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Name: Older Men Lunch Meetings
Start: 2026-05-28T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-28T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Zoom

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2 events 4 2 events, 4 Featured 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Transition Team Info Session – Zoom Featured May 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Transition Team Info Session – Zoom The transition team is offering a zoom version of the April 19 in-person event. This is the same event so no need to attend both. Join us via Zoom to hear about what we learned from the congregation from the listening circles last month. We will also share an introduction on how structure and staffing […], 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm “Hope in the Dark” Book Discussion Series May 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm “Hope in the Dark” Book Discussion Series Defending Democracy Working Group and STAR invite you to a book discussion, facilitated by David Whitford, on the book, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit. Hope in the Dark makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. "No […]	0 events 5 0 events, 5	1 event 6 1 event, 6 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Arts & Crafts Night May 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Arts & Crafts Night Come and join us for a relaxing and fun night of community and art. You can bring your favorite project or art materials. We will have some artsy making materials ready for you like paper, pens, jewelry making material, etc. You can be inspired by the Resistance Art in the Parlor, or each other. You […]	0 events 7 0 events, 7	1 event 8 1 event, 8 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera (Opening Doors Concert Series) May 8 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera (Opening Doors Concert Series) In collaboration with the Club Passim Folk Collective, Opening Doors presents "Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera," a free concert and conversation with Zakiyyah at Arlington UU Church. Zakiyyah is an artist-changemaker who utilizes music and visual media to explore themes that centralize marginalized communities via her production company, Black and Bold Productions. As an actress […]	0 events 9 0 events, 9	2 events 10 2 events, 10 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Who are UU? Series May 10 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Who are UU? Series Looking for connection? Need a little help getting to know others at First Parish? Want to help others know you? Join First Parish members for Who are UU? a series of guided conversations designed to ease us beyond small talk and learn more about each other. No registration required. Come to one or come to […], 11:30 am - 1:00 pm “Reverberations” – post service conversation with Jordan Clark May 10 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm “Reverberations” – post service conversation with Jordan Clark The Social Justice committee is pleased to have Jordan Clark, a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, and executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program, discuss "Complexity and Balance in Spirituality" in the Shinn Service. In his talk, and more personally at Reverberations, Jordan will address balancing Wampanoag spiritual practice and western/Christian […]
1 event 11 1 event, 11 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm “Hope in the Dark” Book Discussion Series May 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm “Hope in the Dark” Book Discussion Series Defending Democracy Working Group and STAR invite you to a book discussion, facilitated by David Whitford, on the book, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit. Hope in the Dark makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. "No […]	0 events 12 0 events, 12	0 events 13 0 events, 13	0 events 14 0 events, 14	1 event 15 1 event, 15 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Young Adult Potluck May 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Young Adult Potluck Help us build a vibrant young adult community (ages 18-35ish) at First Parish! We invite you to gather for food, fun, and connection. It doesn't matter if you're a lifelong member or new to the community—we want to see you there! Date & Time: Friday, May 15, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Location: First Parish UU of Arlington, […]	1 event 16 1 event, 16 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Staffing at First Parish: Where Do We Go From Here? May 16 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Staffing at First Parish: Where Do We Go From Here? What are the possibilities for staffing in the coming years? Join the Transition Team to discuss what we’ve learned from peer congregations and how we can creatively navigate our budget to support the ministries we love. Whether you’re interested in the data or the vision, your participation is vital. Join one of these Sessions: Saturday, […]	2 events 17 2 events, 17 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most May 17 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most Inspired by the book with the same title by Jen Tota McGivney, we will explore the ways Thoreau's wisdom may apply to and inspire our 21st century lives. There will be two sessions this spring and we will continue the conversation in the fall. It is not necessary to read the book. In-person and remote […], 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Beginning the Work of Covenant – Covenant Task Force Drop-In Offering May 17 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Beginning the Work of Covenant – Covenant Task Force Drop-In Offering The Covenant Task Force (CTF) invites you to join them in the Parlor, after worship, on Sunday, May 17th. We are volunteers collaborating with the ministers, Parish Committee, Transition Team and Safe Congregations Committee to craft an all-congregation covenant as a part of our settled minister search process. At that time you will be able […]
2 events 18 2 events, 18 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tea with Rev. Carolyn Patierno May 18 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tea with Rev. Carolyn Patierno As First Parish's Adjunct Minister this spring and then again in October - November, this time is simply for getting to know the congregation more. This gathering will be informal. The kettle will be on and the table set. Come for conversation and company., 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Staffing at First Parish: Where Do We Go From Here? May 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Staffing at First Parish: Where Do We Go From Here? What are the possibilities for staffing in the coming years? Join the Transition Team to discuss what we’ve learned from peer congregations and how we can creatively navigate our budget to support the ministries we love. Whether you’re interested in the data or the vision, your participation is vital. Join one of these Sessions: Saturday, […]	0 events 19 0 events, 19	0 events 20 0 events, 20	2 events 21 2 events, 21 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most May 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most Inspired by the book with the same title by Jen Tota McGivney, we will explore the ways Thoreau's wisdom may apply to and inspire our 21st century lives. There will be two sessions this spring and we will continue the conversation in the fall. It is not necessary to read the book. In-person and remote […], 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Love at the Center Book Discussion Series May 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Love at the Center Book Discussion Series What does it mean to put love at the center of our lives? How is love at the center of our six shared Unitarian Universalist values of interdependence, equity, transformation, pluralism, generosity, and justice? Join folks from the Membership Committee to discuss readings from Love at the Center, a collection of meditations on love at […]	0 events 22 0 events, 22	0 events 23 0 events, 23	0 events 24 0 events, 24
0 events 25 0 events, 25	0 events 26 0 events, 26	1 event 27 1 event, 27 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Monthly Community Potlucks, 2025-2026 May 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Monthly Community Potlucks, 2025-2026 A community potluck dinner sponsored by the STAR committee, will be held from 6:00-7:30 September - May on the last Wednesday of the month, except in November/December when there will be just one potluck, on Wednesday, December 3. Potlucks will be held indoors, in the Vestry, except in September and May when they might be […]	0 events 28 0 events, 28	0 events 29 0 events, 29	0 events 30 0 events, 30	0 events 31 0 events, 31

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