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 […]
Ministry of Outreach and Justice
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 […]
December Special Offering: Presents for Pathways
Donate online or mail your check by Sunday, December 13During the first two Sundays of December our special offering will be for Pathways Family Shelter in Framingham. We have had a long relationship with Pathways, and most years we invite you to buy items for the children or parents to enjoy as Christmas presents. This […]
Kermit’s Korner: Vegan Christmas
A Vegan Christmas, by Peggy Harrison First, why am I a vegan? All my life I have been an animal lover (cats especially) and so when, about eleven years ago, my daughter Ann and I watched the movie Food, Inc. our vegan journey began. It was not an immediate switch from meat eating to vegan. […]
Music Appreciation
This month I want to draw your attention to the music appreciation sessions that happen every Thursday night (with rare exception) live from my dining room table. By my most recent count, this month we will hit our thirtieth session since the middle of March, when it seemed like something fun to do for a […]