• Benefit Concert for North American Indian Center of Boston

    Sanctuary and Vestry 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

    Celebrate the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) and all they do to support Indigenous Peoples in the Greater Boston area. Dance to Classic Rock with Stanley and The Undercovers. Good work, Great Fun! As the oldest urban Indian center in Massachusetts, NAICOB's mission is to empower the Native American community with the goal […]

  • First Parish Financial and Budget Review

    FY 2027 Financial and Budget Review
    Sanctuary 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

     First Parish leadership will host sessions to review the upcoming budget (FY 2026-2027): Sunday, April 26, Sanctuary, after coffee hour (around noon) Wednesday, April 29, 7pm, Zoom (click here to join the Zoom) If you are not able to attend either of these sessions and you want to be in the know, or if you […]

  • Monthly Community Potlucks, 2025-2026

    Monthly Community Potlucks
    Vestry 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • First Parish Financial and Budget Review

    FY 2027 Financial and Budget Review
    Zoom

     First Parish leadership will host sessions to review the upcoming budget (FY 2026-2027): Sunday, April 26, Sanctuary, after coffee hour (around noon) Wednesday, April 29, 7pm, Zoom (click here to join the Zoom) If you are not able to attend either of these sessions and you want to be in the know, or if you […]

  • “Hope in the Dark” Book Discussion Series

    Zoom

    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 […]

  • Arts & Crafts Night

    Parlor 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • Shades of Black: The Hip-Hopera (Opening Doors Concert Series)

    Sanctuary 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

    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 […]

  • Who are UU? Series

    Who are UU? Series
    Damon

    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 […]

  • “Reverberations” – post service conversation with Jordan Clark

    Sanctuary 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

    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 […]