We’ve had a lot of opportunities to listen to great music during the pandemic. I’ve told you about them many times in this space. Studio Choir, Multi-home Ensemble, even my weekly Thursday evening music appreciation classes all have resulted in people’s ears being saturated with the finest music we can offer. My ears have rung […]
Ministry of Outreach and Justice
Chat, Pray, Love
We are delighted to welcome you to join us for any of these programs. Please contact pastor@edwardschurch.org to request a zoom link. Sunday Morning Worship Sundays at 10:00amJoin us for worship every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. We will send out a virtual bulletin each Sunday morning for anyone who would like to follow along with […]
Solar Clothes Dryer?
Join in the Green Team Rainbow Laundry Challenge! During the month of May, the Green Team invites you to cut down on your use of your electric or gas clothes dryer and let the sun and air dry your clothes. The clothes dryer is one of the biggest “energy hogs” in most homes and you […]
June Special Offering for Tempo
Special Offering for June—Tempo Young Adult Resource Center The Board of Wider Missions has been exploring ways we can be a source of healing in a year that has uncovered a crisis in mental health. In April we invited the congregation to contribute to Advocates, a local organization that supports people of all ages facing […]
Our Commitments for Racial Justice
Voted at our Congregational Meeting, April 18, 2021 Prologue As people of faith, we seek to follow Jesus’ call to listen to the oppressed, fight injustice, confess our sins, and change our lives until justice prevails. We pledge to take measurable and ongoing action to end racism. Recognizing the need for partnership and shared accountability, […]
March Kermit’s Korner
Coming this spring—the Green Team Line-Drying ChallengeHow often do you use a “solar clothes dryer”—that is, a line outside or a rack by a sunny window? Have you ever calculated how much energy you could save by line-drying just one load of laundry a week? Or all your laundry? The Green Team challenges you to […]
Our Special Offering: Emergency Housing and Eviction Fund
The Board of Wider Mission invites you to make a gift to support the Emergency Housing and Eviction Fund organized by Metrowest Worker’s Center/CASA. This fund is used to support local immigrants who are facing eviction and homelessness during this pandemic winter. With COVID cases skyrocketing, and area housing/shelter opportunities shrinking, many people turn to […]
Giving Thanks from Wider Mission
Gifts That GiveThank you to everyone who participated in the Gifts that Give auction and party, whether as a donor, a buyer, a bidder, or party attendee. We sent a check to A Place to Turn for $2070.05 and a check to Framingham Community Farm for $327.75. We could not have done this without you! Beyond […]
Kermit’s Korner: Sweetgrass
The Green Team invites you to join us in reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, available at the Framingham Public Library and many online booksellers. Dr. Kimmerer has a unique perspective on our relationships with plants and other fellow beings, as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a professor of plant ecology […]
A Note of Gratitude
When we began this fall, we hoped to get more worshipers onscreen and on microphone. Council even ensured that provision when we voted to continue in virtual worship, at least through December. Through the development of our Studio Choir and Multi-home Ensemble, we have explored new ways of making music “together,” and what a way to make […]