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Dear beloved First Church community, At long last, hello! I am sending love to each of you from this side of the motherhood threshold, where baby Juniper has just turned five months old. We have traversed worlds together as a…

Please join First Church folks and friends to head to Boston Common for the NO KINGS IN BOSTON event. We will leave from the church lawn at 11:00 a.m. and take public transportation to Boston. If you would like to…

The 2025 Doris Beauvais Luncheon & Mitch Snyder Awards Sunday, October 26, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Margaret Jewett Hall The First Church Shelter Oversight Committee asks you to save the date of Sunday, October 26 for the Doris Beauvais Luncheon.…

Since the kickoff of our Regathering season, we’ve had two wonderful all-church lunches filled with good food and fellowship, with many more coming up this fall and early winter! Because the program year is back in full swing, we thought…

Dear friends, At a special congregational meeting this past Sunday, after a year of discernment and research, and following a recommendation from Executive Council, nearly four-fifths of members present voted to sell our parsonage at 44 Garden Street in Cambridge,…

Led by First Church members, Faith & Life Groups are designed to encourage meaningful connections through shared interests. Faith & Life Groups involve making a short-term commitment (a single session to several weeks, depending on the group) to something that…

Building on the success of our summer gatherings, the Stewardship Committee is organizing a few more meals to help foster community, connection, and a sense of belonging. A few folks  have already kindly agreed to host; now we just need…

In this Regathering season, your Treasurers want to provide a financial update building on the report made during the Special Congregational Meeting in June. We think it is important for everyone to know where we stand as we work on…

Special Congregational Meeting and Luncheon Sunday, September 21, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Margaret Jewett Hall and via Zoom Drawing on the work begun by the Assets Group three years ago, the Parsonage Working Group has spent many months exploring the…

There have been a few additions to the First Church staff over the summer months. You have probably already seen the announcements about our new Pastoral Intern Noël Grisanti, who started with us in late August. We also have two…