Sunday News for June 7, 2009
| Sunday, June 7 | ||
| 6:00 | El Salvador Trip Meeting | 7:00 | YRUU | Monday, June 8 |
| 6:30 | Standing Committee Meeting | Tuesday, June 9 |
| 9:00 | Career Transitions Circle | 9:30 | WPA Board Meeting | 6:00 | Cancer Support Group | 7:00 | T'ai Chi* | 7:30 | Transcendentalists' Meeting | Wednesday, June 10 |
| 1:00 | Bell Choir | 3:00 | Artisan Fair Jury | 4:30 | Junior Choir | 5:15 | Chalice Choir | 7:45 | Adult Choir | Friday, June 12 |
| 12:30 | T'ai Ji* | Saturday, June 13 |
| 7:30 | Men's Group | 9:00 | Photo Club |
Listings with asterisks are classes offered through the Wright Tavern Center for Spiritual Renewal.
Parish Notes
Career Transitions Circle
Have you been recently laid off? Has your friend or family member? Are you in a career transition? Do you fear you may be laid off soon? Are you trying to redesign your work life? Are you looking for a supportive environment to network? If so, join Tony Gallo and Jenny Rankin on Tuesday mornings, 9 to 10 a.m., on the sunporch of the Wright Tavern. Open to all, this networking group has been meeting for several months. Each week there is usually a specific topic and resource speaker from the wider community. To learn more, please contact Tony Gallo at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Sunday Flowers
If you would like to contribute flowers for a memorial or celebration, please contact Peg Hedstrom at 978-369-1562.
Want to Get Away?
The list of First Parish attendees continues to grow for the September 18-20 Community House Dedication in Székelykeresztúr. All are invited. In addition to the remarkable weekend festivities, our resident expert Rodger Mattlage will coordinate some special excursions. It's a wonderful opportunity to travel together and experience the magic of rural Transylvania. If you're interested in joining us, please contact Rodger at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
From the Collector
If you are currently paying your pledge by automatic deduction from your bank account and have chosen another method for the new year, please remember that we can't discontinue or change your deduction without a signed form from you. The deductions as they are now would just continue past June. The forms are available on the church website (www.firstparish.org) or in the office. Thank you.
Offering Envelopes
Offering envelopes for the new pledge year are in, and can be picked up in the office during the week. If you use envelopes, please pick yours up as soon as possible.
Unite Your Ideals and Your Job!
First Parish is looking for that rare individual who can combine his or her fundraising expertise with a sense of mission in the part-time position of Development Director-20 hours per week for 10 months of the year (some Sunday mornings), and flextime according to need. A bachelor's degree is required, as is a background in development or fundraising. What is most important, though, is the desire to have your work matter to a dedicated and caring community. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, designing and implementing a comprehensive development program. First Parish is a busy, flexible and dynamic environment, and its professionals and volunteers work at a high level of expertise. Send resumes to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Transcendental Vision to Be Created
Have you always been curious about the transcendentalists but were afraid to ask? Here is an opportunity to participate in a new First Parish initiative that is being started to understand our relationship to that very inspirational group of American philosophers, many of whom lived or worked in Concord during the middle of the nineteenth century. This group will develop, with Jenny Rankin's inspiration, a mission statement that will provide the umbrella for many future activities, including the Emerson Forum, the Margaret Fuller Bicentennial in May 2010, and possible future travel abroad to trace the steps of the transcendentalists further . Come and join cochairs Lillian Anderson and Steph Chiha, along with Jenny, this Tuesday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m., and help to create a transcendental vision for First Parish.
Next Sunday's Worship and Annual Meeting
There will be a single worship service next Sunday, June 14, at 10:00 o'clock. The Annual Meeting will follow at 11:30 a.m.
Annual Appeal 2009
To date, we have received 464 pledges, for a current pledge total of $834,359. An average pledge of $1,680 per family is necessary for us to maintain our current operation and programs. Please do your part! Our goal is $924,000, which is what we raised last year. Without everybody's pledge, we cannot create a realistic operating budget for next year. Now is the time-fill out your pledge form if you have not already done so.
Children's and Youth News
Today, June 7-Chapel Sunday
8:50 & 10:50 a.m.-Regular Classes, Babies-Preschool
9:00 & 11:00 a.m.-Services
K-6 Begin in the Sanctuary, Dismissed to Parish Hall
Next Sunday, June 14-Intergenerational Service at 10:00 a.m.
9:50 a.m.-Regular Classes, Babies-Preschool
10:00 a.m.- One Service Only
K-8 Join Their Families in the Sanctuary
RE registration
If you missed RE registration, please visit our website to get the forms you need. Go to firstparish.org, select Education & Spirituality and click on RE Registration. Please call Jane Barnes in the RE office, 978-369-9602, with any questions.
Senior High Youth
Tonight, June 7, at 7 p.m., we are welcoming all 8th graders to Youth Group. Come for fun games and good food!
YRUU
On June 14, there is no YRUU for high school youth. There will be a special Youth Group for all college-age youth at 7 p.m. in the Wright Tavern.
First Parish Garden
Come join other kids and families at our First Parish garden plot. We will gather each Thursday and Sunday at the Hugh Cargill Community Garden on Walden Street (across from the Court House and Police Station). Be ready to get dirty and wear a hat. On Thursdays, we will garden from 3 to 4 p.m.; and on Sundays, we will garden from 5 to 6 p.m. (Produce will go to Open Table.)
Social Action Community
First Parish at the Boston Pride Parade on Saturday, June 13
Join a group of First Parishioners marching with our banner in the Boston Pride Parade, which starts at noon on Saturday, June 13; the route goes from the South End to City Hall Plaza, where the Pride Festival will be taking place. Please sign up at coffee hour today, or contact Sara Ballard at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Help us stand on the side of love, show our support for the LGBT community, and have fun too!
Sign Up for the First Parish Garden to Help Open Table
Pan Howell has organized a garden plot at the Hugh Cargill Community Gardens to be maintained by First Parish members this summer. Commit with other friends or family members to work one on Thursday afternoon (to pick and deliver food for Open Table), and one other day (either Sunday or Monday), for a week or more. Contact Pam Howell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the schedule.
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