As 2024 comes to an end, here are important year-end financial details to consider: When you give in late December or January, it is helpful if you note whether you are giving toward your 2024 or 2025 pledge of gift.…
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Dear First Church family, As many of you heard in the service yesterday, our beloved Carol Wilson-Braun died yesterday morning after a long journey with ALS. Her husband Jeff was with her, and her sons Nathan and Peter and some…
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Reparations Film Screening & Discussion Sunday, December 1, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. First Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot St., JP The Beloved Community group invites you to a screening of Acts of Reparation, a new film by Macky Alston…
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The Missions & Social Justice Committee is pleased to share with you a list of organizations with which First Church partners closely and who are seeking donations in this holiday season. In the case that you and your family are…
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Dear First Church, With a heavy heart, I share with you that Perry Neubauer died this afternoon, wrapped up in the love of his family and of God. Even in just three months, I have come to love Perry (and…
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The Shelter Oversight Committee invites members of the First Church community to help make the Thanksgiving holiday special for the men seeking assistance at the First Church Shelter. Got a favorite holiday dessert you are planning to make this Thanksgiving?…
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Post-Election Hymn Sing Thursday, November 7, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Sanctuary All are invited to join us for a time of connection through song. Peter Sykes will lead us in singing from our hymnal, while Emma Mitchell and Sarah Higginbotham…
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As we integrate the unknowns in the aftermath of the election and seek to stay grounded in God together, join Pastoral Associate Emma Mitchell and her husband Aram, Pastor of Edgecomb (ME) Community Church, for a time of poetry and…
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The 7th Annual Cambridge Half Marathon takes place on city streets, including Memorial Drive, beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 3. There will be road closures in East Cambridge that morning, and a significant length of Memorial Drive (from…
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Rising Star Quilt Show Saturday, November 16, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday, November 17, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Arlington Town Hall 730 Mass.Ave., Arlington, MA Catch a rare glimpse of over 100 unique hand-crafted quilts that will be…
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