Sunday Worship
First Parish
A liberal religious community, welcoming to all
First gathered 1739
Sunday Service ~~ April 28, 2024
Lara James, Guest Speaker
Reflections on Facing History and Ourselves
The Alliance of First Parish supports those who have given much. Today, Lara James, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of her organization Facing History & Ourselves, reflects on looking backward and looking forward and what we each can do to make communities more inclusive, resilient and hopeful.
Lara James is Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of the organization Facing History & Ourselves. Since Lara began in 2017, Facing History’s educator network has more than doubled to over 300,000 active educators. Before joining “Facing History”, Lara served as Vice President of Brand Marketing for MassMutual, and prior to that in a similar position at Capital One. Lara started her career at Temple, Barker and Sloane on Hayden Avenue in Lexington after receiving a BA in History from Oberlin College. Raised in Lexington, her family attended Follen Church Unitarian Universalist before they joined the Religious Society of Friends in Cambridge. Lara and her husband have three adult sons and live in Amherst MA.
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Giving First for April 2024
Each Sunday, the offering collected during worship is split between the support of First Parish and another organization chosen by the Social Justice Committee. The Living Legacy Project (https://www.
The other half of the offering supports the life and work of First Parish.