The First Parish in Lincoln invites you to a
VIGIL FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND HOPE
Wednesday, June 3rd, 7-7:30pm
Bring your grief and your love to this space for communal lament.
This vigil will be held on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85023510823
Meeting ID: 850 2351 0823
April 30 – May 18, 2020
Many of us who are safely self-isolating in our homes in Lincoln have been wondering how we can help others who were already suffering even before the Covid-era descended over the land. We know that communities of color as well as the homeless have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and in response, The First Parish Anti-Racism Task Force is organizing an immediate, concrete way we can support those in need who find themselves in even more desperate circumstances than they were only two months ago.
HOW: We invite all in our community to participate in a Mother’s Day Pop Up Drive to benefit both children in Bay Cove Human Service’s Early Intervention program in Boston and their adult clients at the CASPAR Homeless Shelter in Cambridge.
WHEN: Thursday, April 30th, through Monday, May 18th
WHERE: Please drop off goods in the plastic bins on the Stearns Room porch of the Historic Church on Bedford Road (across from the Lincoln Library) or, for a pick-up at your home, contact Mary Jo Veling at:
veling1@hotmail.com
If you are donating Gift Cards, please don’t leave in the bins. Call or email Mary Jo Veiling (veling1@hotmail.com, 781-259-8588); she’s glad to pick them up for safe keeping.
WHAT: All donations must be new.
Many items can be purchased at local grocery or drug stores.
We have also provided online sources, such as Costco, Amazon and Target (CLICK HERE) for those who are staying at home.
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Diapers in sizes 4 and 5
Diaper wipes
Stop and Shop gift cards for the moms
HOMELESS SHELTER
NEW Men’s and Women’s Clothing:
(Sizes: Men’s: L, XL, XXL; Women: L, XL)
Underwear
Tee Shirts
Sweatshirts
Socks
Flip Flops for showers
Personal care:
Sanitary pads and tampons
Shampoo, soap and deodorant in small containers (travel size)
Toiletries in small sizes
Food:
Snacks, power bars
Tea bags (regular and herbal)
Sugar-free drink mix (to be added to water)
WHY: Because we are all connected by our humanity, and anything we can do to alleviate some of the trauma, dislocation and pain experienced by those less fortunate than we is an act of kindness that is foundational to all of the world’s great religions.
On behalf of The First Parish in Lincoln, we thank all who can donate something in this effort to help our neighbors in Boston and Cambridge.
Cash Donations may be made directly to Bay Cove Covid 19 Vulnerable Neighbors Fund, on their website or by check to Bay Cove at 66 Canal St. Boston, Ma 02114.
AMAZON PRIME
WOMEN’S CLOTHING
90 Degree By Reflex Women’s Warm Outerwear Cold Gear Jackets and Hoodies
in Sizes Large and Extra Large – $19.99
Hanes Cool Comfort Cotton Brief Panties 6-Pack – $9.47
Sizes 8, 9, 10
CHILDREN
Pampers Diapers Size 4, 186 Count
One Month supply $53.33
Pampers Diapers Size 5, 132 Count
One Month supply $46.63
TARGET
Men’s Clothing:
Hanes Men’s 4-pack Short Sleeve
Sizes L, XL, XXL
Comfort Wash T-shirt
Deep Blue Sizes L, XL, 2XL – $12.99
Men’s Standard Fit Hooded Fleece Sweatshirt
Full Zip. Navy Sizes L, XL, XXL – $19.99
Fruit of the Loom Boxers
5-pack Size: L and XL
Richmond Flip Flop sandal Goodfellow & Co.
Black or Navy Sizes 9/10, 11/12, 13 – $4.99
TARGET
Women’s Clothing:
Hanes Premium Women’s Cool and Comfortable Cotton Panties
6 – pack, Sizes L and XL – $17.99
Women’s Hooded Sweatshirt – Universal Thread
Green or Black; Sizes L, XL, XXL $24.99
Women’s Short Sleeved T-shirt
“Wild Fable” Plum, Olive; Size: XL – $8.00
Women’s Shower Flip Flops
Ava Skinny Strap; Tan or Blush; Sizes 8, 9, 11 – $9.99
Women’s Hygiene:
U by Kotex Clean Wear Ultra Thin Heavy Flow Pads 32 count –$6.99
https://www.target.com/p/u-by-kotex-cleanwear-ultra-thin-heavy-flow-pads-32ct/-/A-12213586
Tampax Pearl Tampons
Regular/Super Absorbency Unscented – 34count – $6.99
Sunday, January 26, 2020, 4pm | Stearns Room
Join FPL’s new antiracism group to view and discuss the three-part PBS Documentary series, “Race: The Power of an Illusion.” This series compels viewers to examine some of their most fundamental beliefs about concepts of race.
On January 26th we will be screening Episode One: The Difference Between Us, which follows a diverse group of teenagers as they discover some surprising truths about their DNA. Join us as we seek to deconstruct our own false and harmful beliefs about race in commitment to our values as an open and welcoming community church.
Thursday, December 19, 5:30-7pm | Garrison Room
Part one of a three-part discussion of the New York Times Bestseller, How to Be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. This session will focus on chapters 1-6. Facilitated by Sarah Klockowski.
Session 2: Thursday, Jan. 16, 5:30-7pm
Session 3: Thursday, Feb. 13, 5:30-7pm
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, 5pm | Stearns Room
Let’s continue the conversation! The Adult Learning Committee invites you to join our ongoing dialogue on race and privilege at 5pm on November 17 in the Stearns Room. We are certain there will be much to digest from Debby Irving’s presentation on November 13, and we want to provide a space to process her talk in community. Bring your courageous questions, and join us as we do this important work together.
When we talk about diversity, what exactly do we mean? Diversity based on religion? On race? On gender? On national background? On culture? On socio-economic class? On age? Other attributes? How do we think and talk about diversity and what it means in our lives and in the lives of other Americans in our increasingly diverse nation? These are questions people across our country are asking, including those of us at Lincoln’s First Parish.
The Adult Learning Committee is recommending a church community summer read on the topic of racism and white privilege. The book we recommend is Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debbie Irving. On Sunday September 22 at 4 pm, we will hold a discussion about the racism and white privilege issues raised by the book.
Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving. (2014). Growing up in Winchester, a community much like Lincoln, the author starts with her experience as a white woman, and then moves on to grapple with the complexity of racism in the United States at both an individual and an institutional level. Her story is not only personal and readable, but it is also timely for our church, for Lincoln and for our country.
Copies are available at Lincoln Library and 3 copies are available in the FPL Library.
If you have already read Waking Up White and want another perspective or angle on the topic of race and white privilege, consider reading one of the following:
White Fragility, Why it is so hard for White People to talk about Race by Robin Diangelo (2018). A New York Times best seller, this book offers a sociological and psychological study of white privilege in the United States, exploring the dynamics of white fragility and how we might overcome it.
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise (2004). Growing up in Nashville and educated at Tulane University, Wise’s experiences present a male perspective, a counterpoint to Irving’s Growing Up White,, as well as a regional difference, the South, as opposed to New England. The book is part memoir and part essay, lively and compelling
Uncensored: My life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America by Zachary Wood ( 2019). Wood offers a personal account of overcoming a difficult upbringing , as well as complexities of systemic discrimination experienced as a high school scholarship student from a poor black neighborhood in Washington, DC and as a leader of the free speech movement at Williams College.
From the Summer Reading Team: Janet Boynton, Ken Hurd, Mary Helen Lorenz, Jessica Packineau, Barbara Slayter, Mary Jo Veling