How we welcome others is a question every congregation mulls over again and again, and it’s relevant in many other aspects of our lives as well. What does it mean to welcome people? Is the key strategy and practice or something deeper? How do we start to think about better welcoming people in a diversity … Continue reading “Listening with the Ear of Your Heart”
Please note: due to wet conditions at Hale Farm, this service will be held on Zoom (only) at 11:30 a.m. via https://zoom.us/J/92762405253. Most of the time we are trying to do well in our living, to be competent at what we do, to be good people. Many obstacles get in our way, of course, not … Continue reading “Being Possible”
Mark Nepo observes that when we are “left with feeling what was and what is. . we call the difference loss.” But he goes on to say there is more: what’s new, the possibilities. Every transition comes because there is change; the question is how can we respond to change and create transformation. What are the … Continue reading “Packing and Unpacking”
Multigenerational Worship: Ingathering and Water Ceremony As we gather together as a community of all ages at the beginning of a new congregational year, we come in the midst of change, but with gifts that will sustain as we join to do so much more together than we can do singly. Our service will include … Continue reading “What is the World?”
Summer services will be held at Hale Farm (39 Hale Street, Beverly) at 10:00am every Sunday through September 5, 2021. Those in attendance are to wear a mask and bring their own chair or blanket to sit on. However, if there happens to be rain in the forecast for Sunday morning, please refer to Zoom … Continue reading “Labor Day Reflection: The Spirituality of Play”
“How musical theater helped me adjust to life in the United States by Tamara Campillo Lazcurain.” Tamara is a 21 year old from Mexico with a green card and a positive outlook. Come ready to Listen and share your response as well. Have you been a stranger in a strange land? Have you been involved … Continue reading
Summer services will be held at Hale Farm (39 Hale Street, Beverly) at 10:00am every Sunday through September 5, 2021. Those in attendance are to wear a mask and bring their own chair or blanket to sit on. However, if there happens to be rain in the forecast for Sunday morning, please refer to Zoom … Continue reading
Summer services will be held at Hale Farm (39 Hale Street, Beverly) at 10:00am every Sunday through September 5, 2021. Those in attendance are to wear a mask and bring their own chair or blanket to sit on. However, if there happens to be rain in the forecast for Sunday morning, please refer to Zoom … Continue reading Service led by Brenda Briana
This Sunday at Hale Farm, Patty Freeman-Lynde will lead a timely discussion, given the Tokyo Olympics, of sports and mental health. What is your vision of being an American? Does it involve putting others first? What is your reaction to Simone Biles’ withdrawal from some of her Olympic gymnastics events? What takeaways have you found from around the globe at this year’s Olympic Games?
This service will explore three questions: How can we present FPC outreach to a greater community so that people say I can find happiness there? How can we sustain our membership so that people say I find happiness here? How can we develop congregational leaders who both find and create happiness using their time and … Continue reading “How Can Happiness Be Found Through Involvement at First Parish Church”
