EVENT CANCELLED Important update: Due to unfortunate circumstances, Alliance program for Dec. 6 has been canceled. It will be rescheduled in the future. In conversation with Rachel Lewellen, Alliance Program co-chair, Jorge Armesto will share what he has learned as a parole board member, forensic psychologist, and self-compassion teacher about compassion, justice, and freedom. Jorge […]
First Parish of Arlington ~~ Parish Committee Meeting Monday, November 25, 7:00pm - 9:00pm. On-line only. NOTE - THIS IS A SPECIAL ADDITIONAL MEETING. The agenda for this meeting is typically available online 24 hours prior to the meeting on the Parish Committee page. This meeting is on-line only; all are welcome Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89497121432?pwd=SHoxSFlSaGRnUVNsZUFXVGpPUDd3dz09 Click […]
How should we use the First Parish flagpole? The Defending Democracy working group has suggested that we fly three flags: a U.S. flag, a LGBTQ+ pride flag, and a Black Lives Matter flag. In this time when the U.S. flag has come to be increasingly associated with white Christian nationalism, we believe that it would be valuable for First Parish to […]
Interested in trying out a new spiritual practice based on values we are trying to live out in our lives? Join Rev. Marta Flanagan and First Parish member Bonnie Zimmer in a five- session Mussar experience. Mussar is a 1,000 year old Jewish practice, which requires both individual practice and group reflection. This pilot program […]
Our series of Tuesday Zoom meditation ended August 27. Please try our Sunday morning Zoom meditation and our Monday evening in-person meditation. Email meditation@firstparish.info with questions. 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 […]
Worship online only ~~ click the yellow button below John Hodges, Worship Leader "Whither Blows the Wind?" Do you run before the wind? Tack to windward? Both at different times? What has gone according to plan in your life? In every detail? A lot? Not a single thing? How do you feel about that? What […]
Worship online only ~~ click on the yellow button below Megan Anderson, Worship Leader "Interdependence and Tenacious Love" How does reflecting on our belief in the interdependent web of life help us as Unitarian Universalists to attend to Disability Justice in our own congregation? Drawing on writings by Julia Watts Belser and Reverend Monica Coleman, […]
Worship online only ~~ click on the yellow button below Jitendra Singh, Worship Leader "Respectfully Yours" I hope to talk about respecting the world around us, people but also other sentient beings, even trees and rocks. Annie Dillard speaks of "teaching a stone to talk." The Tao Te Ching speaks of "being like water," to […]
Worship online only ~~ click on the yellow button below Mary Babic, Worship Leader "The Future Is Not Yet Written: The power of imagination in confronting the climate crisis" What does it mean to be open to the world? It is at once terrible, gorgeous, life-threatening, life-affirming, tragic, comic. How much light do we let […]
Worship online only ~~ click on the yellow button below Josh Davis, Worship Leader "How First Parish Helped Me Become a Christian" In 2012, I spoke at First Parish about an extraordinary event that led to my conversion to Christianity. I will retell that event and provide an update about what has happened since, especially […]