Drawing on the work begun by the Assets Group three years ago, the Parsonage Working Group has spent several months exploring the best ways to utilize the asset of the 44 Garden Street property and ensure long-term housing support for…
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The First Church Reparations Fund seeks to repay, in a small way, the debt owed to Black and Indigenous communities for centuries of harm. Money raised in the Reparations Fund in 2024 was dispersed in the following ways: $21,000 was…
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First Church has a lively and varied Church School program for children in PreK through high school that relies on volunteer teachers to be successful. Accompanying our youngest members on their journey of spiritual formation is an opportunity to live…
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Over the past two months, six guests of the First Church Shelter signed leases and occupied their own studio apartments. These apartments are among the 61 units that became available at 116 Norfolk Street, a recently renovated permanent supportive housing…
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Special Congregational Meeting Sunday, June 22, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Margaret Jewett Hall and via Zoom All members, as you are able, are asked to attend a special congregational meeting at a key point in our pastoral transition. We’ll receive…
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The First Church Musicale Sunday, June 8, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. Margaret Jewett Hall Do we think First Church has got talent? Of course we do! To prove it, we’re bringing back an old favorite: The First Church Musicale! All…
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The City of Cambridge is planning to shut down dozens of shelter beds at the TWC starting June 30, 2025. Local providers and advocates say the city has no credible plan for serving the unhoused individuals starting July 1, and…
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The First Church Discovery Team is excited to announce that our Pastoral Search Congregational Survey is available. This helps us learn who you, as congregants, believe our church to be—and who we are called to be. Your responses are critically…
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Sunday, May 11, 10:00 – 10:45 a.m., Harter Room and via Zoom Thursday, May 15, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., via Zoom Sunday, May 18, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Harter Room and via Zoom find the zoom links on the…
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We are thrilled to offer a new way for those worshiping online to connect with First Church! We now have a chat feature enabled through Vanco, our electronic giving program. When you click on the livestream, you are invited to…
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