Sunday Worship
First Parish
A liberal religious community, welcoming to all
First gathered 1739
Worship Service
Sunday, January 26, 10:00am
Worship in the Meetinghouse Sanctuary and online
“Those Unacknowledged Legislators”
Rev. Dr. Kelly Mason, Guest Minister, preaching
An important part of the history of these United States is the poetry that our fellow Americans have written about it. What do their poems have to tell us about our country now? If is it is true that poets serve as “the unacknowledged legislators of the world”, what national norms are they writing (or righting) for us today? Which of their verses might we need to know by heart?
The Rev. Dr. Kelly Murphy Mason currently serves as Community Minister for Spiritual Direction at Arlington Street Church; she also teaches in the apprenticeship program at the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction and works as a book reviewer for Presence, the quarterly journal of Spiritual Directors International. In 2022, she convened the Spirituality & Flourishing Interest Group in the Harvard Flourishing Network and today acts as its Co-Chair. For more than a decade now, she has blogged at TheReverendDr.com on the topic of “what heals us in our souls.”
Sunday, January 26“Those Unacknowledged Legislators” |
Service details |
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Giving First for January 2024
The Giving First program donates 50% of the non-pledge offering each month to a charitable organization that we feel is consistent with Unitarian Universalist principles. The program began in November 2009, and First Parish has donated over $200,000 to more than 70 organizations.
For January 2025, the Giving First recipient is Women’s Lunch Place. Women’s Lunch Place is a day shelter community in Boston for women experiencing poverty and homelessness. Trained staff and volunteers provide hundreds of women with two nutritious means a day, clean clothes and a fresh shower with a spirit of healing, hope and dignity. Advocates help guests with issues such as fleeing domestic violence, immigration status, housing, and increasing income. When you donate to Women’s Lunch Place you make a difference in the lives of vulnerable women.
The other half of the offering supports the life and work of First Parish.