Watch Now: Annual Meeting 2021
Annual Meeting 2021 The 2021 Annual Meeting of the First Parish in Lincoln was held on Wednesday, June 9th. Video below.
James Baldwin Summer
James Baldwin Summer An All Church Read, Summer 2021 Image Description: James Baldwin addresses the crowd after participating in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights in March 1965. (Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images) The Racial Justice Advocates of the First [...]
Slavery in Lincoln, Massachusetts: Reckoning with Our Past, Planning for a More Honest and Inclusive Future
Slavery in Lincoln, Massachusetts: Reckoning with Our Past, Planning for a More Honest and Inclusive Future Save the Date — Juneteenth! The Bemis Lecture Series and The Lincoln Historical Society invite you to a special presentation Slavery in Lincoln, Massachusetts: Reckoning with Our Past, Planning for a More [...]
Racial Justice Advocates: Living our Mission
Racial Justice Advocates: Living our Mission At our Annual Meeting on June 9th the FPL Racial Justice Advocates (RJA) will describe a church-wide plan for engaging our congregation in deeper racial justice dialogue, learning and action in the coming church year. This work directly addresses the Values, Mission and Vision [...]
Transition Team prepares summary of its recent work
Transition Team prepares summary of its recent work As the Church year draws to a close, the Transition Team is devoting energy to two major efforts – Strategic Planning roundtable discussions and writing a summary report. During the month of May, a series of small roundtables were offered [...]
Reopening Survey
Take our Reopening Survey! The Reopening Task Force is gathering information to better prepare us to make decisions about worship and programs during the 2021-2022 church year. Your anonymous feedback is essential to this work. First Parish in Lincoln strives to be a church of inclusion, and we [...]
Strategic Planning Roundtable Discussions May 2021
Strategic Planning Roundtable Discussions May 2021 As we have been thinking about First Parish’s future, we have come together to articulate our values, mission, and vision. Now it is time to start thinking about related questions that have been prompted by our strategic planning project. To that end, the [...]
Minister’s Message: May 2021
Minister's Message May 2021 Dear Friends, I heard from one of you about an article in the New York Times about “languishing” as a good word for what many of us are feeling as we try to emerge from this pandemic. Once you mentioned it, it seemed like everywhere [...]
Safe Congregations Task Force Update (4/8/21)
Safe Congregations Task Force Update The Safe Congregation Task Force has been meeting monthly during the pandemic, taking guidance from federal and state public health entities, as well as the UCC and UU national organizations. We are heartened by the remarkable efficacy of the various vaccines, and vigilant [...]
Minister’s Message: April 2021
Minister's Message April 2021 Dear Friends, I’m writing this in the days leading up to Easter; it has been a long year and a long winter, and little by little, we inch forward, one vaccine at a time, looking hopefully towards a future we can’t fully imagine [...]
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