Announcements

Sunday, November 30 ~ Perspectives on Gratitude ~ 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday, November 30

Perspectives on Gratitude

With Rev. Bruce Taylor and the Marlborough Baha’i Community

This Sunday service represents a collaboration between our two faith communities. Together we will share some of the treasures of our traditions in word, song and silence. We will reflect on the meaning of gratitude as a cornerstone of our faiths,   [ … ]

Sunday, November 23 ~ Nurturing Gratitude ~ 10:30 a.m.

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Nurturing Gratitude

A Soul Matters Sharing Circle

 

Gratitude is essential. It’s not simply a nice “extra” to get around to when we can. Or to put it another way, we aren’t built for constant striving and the pursuit of more. Instead, we need moments of pause in which we are filled and   [ … ]

Sunday, November 16 ~ Sharing Our Histories ~ 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday, November 16

Sharing Our Histories

With Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum and Rev. Bruce Taylor

In this week’s service, our congregation welcomes members and leaders of First Parish Church of Stow & Acton into our sanctuary, deepening our friendship as we consider the possibility of merging. This joint service will include musical gifts from both congregations,   [ … ]

Sunday, November 9 ~ The Art of Letting Go ~ 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday, November 9

The Art of Letting Go

With Rev. Stephen Shick

 

Trees are letting go of their leaves, and days are letting go of hours of sunlight. It is natural, we say.  It is autumn. Yet, when the seasons of our lives change, whether slowly or abruptly, we often find it hard to let   [ … ]

Sunday, November 2 ~ Dedication and a Theology of Community ~ 10:30 a.m.

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Learning from the Three Sisters

With Rev. Bruce Taylor

This Sunday, at the cusp of harvest time, we will welcome Cotter and Vivian McAvoy into the heart of this faith community. Then we will reflect on the Indigenous teaching of three sisters – corn, beans and squash – and their life-giving example of   [ … ]

Sunday, October 26 ~ Cultivating Compassion ~ 10:30 a.m.

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Sunday, October 26

Cultivating Compassion

A Soul Matters Sharing Circle

 

Compassion is not just niceness and thoughtful feelings. It’s about something deeper: an impulse that drives us to action. Indeed, that may be compassion’s defining characteristic; it is distinguished by doing. To feel the pain of another, empathy has that covered. But compassion takes it   [ … ]