Author: Toby Smith Ropeik
Watch the GA 2018 Ware Lecture
Brittany Packnett’s powerful and challenging description of white privilege available here.
Standing Committee Meeting – Sunday, June 10, 2018 – 6 pm
Agenda
Standing Committee Meeting – Sunday, May 6, 2018 – 6 pm
Agenda
Come Vote – Annual Meeting – June 10 – 11:30 am
Read details about two Standing Committee sponsored votes. Explore the differences between our current policy of setting aside 7.5% of pledges to social action and an alternative policy recommended by the Standing Committee.
Year for Reflection and Visioning RESULTS – May 8 @ 7 pm
Hear the preliminary findings from this year’s massive data collection and add your voice as we begin to figure out what it all means for the future of our church.
Congregational Conversation – 7.5% Social Action Policy – April 29 @ 11:30 am
Chair Kristin Haddad unveils and discusses the Standing Committee’s recommendation on the current policy of allocating 7.5% of annual pledges to social action. A full congregational vote to reaffirm, revise, or revoke this policy is scheduled for Annual Meeting on June 10.
Standing Committee Meeting – Sunday, April 8, 2018 – 6:15 pm
Agenda
2018 Pledge Testimonial
Good morning . . . I’m Chris Popov. Patty and I have been attending First Parish for almost 18 years. Well before then, before I knew that Patty was raised as a Unitarian Universalist, I mustered the good sense to ask her to lunch in 1991. Later, a UU minister officiated at our wedding. And, … Continue reading 2018 Pledge Testimonial
2018 Pledge Testimonial
D: We moved to Concord in 1996 because we fell in love with First Parish. And we immediately made supporting First Parish part of our household budget. R: We’re both self-employed, and financially that means we’ve been up and we’ve been down. D: Up is better. R: There were years when we were able to … Continue reading 2018 Pledge Testimonial