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The Black UU Trailblazers Featured in our 2/26 Worship Service
During our worship service on February 26th, Rev. Catie and Sara Elizabeth highlighted the stories of many Black Unitarian & Universalist Trailblazers. These are just some of our spiritual ancestors that deserve recognition and admiration despite how many of them have been excluded from mainstream UU history. We invite you to read through their stories once more or for the first time at the link below!
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The 8th Principle and Me by David Mecsas Encountering, resisting and buying into change
The 8th Principle and Me We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that...
The DEI Committee
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee will hold its first meeting on Sunday, October 3 at 3:00 p.m. outside the church. It is open to everyone in the First Parish community and will be accessible by Zoom. We welcome all your ideas about how we as a...
Laura Nevitt, First Parish Music Director
Hello, all! My name is Laura Nevitt (she/they) and I am so glad to be joining you as the new Music Director. I have grown up and served in many churches, but this will be my first time in a UU Congregation. I am so excited for this, because my beliefs much more align...
Kelvyn Koning, Collaborative Pianist
Greetings, new church family! My name is Kelvyn Koning (he/they) and I am thrilled to be serving as your Collaborative Pianist. My dad is actually a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church and I have spent most of my life playing piano, singing, and writing music...
Welcome to our new Music Director and Accompanist!
Dear First Parish, As chair of the Music Director Search Committee, I am so happy to announce and welcome Laura Nevitt as our new Music Director. Laura comes to us with years of experience as a singer, teacher, and choral conductor, leading both youth and...
Steeple/Bell Tower Work
The Steeple/Bell Tower work is now finished and ready to welcome us back to a new Church Year. The work was...
Hello, First Parishioners!
This is Rev. Catie, reporting in on the second day of the all-virtual 2021 General Assembly (GA)! I have been so impressed by how the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has designed their online interfaces for General Assembly, finding them fairly easy...
First Parish beloveds!
Marguerite Robbins, Vicky Makrides, Rev Catie, and I are attending our annual UU General Assembly this weekend “together,” held virtually for the second year in a row. The theme of General Assembly this year is “Circle ‘Round for Justice, Healing and Courage,”...
Living Through a Global Trauma
Here at First Parish in Needham, we recognize and lift up that what we have lived through in the past year with the Covid-19 pandemic was a global trauma, and that the "re-entry" phase, whenever and however that happens for you and your family, will be...