep In”
Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kwong, Interim Lead Minister, preaching
Sunday, September 21, 10:00am
At the Meetinghouse and on Zoom
Arlington Town Day
Saturday, September 20, 10:30am – 4:30pm. Come get a slice of pie (with or without ice cream) and a bowl of chili at our annual Man-Made Chili and Pie Palace fundraisers on Town Day.
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Events and Programs
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We believe that personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in religion, and that in the end religious authority lies not in a book or person or institution, but in ourselves.
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Meet our Ministers
Rev. Jonipher Kwong 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. Dr. Jonipher Kūpono Kwong (he/they) is the Interim Lead Minister hired by the Parish Committee to begin in August 2025 and welcomes being called either “Jonipher” or “Rev. Jonipher.” Rev. Erica Richmond (she/her) is the Parish Minister hired by the Parish Committee in August 2020 and is generally called “Rev. Erica.”