Gifts That GiveThank you to everyone who participated in the Gifts that Give auction and party, whether as a donor, a buyer, a bidder, or party attendee. We sent a check to A Place to Turn for $2070.05 and a check to Framingham Community Farm for $327.75. We could not have done this without you! Beyond […]
Ministry of Outreach and Justice
Kermit’s Korner: Sweetgrass
The Green Team invites you to join us in reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, available at the Framingham Public Library and many online booksellers. Dr. Kimmerer has a unique perspective on our relationships with plants and other fellow beings, as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a professor of plant ecology […]
A Note of Gratitude
When we began this fall, we hoped to get more worshipers onscreen and on microphone. Council even ensured that provision when we voted to continue in virtual worship, at least through December. Through the development of our Studio Choir and Multi-home Ensemble, we have explored new ways of making music “together,” and what a way to make […]
December Special Offering: Presents for Pathways
Donate online or mail your check by Sunday, December 13During the first two Sundays of December our special offering will be for Pathways Family Shelter in Framingham. We have had a long relationship with Pathways, and most years we invite you to buy items for the children or parents to enjoy as Christmas presents. This […]
Kermit’s Korner: Vegan Christmas
A Vegan Christmas, by Peggy Harrison First, why am I a vegan? All my life I have been an animal lover (cats especially) and so when, about eleven years ago, my daughter Ann and I watched the movie Food, Inc. our vegan journey began. It was not an immediate switch from meat eating to vegan. […]
Music Appreciation
This month I want to draw your attention to the music appreciation sessions that happen every Thursday night (with rare exception) live from my dining room table. By my most recent count, this month we will hit our thirtieth session since the middle of March, when it seemed like something fun to do for a […]
Gifts That Give
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 […]
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 […]