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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“Organizing Power: Foundation for Justice” is a training for leaders who want to organize their congregations, organizations, and communities to make change in a time of great uncertainty and increasing isolation. Trainers will provide a framework for power and tools…
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If you wish to donate memorial flowers for loved ones this Easter, please send the names of those to be remembered to Bruce Dillenbeck (bruce@firstchurchcambridge.org) in the First Church office by Friday, April 11. Contributions of $20 to help defray…
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Saturday-Sunday, March 22-23 Concord Academy Gymnasium 132 Main St., Concord, MA First Church’s fabric artwork that remembers and honors First Church members who were enslaved by other members of our congregation will be part of Quilts250, an exhibit for the…
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Rev. Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, is recruiting “100,000 conscientious Christians,” to join a Lenten fast from Target, a retail chain store that recently announced it would pull back from its diversity, equity, and…
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You are warmly invited to consider registering for one (or more!) of five Faith & Life Groups on offer for our Lent/Spring session. You can read the full descriptions below and on the signup form. Please register by Monday, March…
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In 2024 the Board of Deacons spent time focused on Communion, its theology, and its place in the life of the church. They developed a Service of Communion, similar to the one used monthly at First Church, and they now…
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