A reflection from your minister about Installation Sunday on September 25th Over these past many weeks, I am sure many of you have asked the question, just what is an installation anyways? Typically, an Installation Service takes place within the first year or so of a settlement between a minister and the congregation to which they are called. I was called as your 30th settled minister in May 2021, and my time at First Parish formally began in August of the same year. And now the big day is...
Announcements
Rev. Sophia’s Installation News
The Installation of Rev. Sophia on Sept. 25 at 10:30 will be a special and important time for our church community. If you are planning to attend the Installation service, whether in person or via Zoom, there are a few things that the installation committee would like to share with you. We are expecting a full house, so know that distancing will be difficult, if not impossible. There will be KN-95 masks available, windows will be open, and we have four air purifiers that will be running. If...
Fellowship News – September 2022
The new church year is upon us and we look forward to spending time together. The Fellowship Committee has agreed that we should try to have one Social Hour per month with food, starting in October. We will call these the "Second Sunday Social Hour" and will be recruiting volunteers to host these events. Please watch for emails on that volunteer opportunity. We will also be recruiting Greeters for Sunday Services - another email to watch for. Here is a list of the fun, social events that are...
Installation of Reverend Sophia Lyons
Join us Sunday morning, September 25th at 10:30 AM for the Installation of Reverend Sophia Lyons. Our Sunday service will be a community celebration centered on expressing and strengthening our commitments to each other and our work in the world.
Welcome to Summer Social Hour
On Sunday June 19th, immediately following our Flower Service (with Band!) - please plan to stay or come over to church for some Fellowship in the garden to celebrate the official end of our church year. The Fellowship Committee will provide clementines, cookies, chips, coffee & juice. If you would like to contribute some other finger foods, please contact Marianne Collins so she can coordinate food offerings. Please bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets to that we can gather mostly...
A call to creative folks! – for Rev. Sophia’s Installation, 9/25/22
Please save the date: Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 for the Installation of Rev. Sophia M. Lyons “Weaving Together our Shared Ministry” We are looking for artists who would like to create visual representations of our theme: Weaving Together our Shared Ministry. We are reserving the wall outside the conference room for an art display in honor of this wonderful occasion. If you have art work you would like to share or questions or ideas, please contact Kelly Morton or Carole Katz. (Contact...
Memorial Service – Roger Erickson, June 12th
A Memorial Service for Roger C. Erickson, late husband of Johanna Erickson, will be held on Sunday June 12, 2022, in the sanctuary of First Parish of Watertown, starting at 2:00 PM. Interment of Rogers ashes will follow the service. All are invited to attend and to stay for refreshments.
Warrant – Special Congregational Meeting – June 5th
Special Congregational Meeting - June 5th The First Parish of Watertown, Unitarian Universalist Warrant for Special Congregational Meeting June 5, 2022 To: Michael Collins, Clerk of the First Parish of Watertown, Greetings: You are hereby requested to notify and warn the legal members of the First Parish of Watertown to meet virtually SUNDAY, THE 5th DAY OF JUNE, 2022 after the on- line service, to act on the following articles, viz: Article 1. Vote to approve the adoption of the 8th...
First Parish Memorial Wall
Names of deceased First Parish members, friends, and those loved by them can be added to the Memorial Wall each summer. Applications for engravings as well as additional information can be found at https://fpwatertown.org/about/memorial-garden/. Paper applications are also available in the church office. The fee for engraving a name along with birth and death years is $500. Applications and fees must be returned to the church office no later than June 1. Requests for a reduced fee can be made...
Have You Heard About the 8th Principle?
We covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.” The word is out about the 8th Principle! Maybe you’ve heard Reverend Sophia mention it during a worship service. Maybe you’ve participated in one of the discussions or attended another of the related events this last year. Maybe this is the first time...