We hope you will join us in-person or online for Easter Sunday! Rev. Lara Hoke will preach, and there will be lovely music from Music Director Molly Lozeau and The Church Choir and more.

This service will be multi-platform (streaming live online, and also in-person in the sanctuary). To participate online, members and friends can click HERE shortly before 10 a.m. and enter the website password to receive a link to participate in the worship service. All are welcome to join the worship service live on our YouTube channel HERE (but the YouTube link will not allow you to interact as the Zoom link will).

On FRIDAYSs at 2 p.m., Rev. Lara Hoke leads “Loving-Kindness Sangha Meditation Practice” online. Participants are welcome to stay and meditate the entire time, or leave as they wish (or need) to do. The link for online participants will be: https://tinyurl.com/LovingKindnessSangha

All are welcome! No need to RSVP.

Curious about the name? “Loving-kindness” is a feeling and expression of compassion, mercy, tenderness, and an unconditional love toward all beings; it is a term used in some religious traditions, notably Buddhism. (Our own blue/teal hymnal includes #1031, “Filled with Loving Kindness”, with lyrics based on a traditional Buddhist meditation.) “Sangha” is actually a Sanskrit word meaning assembly, congregation, or community, and it is used in several religious traditions, most notably Buddhism (but also Jainism, Sikhism, and more). So the name means something like “an assembly of people aspiring to compassion and unconditional love toward all beings” sharing meditation practice.

This inspiring film chronicles the extraordinary journey of immigrant families as they rebuild their lives and navigate new beginnings in New England. The film screening will be followed by moderated discussions and opportunities for community action.

The event is free. Light supper and refreshments will be served. Please register at here.

Sponsored by the
FCU Reclaiming Our Democracy Task Force

This documentary was produced in cooperation with Jewish Family Services, The International Institute of New England, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, and the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action.

Join us for another fun (musical) jam session on Friday at 7 p.m. in the FCU Vestry! We will be meeting on the second Friday of the month going forward. All are welcome! Any instrument is welcome, certainly including singing voices. If you have a particular song you’d like us to try, it is helpful if you can bring lyrics with chords. We’ll have some fun!