Sermons
You can see past sermons on our YouTube channel.
| Sermon | Video (YouTube) | Audio (mp3) |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2024 “Parting the Waters and Traversing the Wilderness” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 14, 2024 “The Stories We Tell: Living the Beloved Community” Rev. Christana Wille McKnight, Guest Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 7, 2024 “Theological Basis for Democracy” Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 31, 2024 “Cast Your Nets and Other Faithful Acts!” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 24, 2024 “Going to the Garden” Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
You can see past sermons on our YouTube channel.
| Sermon | Video (YouTube) | Audio (mp3) |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2024 “Parting the Waters and Traversing the Wilderness” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 14, 2024 “The Stories We Tell: Living the Beloved Community” Rev. Christana Wille McKnight, Guest Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 7, 2024 “Theological Basis for Democracy” Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 31, 2024 “Cast Your Nets and Other Faithful Acts!” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 24, 2024 “Going to the Garden” Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 17, 2024 “Growth and Change: Youth Group Sunday Service” First Parish Youth Group, spring 2024 |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 10, 2024 “Painting with Sound: Vignettes of Beauty” Daniel Parsley, Interim Music Director |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 3, 2024 “Good for what Ails You!” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 25, 2024 “The Lost Art of Play” Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 18, 2024 “Remaining Human” Dr. Marc Roscoe Loustau, Guest Preacher |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 11, 2024 “How to Be in Right Relation” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 4, 2024 “The After Death Knitters” Rev. Erica Federspiel Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| January 28, 2024 “The People Speak of Faith” ~ credo service David Whitford, Worship Associate |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| January 21, 2024 “The Fine Art of Being Wrong” Rev. Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| January 14, 2024 “October 15, 1969 and an Ode to Librarians” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| January 7, 2024 “How to Live Well” Rev. Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
You can see past sermons on our YouTube channel.
| Sermon | Video (YouTube) | Audio (mp3) |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 “Poetry Sunday” Elizabeth Hunter, Worship Associate |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| December 24, 2023 6pm Candlelight Service Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video 6pm | Audio 6pm |
| December 17, 2023 “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” Rev. Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister & Rev. Stevie Carmody, Minister of Religious Education |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| December 10, 2023 “Peace and a Few of Our Favorite Things” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| December 8, 2023 “Embrace the Darkness” Rev. Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| December 3, 2023 “Comfort, Comfort My People” Rev. Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| November 26, 2023 “Family Farm Stories” Rev. Wendy Page, Affiliate Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| November 19, 2023 “Helping Hands: Thanksgiving” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| November 12, 2023 “Living Our Faith” Three First Parish congregants speak about their spiritual commitment. |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| November 5, 2023 “The Center of Our Faith: Part II” Reverend Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| October 29, 2023 “Hello? Answering Grief’s Call” Reverend Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| October 22, 2023 “A Musical Celebration!” Honoring Director of Music Jonathan Colby, 2014 – 2023 |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| October 15, 2023 “The Center of Our Faith: Part I” Rev. Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| October 8, 2023 “What a Strange Endeavor” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| October 1, 2023 “The Blizzard of the World” Rev. Marc Fredette, Guest Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| September 24, 2023 “Risking Brokenness: How to Apologize in a Harsh World” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| September 17, 2023 “Grilled Cheese, Sundaes, and Being Yourself” Rev. Stevie Carmody, Minister of Religious Education |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| September 10, 2023 “What Are We Doing Here?” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
You can see past sermons on our YouTube channel.
| Sermon | Video (YouTube) | Audio (mp3) |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2023 “On the Nature of Things: What we might learn from Epicurus and Lucretius” David Dreyfus, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| August 27, 2023 “Reckoning When Redemption Is Impossible” Amy Anderson, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| August 20, 2023 “Spirit and Intellect United by Mother Earth” Anna Callahan, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| August 13, 2023 “Abolition and the Big Problems of Our Time” Lori Kenschaft, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| August 6, 2023 “Echoes of the Past” Diane Taraz, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| July 30, 2023 “Doing the Needful” Danie Descoteaux, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| July 23, 2023 “Cultivating Curiosity in Curious Times” Jen Navarro, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| July 16, 2023 “The Miracle Is Us!” Mary-Beth Landy, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| July 9, 2023 ”Recognizing a ‘Usurpation of Society’ “ Andrew Fischer, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| July 2, 2023 “Radical Sharing: Food, Justice, and Childhood” Maya Gomez Coultas, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| June 25, 2023 “A Sacred Break from Routine” Samantha Rauh, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| June 18, 2023 “A Path of Painting” Suzanne McLeod, Worship Leader |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
You can see past sermons on our YouTube channel.
| Sermon | Video (YouTube) | Audio (mp3) |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2023 “Homely Boys and Other Valuable Lessons” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| June 4, 2023 “What the Young Believe Today” [Coming of Age service] Tina Schultz, Director of Religious Education |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| May 28, 2023 “Footnotes of Our Lives” Rev. Tara Humphries, Guest Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| May 21, 2023 “What Would You Die For? What Are You Living For?” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| May 14, 2023 “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Transcendentalist” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| May 7, 2023 “A Collective Sigh” Rev. Marta Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 30, 2023 “It Matters What We Worship: A Case for Joy” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 23, 2023 “Every Body Is Sacred” Rev. Ashley Horan, Guest Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 16, 2023 “On the Road: What Just Happened?” Rev. Wendy Page, Affiliate Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 9, 2023 “An Easter Attitude!” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| April 2, 2023 “Perfection Is Possible . . . and Other Lies We’ve Been Told” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
You can see past sermons on our YouTube channel.
| Sermon | Video (YouTube) | Audio (mp3) |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2023 “The Colors of Us” (Youth Service) Led by participants in the First Parish Religious Education program. |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 19, 2023 “Living Well” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 12, 2023 “Music Sunday” Jonathan Colby, Director of Music |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| March 5, 2023 “A Ship in the Harbor” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 26, 2023 “A Saving Faith” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 19, 2023 “Divine Justice” Rev. TJ FitzGerald, Guest Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 12, 2023 “Partners in Democracy” (Shinn Service) Dr. Danielle Allen, Guest Speaker |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| February 5, 2023 “In Our Own Backyard” Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| January 29, 2023 “The People Speak of Faith” (Credo Service) Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| January 22, 2023 “The Faith of Stephen Colbert” Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
| January 15, 2023 “Racial Integration – Missed Opportunity or Hopeful Possibility” Rev. Marc Fredette, Guest Minister |
Video | Audio (mp3) |
*Because of the visuals referenced in the episode “Jesus Who?”, watching the video of the sermon is recommended.
Play the video below while you listen to “Annunciations Aplenty” to view sermon visuals. If you would like to jump right to the visuals, skip to 22 minutes in to this video.