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Weekly Newsletter – April 5

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CHURCH HAPPENINGS

***Special Services this week at First Church***

Tonight, Thursday, April 5th 
6PM in the Sanctuary, we will have a simple communion service for Maundy Thursday. We use grape juice for reasons of inclusion, all are welcome.
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Trans Forming Faith

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What are the intersections of transgender identity and religious experience?  How does being trans impact faith formation?  And what lessons does that experience hold for all of us?  These questions will be explored in a worship service led by Jamez Terry, founder of the Tranny Roadshow and MDiv candidate at Harvard Divinity School. 

Service followed by a workshop titled Understanding (Trans)Gender Identity

In this interactive workshop, led by Jamez and Julia Terry, participants will gain an understanding of gender identity, how it fits into all of our lives, and how we can talk clearly about it with one another.  We will explore what it means to be transgender and how, as a faith community, we can become more welcoming to all of the people in our midst.  Unsure what the words even mean or how to begin talking about it?  This is the place for you.  Know a little bit but have questions or want to deepen your understanding?  It’s the place for you.  Already have a nuanced understanding of gender and trans identities but wish to have more public conversation about how to fully live into our role as a Welcoming Congregation?  Yes, this is the place for you, too!  Please join us after the service on April 15. RSVP for the workshop to firstchjp@aol.com   
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Clothing Swap

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Nothing to Wear!?!?!
Do you stand in front of your overflowing closet every morning and struggle to pull together an outfit?  You’ve got a closet full of clothes, and nothing to wear!
How about you clear out everything you don’t love and everything that doesn’t fit, and trade it in for a whole new-to-you wardrobe?  Wouldn’t it be lovely to open your closet and just ADORE everything you see there?  You can do it – at a clothing swap! Continue reading →
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What’s Happening at First Church ~ Special Services

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Sunday, April 1st

11 a.m. Sunday Service: Please join us for our Palm Sunday service. Communion will directly follow the regular service..

Religious Education:  All children (4+) are invited to participate in Mick’s Third Annual Passover Seder.  This is an “educational” Seder, intended to introduce children to some of the stories, symbols and rituals of this rich Jewish tradition.

4 p.m. Lenten Musical Meditation:  an hour of calm  organ music played by our Music Director as an opportunity for seasonal prayer and reflection in our beautiful sanctuary.

Thursday, April 5th 
6 p.m in the Sanctuary: A simple communion service for Maundy Thursday. We use grape juice for reasons of inclusion, all are welcome.
6:30 p.m.  Passover Seder  in the Parish Hall.  

Friday, April 6th  
7 p.m. Good Friday Tenebrae Service.  A service of darkness, where we extinguish candles after lessons of modern day crucifixions.  The service stops in darkness to resume on Easter Sunday.

Sunday, April 8th 
7 a.m.  Graveyard Easter service, led by Rev. Marshall Hawkins in the parish cemetery.
            
11 a.m. Easter service led by Rev. Terry Burke with special music.  
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Weekly Newsletter – March 29

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TIME SENSITIVE REQUEST: ***Easter Coffee Hour*** 
Hosts are still needed! Please contact Amy Nesta if you are interested in co-hosting on this important holiday.
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Weekly Newsletter: March 22

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***Sorting Party – Tonight!***
Tonight, Thurs. Mar. 22, there will be a Choir Music sorting and filing party 6:30-9 (soup and salad included).  Your help is welcome!  Stay as long as you can – we’ve got lots to sort and label!  Thanks from the Choir.
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Weekly Newsletter – March 8

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Tonight: Croning, 7 p.m. at Margaret’s.

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CHURCH HAPPENINGS

*** Sunday, March 11th***
Please join us as we welcome One Family Scholars. Thank you to our coffee hour hosts, Michelle Otterson, Judith Garfunkel and Emerson Stamps.

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What’s Happening this Sunday, March 4th, at First Church

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9:30 a.m. Welcoming Committee Meeting 

11 a.m. Sunday Service: Our preacher is Rev. Terry Burke, who will deliver a sermon titled “The Gift.”

Please join us following the service for coffee and light refreshments. Thank you to Charlotte and Kurt Hemr for hosting Coffee Hour.

7 p.m. Play: Ibrahim Miari, “In Between”

In Between is a semi-autobiographical one-man show that portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in Palestinian-Israeli identity. On the precipice between two cultures stands Ibrahim Miari. His play recalls his childhood in Acco, memories of his Jewish and Palestinian grandmothers, of war, and of the struggle to shape and understand his own multi-faceted identity. Continue reading →

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