National & Global Outreach

City Mission Society

Founded in 1816, City Mission Society of Boston is the oldest multi-service social justice agency in New England, reaching more than 45,000 people every...

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National and Global Outreach

First Church regularly works on peace and justice initiatives with our covenantal partners in our wider church, both through the Massachusetts Conference of...

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Mission & Social Justice Committee

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.  — Isaiah 1:17

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Support Salary Reserve

Please take a moment to encourage your State Senator to support the addition of Salary Reserve to the Senate Ways & Means Committee's state budget proposal.

Those providing direct care to the Commonwealth's elderly, disabled and poor (...
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Boston Pride, June 8

Join First Church and march with other “Open and Affirming” UCC churches in celebrating the 43rd anniversary of Boston Pride! Whether you are gay or straight, PRIDE is a joyous opportunity to express the extravagant, inclusive love of God for all...
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Boston Youth Seek Help to Green their Neighborhoods

Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP) is a youth-led community organizing program for environmental justice in Roxbury, Dorchester and across the City of Boston.

In their words:  Our neighborhoods are full of empty lots that...
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