Our Special offering for June will support the LGBT Asylum Seekers Task Force, located in Worcester. The Task Force supports people who have had to flee their home countries because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. In recent years, a number of countries have adopted laws with extremely harsh penalties—even death—for being LGBTQ. […]
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Compassionate Conversations
Would you like to have deep and meaningful conversations with fellow congregants? Are there topics you’d like to explore in a safe environment? Come and share your thoughts, feelings, concerns in a safe environment. We will discuss a different topic on the 4th Monday of each month from 7:00-8:00 p m. The June conversation will […]
Special Pride Coffee Hour Hosts Needed—June 11
Following a joyous and inspiring celebration of Open and Affirming, we hope to have a special coffee hour (outdoors, weather permitting). Might you be willing to be on a team to prepare for such a celebration? It can be festive without having to be fancy: coffee and tea (either prepared in the kitchen or […]
Pride Celebrations
In a time when LGBTQ+ people are facing increasing acts of hate and threats to our rights, it is more important than ever to celebrate Pride month. Join with our congregation and the wider community in two special events. On Sunday, June 4, from 3:30-6:00 p.m., the city of Framingham will hold a […]
Upcoming Worship
Sunday, April 30, 10:00 a.m. Caring for Creation—Part I We welcome Rev. Noah Brewer-Wallin, Minister for Environmental and Economic Justice for the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ, to our pulpit. They will lead a conversation immediately after worship. Sunday, May 7, 10:00 a.m. Caring for Creation—Part II with Holy Communion […]
Planting Seeds
“The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain […]
Christian Explorers, May 2023
Celebrate Earth! What a joyous Easter we had last month! Christian Explorers took a StoryWalk, collected blessing eggs, and started preparing for their herb garden. In May, we continue our celebration of God’s creation with these activities for Christian Explorers… Earth, water, air and fire. How do we find God in all these essential elements of […]
Music at Edwards: May 2023
This May we’ll continue a years-long tradition with a Mothers’ Day service that includes the music of John Rutter. As our program year winds down and we change to a very active summer season of worship, we plan to have another choir anthem Sunday in early June. For more information on these as well as […]
May Announcements
Chancel Committee Thank You The Chancel committee would like to thank all those that purchased flowers for Easter to help decorate the sanctuary. JUNE STEEPLE: Call for Articles and Photographs! Articles and photos for the next issue of the Steeple are due on May 17. Submissions should be a maximum of about 350 words. We […]
Earth, Water, Air
Dear friends, What an inspiring Lent and Easter! I am so grateful for the profound sharing in our Lenten Devotional and for the opportunity to travel together through this season. I loved sharing in a post-parade Palm Sunday communion service with our siblings from El Toque del Maestro; it reminds me of what communion is […]