Topic: Self-Care / Self-Awareness

How Do You Express Your Creativity?

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As individuals and as a community, we are endowed with the ability to create, to imagine, and to innovate. Creativity is a powerful force that allows us to express ourselves, connect with others, and transform the world around us. This collaborative service aims to … read more.

Answering the Call of Love

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First Parish Music Director Linda Forbes Brookfield presents an exploration through song and inspiration about aspects of love.

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Linda Forbes Brookfield is the Music Director at First Parish. Her first job as church organist was 60 years ago in Plympton, MA. She first started … read more.

Finding our Center after Grief

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It has been almost 3 years since the world shut down due to covid-19 and those years have been a time of great individual and community grief. The feelings of loss we have all experienced have knocked us off center and we’re all a … read more.

Waiting Well

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We all have to wait in life. Distractions and anxious thoughts are barriers to waiting well. Rev. Patricia will reflect on the spiritual practice of waiting with intention. In a world where distractions abound, how can we thrive as we wait?

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Rev. Patricia Hatch is the … read more.

Forgiveness: Listening to Our Anger

***This service is now Online-Only due to the snowstorm.***

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Anger has often been a necessary ingredient for bringing about change in society and relationships when things are not just or kind. When anger is unexplored, however, it turns to bitterness and digs in, causing us … read more.

Carving Out Space for Joy, Making Room for Hope

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In a world where devastation is palpable every day, it is often difficult not to default to despair and panic. Though this despair is so present, I find there is hope in crafting out and fighting for space for joy and delight. Join me in investigating the … read more.

Making Room

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The collective trauma of the pandemic has left all of us in need of space to process and time to heal. As we approach the winter solstice, a time of stillness and reflection, how can we help offer this for ourselves and others? 

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As … read more.

Just Add Water

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“The thing about water is that it depends upon water,” writes the Vermont environmental journalist Judith D. Schwartz. Throughout history, humans have tried to dominate water—dam it, channel it, conquer it—but water’s ability to gather and flow and persevere is an object lesson in … read more.

ONLINE: Earth Day Service

NOTE: Due to the current health safety protocols, this service will be conducted online using Zoom, not meeting in person. We recommend people connect around 10:15 to work out any connection issues and say hello before the service starts.

Join Zoom Meeting (online – computer, tablet, … read more.