On Tuesday, April 26, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery released a substantial report on Harvard’s history with recommendations for reparative action. Given First Church’s historic connection to Harvard and…
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Have you been thinking about exploring membership at First Church in Cambridge? Do you have a growing sense that First Church is where you belong? Have you recently joined or enjoy meeting new folks in our community and are looking…
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Would you like to reconnect with old friends, meet new friends, and take a moment to reflect on what it means to be a part of our church community? Would you like to share conversation, food, and drink with interesting…
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In late February, the United Church of Christ made an appeal to local churches to help Ukrainians find safety, inside and away from their country. Donations now top over $1 million and more is needed. According to Connie Larman at ucc.org:…
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If you wish to donate memorial flowers for loved ones this Easter, please send the names of those to be remembered to Kirsten Manville in the First Church office by April 10. Contributions of $20 to help defray the cost…
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Bounty reveals the hidden story of the Phips Proclamation, one of many scalp-bounty proclamations used to exterminate Native people in order to take their land in what is now New England. In the film, Penobscot parents and children resist erasure…
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APRIL UPDATE: Due to an expected increase in the number of people worshiping in person, as well as our plan for robust singing, we will continue to require masking in the Sanctuary through Easter, at least. As communities across the…
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The three-manual, forty-stop Frobenius organ at First Church in Cambridge, made in Copenhagen in 1972, the first Danish organ imported to the United States, is about to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its installation and dedication. In those fifty years,…
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This Lent, join us as we explore what it means to hold Jesus at the center of our faith and lives. How might focusing on Jesus’ life and teachings ground and clarify our conversations about how we hold the loneliness,…
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Thank you so much to all who attended Homeless Ministries’ 2022 livestream appeal with special guest Danielle Allen— and a special thanks to all who took the opportunity to make a donation to our work. We’re pleased to report that…
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