Services at 10:00 A.M. on Sundays
The mission of First Parish is to sustain a safe home for our spiritual growth and to support each other as we put our beliefs and principles into action.
March 01, 2015
So How’s it Going This Year? A Report Card on Climate Change
Honoring the 2015 National Preach-In on Global Warming Susan-Lynn Johns, Lay Minister, Worship Leader
Due to our cold weather cancellation on February 15, we missed the boat on timeliness with this service. However,this topic will be timely for quite a long while. In her third year of participation in the National Preach-In on Global Warming, Susan-Lynn will be talking primarily about what climate change has done and is predicted to do to our water—from the oceans to lakes to streams. Last year she gave the country a D- on its climate change report card.What will the grade be this year?
March 8, 2015 * (This service may be switched with March 29, Marilyn Daniels)
Adam and Eve and the Arctic Apple
Susan-Lynn Johns, Lay Minister, Worship Leader
With the announcement last month of the new Arctic apple, that’s set to revolutionize the food service industry (it doesn't turn brown once it’s cut), Susan-Lynn looks at a few past human creations and some other “great” ideas no win development and ponders the efficacy of trying to improve on nature.
March 15, 2015 Film: Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic for our time Allen Yale, Guest Speaker
Instead of a traditional service, we will be watching the film “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic for our time.” Best known for his book Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold is considered the most influential conservationists of the twentieth century. The film traces Leopold’s philosophical evolution toward a land ethic. This past summer Allen attended a three-day workshop at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park in Woodstock put on by the Aldo Leopold Foundation to train “land ethic leaders.” The Foundations mission is aligned with our seventhprinciple: “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” The Foundation defines“land ethic” as a moral responsibility of humans to the natural world. During coffee hour following the film, Allen iswilling to participate in a discussion on land ethics with anyone who wishes.
March 22, 2015
Cabin Fever Reliever Extravaganza
Join our Guest Master of Ceremonies, Bradley Stockwell, along with performers Lynn Leimer, Doug Flint, Karen Hennig, Susan-Lynn Johns, Ben Luce, Janice Luce, Ruth-Ann Fletcher, Jerry Johnson, Cat Holm, Mary Michelli,Ken Michelli, the members of the First Parish Ensemble, and more as we celebrate our Second Annual Cabin Fever Reliever Extravaganza.
March 29 *(This service may be switched with March 8, Susan-Lynn Johns)Liturgical Dance Dr. Marilyn Daniels , Guest Speaker
Dr. Marilyn Daniels will speak about her book The Dance in Christianity, A History of Religious Dance Through the Ages published by Paulist press. Professor Daniels retired from Penn State University where she taught communication courses. Do come and hear her tell us about the role dance has played in the church.
So How’s it Going This Year? A Report Card on Climate Change
Honoring the 2015 National Preach-In on Global Warming Susan-Lynn Johns, Lay Minister, Worship Leader
Due to our cold weather cancellation on February 15, we missed the boat on timeliness with this service. However,this topic will be timely for quite a long while. In her third year of participation in the National Preach-In on Global Warming, Susan-Lynn will be talking primarily about what climate change has done and is predicted to do to our water—from the oceans to lakes to streams. Last year she gave the country a D- on its climate change report card.What will the grade be this year?
March 8, 2015 * (This service may be switched with March 29, Marilyn Daniels)
Adam and Eve and the Arctic Apple
Susan-Lynn Johns, Lay Minister, Worship Leader
With the announcement last month of the new Arctic apple, that’s set to revolutionize the food service industry (it doesn't turn brown once it’s cut), Susan-Lynn looks at a few past human creations and some other “great” ideas no win development and ponders the efficacy of trying to improve on nature.
March 15, 2015 Film: Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic for our time Allen Yale, Guest Speaker
Instead of a traditional service, we will be watching the film “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic for our time.” Best known for his book Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold is considered the most influential conservationists of the twentieth century. The film traces Leopold’s philosophical evolution toward a land ethic. This past summer Allen attended a three-day workshop at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park in Woodstock put on by the Aldo Leopold Foundation to train “land ethic leaders.” The Foundations mission is aligned with our seventhprinciple: “Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.” The Foundation defines“land ethic” as a moral responsibility of humans to the natural world. During coffee hour following the film, Allen iswilling to participate in a discussion on land ethics with anyone who wishes.
March 22, 2015
Cabin Fever Reliever Extravaganza
Join our Guest Master of Ceremonies, Bradley Stockwell, along with performers Lynn Leimer, Doug Flint, Karen Hennig, Susan-Lynn Johns, Ben Luce, Janice Luce, Ruth-Ann Fletcher, Jerry Johnson, Cat Holm, Mary Michelli,Ken Michelli, the members of the First Parish Ensemble, and more as we celebrate our Second Annual Cabin Fever Reliever Extravaganza.
March 29 *(This service may be switched with March 8, Susan-Lynn Johns)Liturgical Dance Dr. Marilyn Daniels , Guest Speaker
Dr. Marilyn Daniels will speak about her book The Dance in Christianity, A History of Religious Dance Through the Ages published by Paulist press. Professor Daniels retired from Penn State University where she taught communication courses. Do come and hear her tell us about the role dance has played in the church.
