First Parish Auction – Update was a great success! Thanks to The 2018 First Parish Auction everyone that donated and bid on items, to we raised over $16,000 support the church operating budget. Reserve a spot in one of the remaining dinners and events; or reserve one of the remaining services (see the list at ) First come, serve on the remaining items. Help us increase the total raised! The Auction raises critical funds for the operating budget and furthers our mission of creating community at First Parish through themed dinners and flat-rate events. Thanks to everyone who donated and bid on items. From the Building Ministry Team The church's Building Ministry Team is eager to hear from you as we begin to plan and design improvements to our front Mass Ave entrance (facade, doors, landscaping, window, and steeple). Specifically, what do you mean by the following ideas that have been expressed as desirable? What ideas and feelings do you want the changes to provide? -- Appear Welcoming; -- Demonstrate attractiveness; -- Be accessible; -- Provide security; -- Reflect sustainability; -- Retain historic legacy; -- Add value to Harvard Square; and -- Be creative. Please email your responses to Elizabeth Kline (), Building Ministry Team Get involved! Accompaniment Volunteering First Parish is a member of the CISC, a coalition of 10 area congregations that is currently hosting a woman and her two children in sanctuary so she can avoid deportation and separation
First Parish Auction – Update The 2018 First Parish Auction was a great success! Thanks to everyone that donated and bid on items, we raised over $16,000 to support the church operating budget. Reserve a spot in one of the remaining dinners and events; or reserve one of the remaining services (see the list at ) First come, serve on the remaining items. Help us increase the total raised! The Auction raises critical funds for the operating budget and furthers our mission of creating community at First Parish through themed dinners and flat-rate events. Thanks to everyone who donated and bid on items. From the Building Ministry Team The church's Building Ministry Team is eager to hear from you as we begin to plan and design improvements to our front Mass Ave entrance (facade, doors, landscaping, window, and steeple). Specifically, what do you mean by the following ideas that have been expressed as desirable? What ideas and feelings do you want the changes to provide? -- Appear Welcoming; -- Demonstrate attractiveness; -- Be accessible; -- Provide security; -- Reflect sustainability; -- Retain historic legacy; -- Add value to Harvard Square; and -- Be creative. Please email your responses to Elizabeth Kline (), Building Ministry Team Get involved! Accompaniment Volunteering First Parish is a member of the CISC, a coalition of 10 congregations that is currently hosting a woman and her two children in sanctuary so she can avoid deportation and separation area