Mailing Lists

First Parish has a community mailing list to help us stay informed and connected. It’s open to the community: congregation members, friends, and our broader community.

Here are some topics you might see on the community list:

  • I need a ride this Sunday
  • Can anyone recommend a good plumber?
  • Come see the great show at Waltham High School
  • Remember to vote on Tuesday
  • Meeting with Chaplains on the Way to be held on Wednesday – members are invited.

Once you’ve subscribed, send community posts to community@walthamuu.org .

Participant Guidelines

Any post should follow First Parish’s relational covenant.

Be kind. You’re speaking with the people you see at church every week.

No ads, no chain letters, no attachments. Commercial solicitations should be kept to a minimum and be directly related to the First Parish community, such as FP members looking for occasional work, or a member passing along a job opening. Please consider making a donation to First Parish if you sell items as a result of posting on our list.

List Oversight

List moderators are appointed by the board of managers. As of June 2024 the email list monitors are Brenda Asis and Daphne Blount.
Moderators are empowered to review posts, receive complaints from list members, and remind subscribers of the list guidelines. Moderators will, to the fullest extent possible, pass on all communications to the lists so long as they comply with the list guidelines.

First Parish neither endorses the contents of any list users’ communications nor assumes responsibility for any offensive material contained in them, nor any infringement of third party intellectual property rights arising from them. When you subscribe to a list, you agree to indemnify and hold First Parish and its officers and employees harmless from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of the use of the First Parish mailing lists.

If you have a complaint about the messages on these lists, contact the list monitors or the Board President.

 

How To Subscribe

Subscription to the lists is open to all. Subscribers must identify themselves by name. Participation in the lists is a privilege and not a right. By joining a list you agree to follow the guidelines.

Easy option: subscribe through a signup form

Fill in this form to be manually added to a mailing list.

It may take a few days for you to be added. The list managers make a good-faith effort to keep up with requests.

 

Do-It-Yourself option: subscribe with a Google account

Our lists are powered by Google Groups. If you’re already familiar with Google Groups, you can request to join through the list’s Google Groups page.

Google requires you to have a Google account to use the Google Groups page.  A Google account is:

  • a Gmail account
  • an email and password you use to sign in to other Google services, like Google Groups, Google Calendar
  • what you use to sign in to Chrome profiles
  • what you use for Google services on an Android device
  • an account from an organization that uses Google Workspaces, like walthamuu.org

If you’re not sure, visit the What is a Google Account? help page for more information, or to check if you’re currently logged in with a Google account.

To request to join:

Go to the Community list Google Groups page  Log in to your Google account or create one.

Three steps to ask to join the group.
To join:
1. Click “Ask to Join” to open the form.
2. Fill in the form.
3. Click “Ask to join” to submit the form.

A list moderator will approve your request.