Posts about the 2019-20 Pledge Campaign: Reach High, Reach Wide
The seventh and final letter in the series from various First Parish “personalities” that have appeared as inserts in the Sunday orders of service. All can be seen at firstparish.org/campaign. Yoo-hoo, Do you remember when you first realized that you were truly part of our church? When you got that solid, warm feeling in your … Continue reading The Banners Letter
Hi I am Anne Fortier. Thirty five years ago, when I first came here, I had been a single mother for many years. My children had entered their teen years and having had a positive church experience as a child, I set out to find a church home. It wasn’t until I cried with relief … Continue reading 2019 Pledge Testimonial – Anne Fortier
Phil: Good Morning. My name is Phil D’Amico and this is my wife Lisa Bennett. We began attending First Parish almost 5 years ago. This was after years of gentle prodding by my childhood friend Carolyn Copp. Lisa: Phil was raised Catholic and I wasn’t raised in a church at all. For a long time, … Continue reading 2019 Pledge Testimonial – Phil D’Amico and Lisa Bennett
Below is the fifth in a series of letters to First Parish from some interesting “personalities” about this year’s pledge campaign and appearing as inserts in the Sunday order of service. This one is from March 17. All are posted on: firstparish.org/campaign. Hey— Will it be you? Or him? I can’t wait to see who’s … Continue reading Red Sox Tickets Letter
Fourth in a series of letters to First Parish about this year’s pledge campaign and appearing as inserts in the Sunday order of service. This one is from March 10. All are being posted on: firstparish.org/campaign. “We’re living in a period where a lot of shocking things are happening in our daily lives. It puts … Continue reading UUA Annual Fund Letter
Would you join me in a breath and a sigh? [all do so] And in a breath with a roar! [all do so] And, with a hand on your heart if you wish, a breath with a long ‘yummy yumm’. [all do so]. Thank you. We have a term in my improvisational practice, InterPlay. The … Continue reading 2019 Pledge Testimonial – CC King
Sixty years ago this year, emulating Ralph Waldo Emerson, I drove out Route 2 from Cambridge to begin my teaching career at the Peter Bulkley Junior High School on Stow Street. Peter Bulkley was the first minister of First Parish, then more a Calvinist den of retribution—crime and Puritan punishment—than a UU gathering place. Carolyn … Continue reading 2019 Pledge Testimonial – Dick Shohet
Third in a series of letters from some First Parish “personalities” about this year’s pledge campaign and appearing as inserts in the Sunday order of service. This one is from March 3. All are being posted on: firstparish.org/campaign. Dear Parishioner, Whoopee! We are off to a high-flying start for this year’s Annual Pledge Campaign. Thank … Continue reading Bottom Line Letter
Second in a series of letters from some First Parish “personalities” about this year’s pledge campaign and appearing as inserts in the Sunday order of service. This one is from February 24. All are being posted on: firstparish.org/campaign. Hey- I heard Meeting House has been bending your ear. By rights, I should have gone first—Compensation … Continue reading Comp Letter
Below is the first in a series of letters from various First Parish “personalities” who have some things to say to us about this year’s pledge campaign. Their letters are appearing as blue inserts in the Sunday orders of service. This one from February 17, and subsequent inserts, will also be available on the website at: firstparish.org/campaign. Good … Continue reading Meeting House Letter
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