Bring a vegetarian soup or salad for our potluck and join us in Fellowship Hall for a “dinner church” take on our traditional Maundy Thursday vespers, led by Lisa Fagerstrom and Chris Hossfeld. We’ll break bread together (Lisa will bring the literal bread), sing, and share in what it means to celebrate the Last Supper in remembrance.
Please note that we are no longer nut free, but please write down all the ingredients in your dish in case of allergies.
Our guest speaker is Anela Kruščica, Director of Equity and Belonging at The Derryfield School, who has over twenty-five years of service toward state and school-level DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) initiatives.
Before ethnic nationalism led to genocide against the Bosniak community, Anela’s grandmother quietly and defiantly taught Anela to embrace her Muslim faith. Displaced during adolescence, she was overwhelmed and angered by the atrocities of war. Anela shares a window into how her merciful, compassionate faith connected her with community and healing.
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morning of service)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Join us in Fellowship Hall for a special service about building community through music. The Morning Star Singers will be sharing their songs with us! They are an intertribal women’s traditional hand drum group from the United Native American Cultural Center in Devens, MA, who seek to preserve and continue the tradition of women’s singing in native culture. *If you would like to learn the songs with the Morning Star Singers, join us for a special Family Open Choir rehearsal at 9 am before the service.
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
Order of Service:
(posted the morning of service)FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
FPC member Paul Reisberg is our guest speaker this week. For the atheist, not having god(s) in one's life is a fundamentally different way of being in the world; one that presents both pluses and minuses. Finding meaning, guidance and spirituality without spirits; connecting with and communicating feelings of awe, gratitude and fear to a universe that hasn't a supernatural being that listens are challenges that can lead to deeper understandings. These in turn can help us navigate through our current crisis in this age of anxiety.
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morning of service)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Guest speaker Alex Kapitan will lead the service. In honor of Trans Day of Visibility (March 31), this service will be all about the journey and the joy of living unapologetically as your true self—not the cookie-cutter self that family, authorities, peers, or wider culture tried to mold you into, but the unique, most alive, most glorious being you were meant to be. In this time of targeted political attacks on trans people, joy and authenticity are vital forms of resistance.
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morning of service)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Rev. Susan Suchoki Brown, our Sabbatical Minister, will lead the service. In honor of Women’s history month, Rev. Susan will explore the topic of new learnings from an old teaching. On her first of three trips to Mexico, she learned about the Lady of Guadeloupe, the Aztec Goddess. The story and the message is as relevant today as it was when the story first was told in the 1500’s. Using this same story Rev. Susan hopes to bring some messages of hope and strength. Sometimes digging into the past teachings we can learn how to handle todays hurdles.
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morning of service)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Our world religions series continues with guest speaker, “Matta” Matthew Haide Zheng, a Masters of Divinity Candidate at Harvard Divinity School and Founding Director of the Burning Refuge Collective (www.burningrefuge.org).
“Matta” Matthew Haide Zheng (any/all pronouns) is a 3rd year Masters of Divinity student at Harvard Divinity School, studying the anthropology of Buddhism and racial capitalism. Matta has and continues to serve as a hospital and LGBTQ+ higher education chaplain, political organizer and campaigner, and Buddhist community leader. At the age of 13, Matta discovered Buddhism through the complicated thicket of Yukio Mishima’s fiction. Though raised in a staunchly atheist household, they were called to Buddhadharma. Almost immediately, Buddhism was a spiritual salve to Matta’s hopelessness from being roundly rejected after coming out of the closet as queer. Since then, Matta’s practice, understanding, and passion for Buddhism has grown to infuse pragmatic hope for ultimate and final liberation for all sentient beings in every aspect of their life — whether personal, professional, or beyond. Today, Matta is a devoted queer Buddhist whose practice and passion extends to every corner of the Asian Buddhist diaspora. Most currently, Matta is authoring his MDiv thesis which theorizes a new way of understanding the religious tradition as "diaspora Buddhism".
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morning of service)
Chris Hossfeld, Music Director - The whole family is invited to join the FPC Choir and RE program in presenting music from the hit Disney animated feature, Encanto. This Sunday morning service will explore the themes of love, family, and supporting each other as we develop our unique gifts. And yes, we will talk about Bruno! All are welcome! Please note that this service will be broadcast on Zoom as usual but not recorded and posted later on our YouTube channel.
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morming of service)
Our world religions series continues with guest speaker, Deepika Prakash, a long-time Acton resident who founded Diwalifest in 2021. She will speak about the Hindu faith and the importance of community and creativity.
Deepika Prakash is the founder of PatternReview.com, a website she started in 2001 when she couldn't find any sewing resources online. It is a place of exchange, where people share and find sewing patterns and what they made with the patterns. She teaches sewing classes at Sargent Memorial Library and other venues.
Our buildings are now mask-optional. We have designated a mask-required section of our sanctuary. It is marked off and in the back right corner. Please consult with an usher if assistance is needed.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morming of service)
Our Sabbatical Minister will be getting to know the congregation and sharing some of her recent learnings about living, loving, thriving, and surviving.
Rev. Susan Suchoki Brown has been part of the UU Trauma Response Ministry for years. She served as the fire department chaplain in Leominster for many years where she was also minister of the UU church, and has served on the Ministerial Fellowship Committee and in many other UUA volunteer roles.
Join Worship by Video: https://tinyurl.com/22-23fpc
Meeting ID: 999 7077 0266
Passcode: 01775
Join worship by phone: (929)205-6099 (long distance rates will apply)
FPC now has a closed captioning option in online services. If the Closed Captioning option is not turned on, you can use the button at the bottom of your screen to request that the host turn it on.
Order of Service: CLICK HERE (posted the morming of service)
