Looking for support for your meditation practice? Join us for 30 minutes of silent sitting. Beginners and experienced meditators welcome. Please drop in whenever you like–no ongoing commitment required. Meets Mondays 6:00-7:00pm in the Parlor. For more information, please email meditation@firstparish.info Back to Events
Open sessions will be held to review the 2025-2026 proposed budget as well as the Parish Committee recommendation for conferring Minister Emerita status on Marta Flanagan upon her retirement in June. Wednesday, May 7, 2025 on Zoom at 7:30pm Sunday, May 11 - after services in person (Sanctuary) - no Zoom option Monday, May 12 […]
A supportive group for parents whose children have grown and moved away from home. What will we do with our time, travel the world, worry about our children, or both?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
In these troubling times, Elissa Ely and David Leisner are offering an evening for reflective gathering. David and Elissa have been dear friends for half a century. They have collaborated to create a 90-minute program of reading and music that focuses on three topics they find especially important right now: kindness, sadness and steadfastness. The […]
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. Click here to join on Zoom. Sunday, 9-9:30 a.m. The facilitator will open with a short Loving Kindness (Metta) introduction and then ring the bell. We will […]
The Annual Meeting will be at 12:00 PM on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 630 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, Massachusetts. The meeting will be an in-person meeting, with voting available only in-person, as per the First Parish bylaws, and there will be a livestream via Zoom. Zoom attendees are NOT required to register for this […]