Wouldn't it be great if there were a church...
...that truly welcomes all people regardless of religious background, age, race or sexual orientation?
...that is grounded in a long and amazing history yet embraces current forms of inspiration and the cultivation of soul?
...that refuses to concede the Bible to mean-spirited and literal-minded interpretations and instead holds up the clarion calls for compassion and justice we hear in the scriptures?
...that encourages people to bring their whole selves to a service on Sundays and not simply check their brains at the door?
...with a long history of working for social change that actually speaks to the major issues of the day?
Well, there is a church like this, and we invite you to come check out our services and programs.
Welcome to the First Church in Salem!
Universally Accessible and Universally Welcoming!
The First Church in Salem, Unitarian is one of the oldest continuing Protestant churches in North America and the first to be governed by congregational polity, a central feature of Unitarian Universalism.
We are proud of our history and excited by our present.
The Rev. Jeff Barz-Snell
First Church
Sunday Services 10:30am
Childcare is provided.
Our building is recently renovated and universally accessible
(with a full elevator).
We are a Welcoming Congregation!
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Services and
Announcements
See below for information about
- Stewardship Sunday
- Sundae Sunday Returns!
- Bible as Literature
- Call to Garden Arms!
Sign Up Online for Fellowship:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0B45ACAC23A13-coffee
Sunday, May 12: JAZZ SUNDAY
- 10:30am Service:
First Church Member Claire
Donaldson Preaching
Mother's Day Fellowship
- 6pm OWL Class
Tuesday, May 14
- 12pm Alliance
Sunday, May 19: Stewardship Sunday
- 10:30am Service:
First Church Member Jesse Jaeger
Preaching
Sundae Sunday Fellowship
- 12:30pm Bible as Literature
Tuesday, May 14
- 12pm Alliance
Sunday, May 12: JAZZ SUNDAY
- 10:30am Service:
First Church Member Claire
Donaldson Preaching
Mother's Day Fellowship
- 6pm OWL Class
Tuesday, May 14
- 12pm Alliance
Sunday, May 19: JAZZ SUNDAY
- 10:30am Service:
First Church Member Claire
Donaldson Preaching
Mother's Day Fellowship
- 6pm OWL Class
Tuesday, May 21
- 12pm Alliance
- 7:15pm Standing Committee
Saturday, May 25
- 4:45pm Lifebridge Dinner
Sunday, May 26: Memorial Day Sunday
- 10:30am Service:
First Church Member Rev. Ellen
Brandenburg Preaching
Tuesday, May 28
- 12pm Alliance
Sunday, June 2: Church Picnic
- 10:30am Service
- Church Picnic Community Fellowship
Tuesday, June 4
- 12pm Alliance
Sunday, June 9: [Church Picnic Rain Date]
- 10:30am Service
Tuesday, June 11
- 12pm Alliance
Thursday, June 13
- Henny Penny Play and Graduation
Sunday, June 16: RE Sunday
- 10:30am Service
- Father's Day Fellowship
Tuesday, June 18
- 12pm Alliance
Sunday, June 23
- 10:30am Service
Tuesday, June 25
- 12pm Alliance
Saturday, June 29
- Second Annual North Shore Pride Parade. More info at http://northshorepride.org/
Sunday, June 30
- 10:30 Service
Last Service of the Church Season
Annual Question Box Sermon
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Stewardship Sunday: Save the Date
On Sunday, May 19th, First Church Members and Friends will be invited to gather at Members' homes to socialize, to get to know one another better and to talk about next year's Stewardship campaign. Please reserve this date on your calendar and watch the mail for your invitation. We would like to see as many people participate in this event as possible. If you have any questions, please ask a member of the Stewardship Committee: Bill, Steve, Marlene or Nancy.
Sunday Sundae Returns!
On Sunday, May 19, Religious Education will host Sundae Sunday. We will have ice cream sundaes for sale during Fellowship to benefit
Merlin’s Kids Foundation. (http://www.merlinskids.org/)
When you participate in an RE fundraising event, you are not only supporting a worthy social justice cause, you are joining with our children as they gain firsthand experience putting their Unitarian Universalist faith into action.
The Bible as Literature: The Psalms with Prof. Theo Theoharis
Sunday, May 19, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Join us for the third meeting of "The Bible as Literature," a nondenominational book group. We ask for a $25 donation for those who would like to attend the May 19 session, and have not subscribed to the book group series. For more information, please contact Paul Massari at 978.744.5125 or pmassari@gmail.com.
Get ready for a call to Garden Arms
In case you haven't been through the new garden recently, the young trees are in bloom and the shrubs are awakening, but we're getting a late start in the church garden this year. We may need to wait until next spring to add perennials to the shrubs and trees we planted last spring. HOWEVER, we will need volunteer hands to weed and spread mulch on a Saturday soon. The date will be announced shortly! Even if you can only spare an hour, it will help.
In preparation for next spring, please start thinking about plants from your own garden that you could divide. It would be lovely if our garden became another expression of our community, with donations of plants from our members. That said, we will need to be careful about what we plant.
We will be looking for perennials with the following qualities:
LOW MAINTENANCE; in other words -
- plants that will do well in relatively POOR SOIL and with MINIMUM WATERING
- plants that have a LONG BLOOM SEASON
- plants that do NOT require lots of DEADHEADING
- plants that are NOT INVASIVE or DO NOT SELF-SEED rampantly and
- did we mention LOW MAINTENANCE?
In order to create a garden design that doesn't appear haphazard, we will decide on a color palette that will help tie the whole thing together.
And most importantly, we will be looking for people to form a garden committee, so if you're interested, please let Catherine Bertrand know, and she will pass on the information.
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MONTHLY CALENDAR
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