Author: First Parish Northfield, Unitarian

This Sunday James Myers will lead our service. He has attended Sunday service at First Parish previously. This is his description of himself and Sunday’s theme:

“I’ve been an Episcopalian since age twelve and have been devoted to the spiritual concepts of healing and LAY Eucharistic ministering for the past twenty years. The theme of my sermon focuses on God, gratitude and grace.”

The service will take place in person and online. All are welcome. Contact fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com for the link to join online.

Dan Tinen will lead the Sunday service for First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian, at 10 am on December 1. The service will take place in person and online. All are welcome. Contact fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com for the link to join online.

Paul Bocko will lead a Chalice Circle at 10 am on Sunday, November 24 on the theme of “Repair: Start Small, Finish Big.” This is a follow up to Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer’s November 17 service titled “Persistence”. Paul will lead us in considering multiple meanings and scales of repair we can practice. We will celebrate our repair successes and intentions in order to heal our relationships and the world. Join us at First Parish, Northfield to participate in this service of reflection and sharing.

Persistence, by Rev. Melissa Carvill Ziemer

We will gather again to ground ourselves in our values and gather inspiration and energy for continuing to live them out in the world. Even in the presence of opposition or indifference, our call is to persist following the lead of love.

Please join us at 10am at First Parish Northfield, corner of Parker Avenue and Main Street, this Sunday, November 17. To participate via Zoom, please send an e-mail to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com for a link.

For the First Parish church service this Sunday, November 10, author, musician, educator, and visual artist Eveline MacDougall will share reflections on the topic “Daring to Move Beyond Tribalism: Spiritual First Aid for Surprising Times.” She will also perform live music during the 10 am service, which will be available by Zoom as well. To participate via Zoom, please send an e-mail to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com for a link.

Dan Tinen will preach about “The Long Run” tomorrow at 10 am live at First Parish, corner of Parker Avenue and Main Street. Dan describes the theme as follows:

“When things don’t turn out as we expected or hoped, it’s not the end of the world; it’s a learning opportunity to correct our course to get where we want to go. Realizing our ideals requires us to reevaluate our assumptions from time to time, and now is clearly one of those moments, no matter how things turn out on Tuesday.”

To participate via Zoom, please send an e-mail to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com for a link. And don’t forget to turn your clocks back an hour Saturday night!

Robert Kubacki will lead Sunday’s Chalice Circle service in a continuation of the theme of Deep Listening. Among the ideas to be considered are the observation that, “one half of language is to listen,” that a sense of wonder can stave off boredom and disenchantment, and that, “the privilege of wisdom is to listen.” The service begins at 10 am at the church, corner of Main Street and Parker Avenue.

Rev. Julie-Ann Silberman-Bunn: “This title is adapted from a quote by the South African theologian and religious leader Desmond Tutu. Tutu reminds us that to someone suffering from injustice, neutrality can and will look like taking the side of the oppressor. Two equally real places in which we see individuals trying to remain neutral are in cases of animal abuse and when there are conflicts in other countries. I will speak through my lens as a grandmother of a pitbull and a granddaughter and daughter of Polish Jews, some of whose family have settled in Israel.” The service will begin this Sunday at 10 am at the church and be available on Zoom. To participate via Zoom, please send an e-mail to fpnorthfieldma@gmail.com for a link.