On the second Sunday of Advent, December 7, First Church will collect new coats for children, as well as new toys for holiday gifts. All unwrapped gifts and coats will be blessed in our worship service, alongside the offering. Particularly…
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Housing and homelessness advocates are in shock after learning that the Trump administration will slash housing support for hundreds of thousands of residents nationwide. In Cambridge, more than $8 million in annual grants is expected to disappear, potentially stripping 344…
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The Friday Café Benefit Show Tuesday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. The Backroom at the Burren 47 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville Each year at the start of the holiday season, a variety of outstanding performers gather at the Burren…
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Notice is hereby given that the Fall Congregational Meeting of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, United Church of Christ, will be held in its 390th year at 12:30 p.m., Sunday the 23rd of November 2025, in person in Margaret Jewett…
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On November 1, in response to the ongoing government shutdown, SNAP funds (aka “food stamps”) are set to be cut off for 42 million Americans, including 1.1 million Massachusetts residents. Here are some direct ways you can help neighbors who…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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,…
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