This year, we can’t gather in Edwards Hall to enjoy good treats and company while we do our holiday shopping. But we can still purchase and give gifts with a conscience and have fun doing so. The Board of Wider Mission has three ways you can give gifts that give this season. Online Auction: December […]
Ministry of Outreach and Justice
Chat, Pray, Love
So many events going on and you’re invited to all of it! Contact the church office to gain access. Sunday Morning WorshipSundays at 10:00amJoin us for worship every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. We will send out a virtual bulletin each Sunday morning for anyone who would like to follow along with the readings and song lyrics. Stick […]
Special Offering November
A Place to Turn During the month of November (beginning on All Saints Day, November 1) our special offering will be for A Place to Turn Food Pantry, located on Hartford Street in Natick. We have had a long relationship with APTT, and the vegetable garden behind our office building brings fresh produce to them […]
Kermit’s Korner
Saturday afternoon in Wellesley was warm and humid with dark skies threatening rain which never arrived. At the top of the hill in front of Town Hall, ten mysterious figures, cloaked entirely in blood red, appeared like a line of avenging angels in stark relief against the brownstone, green grass and trees. Their monk-like togas […]
Gifts that Give Goes Virtual
Our Gifts that Give event is a cherished tradition that helps us live our values of community, connection and justice. Like everything else this year, it needs to adapt. The Board of Wider Mission is creating three ways to do that. We’ll release a list of nonprofits and businesses where you can buy fair trade items or […]
Veterans Appreciation Dinner and Virtual Celebration
Sunday, November 15, Virtual Celebration at 7:00pm via Zoom This year Edwards Church, Plymouth Church and Open Spirit will again host Veterans Appreciation—with a twist! We are partnering with Bella Costa to deliver special dinners to veterans in the area. If you are a veteran, we hope you will enjoy chicken parmigiana (with pasta and […]
Seeds of Grace November
Seeds of Grace: “A Time for Community Prayers: Unity, Healing and Hope”Sunday, November 15, Virtual Soup Supper at 5:00pm; Worship at 5:30pmhttps://zoom.us/j/94465801606? or by phone at 1-929-205-6099In the wake of a divisive election and a time of fear and uncertainty, our connection in community is more important than ever. We will gather for music and meditation, […]
Bounteous Blessings
We have an incredible lineup of special music this November. For the first time during our virtual worship months, I’m reasonably sure, the majority of music you hear are recordings made especially for Edwards virtual worship. That’s amazing. And while some has been recorded by me, as you’d expect, more and more is being generated […]
Stewardship 2020
We Need Your Smiling Faces!For Stewardship this year, we are putting together some videos and we need your help! Please print one of these pages (1st is for a single person, 2nd is for a group or family) and take a picture of yourself/family holding it. Please send pictures to Liz at garriganbyerly@gmail.com. If you aren’t […]
Statement from the Council
On September 15, 2020, the Edwards Church Council voted unanimously to endorse the following statement of conviction. It was written by members of the Board of Wider Mission and was originally published as a letter to the editor in the Metrowest Daily News on June 28. The deaths of David McAtee, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, […]