Giving First: Living our faith by sharing our Sunday Plate Offering
Each month we divide our morning offering between First Parish and an organization chosen by our Social Justice Committee. For September 2024, we are funding the work of Gould Farm, www.gouldfarm.org, in Monterey, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1913, Gould Farm is the first residential therapeutic community in the nation dedicated to helping adults with mental health and related challenges move toward recovery and independence through community living, meaningful work, and clinical care.
Located on a 700 acre working farm in the Berkshires, this healing community specializes in offering a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment to adults who are living with mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Gould Farm’s continuum of services includes: a structured, therapeutic work program, life in a caring, multi-generational community; holistic clinical care; and transitional services offered both on the farm and at Fellside, our extended community program in the Boston area.
First Parish member, Stephanie A. Branca, is the Clinical Program DIrector for Gould Farm’s Boston program, conveniently located less than two miles away from First Parish. Programs in both the Boston and the Berkshires provide transitional support to practice the skills gained during their time in residential treatment towards living more independently and in extended community.
Please give generously.