Past Services

Sunday, May 5th, 2019

Installation of the Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum
as the Settled Minister of the First Parish Church of Stow and Acton

Sunday, May 5th, 2019

ONLY ONE SERVICE AT 11AM in the Sanctuary

This Service will be led by our FPC Youth.

Sunday, April 28th, 2019

ONE SERVICE AT 11AM in the Sanctuary

What does it mean to be "the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in"? Could it be that we are building on something for the generations: past and future? Let us come together to explore our common call to build and rebuild the ruined cities. To restore this world we must come away from the notions of scarcity and the limitations of the moment, and see our life experience as part of a larger chain of causation, each person, taking their rightful place and influencing a small but significant part of the ultimate work effort, which is to say, laying the firm foundations for a new world.
Rev. Daniel Gregoire will be our guest preacher this morning at the one 11AM service.

Sunday, April 21st, 2019

Earth Day is the day after Easter this year. Rev. Cindy will weave together themes of resurrection and rebirth as we celebrate the mystery that is Easter.

Thursday, April 18th, 2019

VESPERS 7PM IN THE SANCTUARY

Maundy Thursday marks the day of the “Last Supper.” Our vespers service is a time for reflection, prayer, song, and communion as we think about the meaning and importance of community.

Sunday, April 14th, 2019

April’s theme is “wholeness” and a good time to reflect on how we support and embrace people with mental illness and support and embrace people through times of struggle in our community. Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum will be preaching.

Sunday, April 7th, 2019

May 5th is the 200th anniversary of the Baltimore Sermon, the sermon that William Ellery Channing gave that defined and transformed Unitarianism. May 5th is a day we’re pretty busy at FPC, but April 7th is also William Ellery Channing’s birthday, which gives us a great opportunity to look at the life and works of this great Unitarian figure. Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum will be preaching.

Sunday, March 31st, 2019

Chaucer wrote that in Aprille, “longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, and palmeres for to seken straunge strondes.” So on this last day of March, we’ll talk about spiritual journeys. Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum will be preaching.

Sunday, March 24th, 2019

Our 9am service will include a special joint performance of Gabriel Faure’s Requiem by our FPC Choir and the Choir of the Unitarian Universalists of Wellsley Hills. Both services will focus, in different ways, on the question of what happens after death. Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum will be preaching.

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

We all have a journey of the spirit, and often those journeys have had turning points. We’ll explore the stories of our spiritual journeys through talking about the turning points. When did a crack in your faith appear? When did you decide to make a commitment? When did your spiritual practice shift? What moment was most responsible for your understanding of religion? We’ll explore the answers together. Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Landrum will be preaching.

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