• Tuesday Zoom Meditation

    Tuesday Zoom Meditation
    Zoom

    Looking for support for your meditation practice? Beginners and experienced meditators welcome. First Parish’s Meditation Group has gone virtual!  Please join us whenever you like–no ongoing commitment required.  To receive the Zoom Link, please email and tell us you would like to attend: Tuesdays 6pm-6:30pm The facilitator will open with a short Loving Kindness (Metta) introduction and then […]

  • Wednesday Lectio Divina

    Wednesday Lectio Divina
    Zoom

    Lectio Divina is a method of reading and listening, lingering with, and sharing personal responses to selected texts from the Bible or other sources. Diverse responses to the text provide new insights and help us grow in our spiritual lives and set intentions for our days. New people are always welcome! Lectio Divina meets on […]

  • 2024-2025 First Parish Budget Review, Session 2

    Zoom

    2024-2025 BUDGET REVIEW Are you getting ready for the Annual meeting? Finance and Parish Committee representatives will host two zoom meeting options to review the proposed 2024-2025 budget. MAY 13 (Monday) or MAY 15 (Wednesday) both at 7:30 pm-- via ZOOM please join us to see what is in store for next year! Remember Annual […]

  • Thursday Lectio Divina

    Thursday Lectio Divina
    Zoom

    Lectio Divina is a method of reading and listening, lingering with, and sharing personal responses to selected texts from the Bible or other sources. Diverse responses to the text provide new insights and help us grow in our spiritual lives and set intentions for our days. New people are always welcome! Lectio Divina meets on […]

  • Older Men Lunch Meetings

    Older Men Lunch Meetings
    Zoom

    First Parish’s Older Men’s group continues to meet, using Zoom. The sessions will be held at noon every other Thursday. Email for more information. Meeting Online Only Back to Events

  • Getting Your Life in Order

    Getting Your Life in Order
    Parlor 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA, United States

    Join Rev. Erica Richmond and the STAR committee as we learn about the 5 Wishes tool- a legal document that outlines your physical, spiritual, medical wishes during end-of-life care. One of the best gifts we can give our loved ones is the benefit of clarity during a challenging time. In this two-part workshop we will […]

  • Memorial for Rachel Masson

    Offsite: see event description

    Memorial for Rachel Masson, wife of First Parish Member Mary-Beth Landy   Saturday, May 18, 11 am at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Greenfield MA Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan officiating All are welcome to the service and reception. For more information see: https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/31461661/rachel-a-masson   Map of St Paul's Lutheran Church, 23 Long Ave, Greenfield, MA

  • Ann Mathes Memorial Service

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

    All are welcome to the Celebration of Life for longtime First Parish member, Ann G. Mathes. The service will honor Ann's life, her commitment to justice, her family, and all who will miss her. Saturday, May 18th, at 4 pm -- Reception in the vestry following the service.   For more information see https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ann-mathes-obituary?id=54734399

  • Sunday Zoom Meditation

    Sunday Zoom Meditation
    Zoom

    Join us on Zoom for 30 minutes of silent meditation practice before the Sunday church service. Beginning and experienced meditators are welcome on a drop-in basis. The session opens and ends with a bell. and you are welcome to have your camera on or off. May all beings be happy, peaceful, and well. Sundays, 9-9:30 […]

  • First Parish Annual Meeting 2024

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

    The Annual Meeting will be at 11:30 AM on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 630 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, Massachusetts. The meeting will be a hybrid meeting, both in the sanctuary and on Zoom. In person participants who wish to speak on congregational votes will be limited to one minute each. Zoom participants must register […]