Summer Vespers
Summer Vespers are small, informal worship and reflection sessions that have been offered at Theodore Parker Church during July and August since 2014. These lay-organized gatherings help to keep the … Continue reading Summer Vespers
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Summer Vespers
Summer Vespers are small, informal worship and reflection sessions that have been offered at Theodore Parker Church during July and August since 2014. These lay-organized gatherings help to keep the … Continue reading Summer Vespers
Summer Vespers
Summer Vespers are small, informal worship and reflection sessions that have been offered at Theodore Parker Church during July and August since 2014. These lay-organized gatherings help to keep the … Continue reading Summer Vespers
The Gift of Young Voices
We are delighted to be celebrating the accomplishment of our five Coming of Age candidates, who will share their thoughts and perspectives during this morning’s worship. They have spent the … Continue reading The Gift of Young Voices
Poetry Sunday
For our annual Poetry Sunday service, we are paying tribute to poet Mary Oliver, who died in January 2019. She has been a profoundly influential poet whose work reflects a … Continue reading Poetry Sunday
Accompaniment Is Its Own Journey
How might our journey be transformed if it included walking with those on the other side of the movement of people that threatens to tear our country apart? We will … Continue reading Accompaniment Is Its Own Journey
Trusting the Heart to Know
In our efforts to understand and not lose connection with those who think differently than we do, it can be difficult to discern whether to “keep fishing or cut bait.” Listen
A Quiet Time
For the last Sunday of the year, we continue our tradition of providing a time of quiet, in the spirit of Quaker meetings, where we sit together in silence, speaking … Continue reading A Quiet Time
Called to Create Home
More than a year ago, our congregation joined the interfaith Jamaica Plain/West Roxbury Sanctuary Coalition, supporting a guest at risk of deportation. We were, as an extended community, called to … Continue reading Called to Create Home
Wisdom in the Bones: A Truer History of the Human Family Overturns Racial Myths
In accord with our congregation’s focus this year on racial justice, long-time church member Dr. Robert Colgrove will discuss how analysis of ancient human DNA refutes racist mythologies of immutable … Continue reading Wisdom in the Bones: A Truer History of the Human Family Overturns Racial Myths