The Stories We Tell: Beloved Community, Truth and Creation. Join us as we reflect on the communities we build, and the stories we tell that bring those communities to life. We will be exploring the ideas of who we might be as a shared community and … read more.
On ZOOM ONLY – there will be road closures affecting the local area so we have switched to an on-line service only.
This service is about women who have turned the tide, changed history, and helped shape all our lives.
Please join us Sunday, January 28 for our first member-led Service of 2024. The theme is Liberating Love, filled with poetry, prose and music. Speaking of poetry, we’ll also celebrate “Rabbie Burns Day,” honoring Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. A guest bagpiper will … read more.
You never know when Love will speak to you, or in what voice. It’s only important to listen, watch, be wakeful and ready for divine surprise, sometimes in the most unlikely incarnations.
Martin Luther King Jr’s embrace of non-violence was shaped by his connection to six principles which he drew from the teachings of Gandhi, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Bayard Rustin, and others. Key among them was his affinity with the word agape, which called on those … read more.
NOTE: This service will be ZOOM ONLY due to the snow storm. The church building is closed for all activities.
This Sunday is celebrated in many churches as Epiphany, the arrival of the Three Kings or Magi. Like the Wise Ones … read more.
Illustrations of the wheel of the year show an old man edging toward his final days (the dying of the year), holding his hand out to a newborn baby, springing forth with the new year’s sun. On this final day of the old year, we’ll … read more.
A longstanding tradition at First Parish in Waltham led by members of the Worship Committee, our annual earth-based celebration of the cusp of the seasons honors the longest night of the year. Our Service will be filled with rituals, drumming, readings, poetry and companionship followed … read more.
This all-ages service, led by the First Parish Staff and lay leaders, will offer some good old time fun. Well organized ahead, but no stress in the moment – we’ll tell the Christmas story together! Our choir will sing, we’ll have special guest violinists, and … read more.
