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From the Parish Committee – May 26th, 2023

It’s the last week of May and the summer changes of the church year approach! The annual May Pot Luck dinner and Talent show was a wonderful joyous celebration! It was full of inspiring poems, amazing magic tricks, stories, songs, music and the fabulous FPW Choir and...

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“Showered with Blessings” – May 7th, 2023

READING: “I Will Not Die an Unlived Life,” by Dawna Markova I will not die an unlived life  I will not live in fear  of falling or catching fire.  I choose to inhabit my days,  to allow my living to open me,  to make me less afraid,  more accessible,  to loosen my...

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“Tending the Flame” – April 30th, 2023

READING: From “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulgham. “All of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in...

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Musically Speaking – May 12th, 2023

The great activist, actor and singer, Harry Belafonte, recently died at age 96 (he wrote “Turn the World Around” in our Teal Hymnal).  Belafonte has been and will continue to be important in our lives.  Although he was probably most well-known as a singer and actor,...

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The View From Here – May 5th, 2023

Greetings church family! I pray that you and yours are well these days. Over the next month we are going to have some fun. For one thing, your Variety Show is on May 13th. This will be the first time in three years that this will be back in the sanctuary. I am...

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Rummage Sale and Bikes Not Bombs Collection

Saturday May 6, 2023 from 10am to 2pm rain or shine First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown, MA 02472 Donate your old bike or accessories to benefit the youth programs and international development work of Bikes Not Bombs! The bike drive will be held at...

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Rummage Sale and Bike Collection May 6

Rummage Sale and Bike Collection May 6

Come shop for treasures at a rummage sale on Saturday May 6, 2023 from 10am to 2pm – rain or shine! At the same time, drop off donations of bikes, tools, and accessories to support Bikes Not Bombs.

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From the Parish Committee – April 28th, 2023

Greetings from Parish Committee! This past Sunday was our 392nd Annual Meeting. The meeting was a wonderful celebration of this past year! Here are just a few of the highlights: Nominating committee reported that 66 members of the congregation are serving on our many...

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“Nevertheless, We Remembered” – April 16th, 2023

READING: Our reading today comes from Muskogee or “Creek” Nation Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo.  It is called Remember. Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star's stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun's birth at dawn, that is...

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