Organ pipes in the Sanctuary of First Church in Cambridge. A wrought iron chandelier hangs in the foreground.

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Homeless Ministries Fall 2021 Update

Changes and more changes—they just keep coming, as First Church Homeless Ministries navigates the Delta landscape. In August, the City of Cambridge made a decision to extend several of the programs we have been administering. The city-wide restaurant meal program…

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Solutions at Work Celebrates Achievements

On Wednesday, August 25, a picnic was held on Cambridge Common to celebrate the achievements of Solutions at Work and, most notably, its shelter for the unhoused on Green Street in Cambridge.  In attendance were not only Solutions employees, but…

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Plans for Regathering, Hybrid Style

We are eager to welcome everyone back to worship at First Church starting on Regathering Sunday, September 12. Given ongoing concerns about the Delta variant, we’ve revised earlier plans and will now be offering a range of options, indoor and…

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Friday Cafe guests on lawn

The Friday Café Returns Indoors (sort of)!

After 18 months outside, serving bag lunches and packaged restaurant meals to go, the Friday Café will shift to a hybrid model on September 10. We had hoped to be fully indoors from that date, but the Delta variant makes…

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candles on a communion table

Our Current Thinking on Our Reopening Plan

We at First Church have been tracking the news of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, and likely you have been, too. The headlines describing upticks in cases around the country, and even here in Massachusetts, reflect the sober…

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A Call to Return, Part 2

In the Fall of 2020, our Community Minister for Racial Justice Carlyle Stewart hosted a series entitled  “Call to Return: Spiritual Reflections on Racial Justice.” In those sessions, participants learned about the intersection between Christian theology and racial theories that…

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