Main Calendar

All are welcome! Gather at 6:30 in the Common Room for appetizers; dinner served at 7:30. Just bring a main course, appetizer or dessert that will serve 6-8 people, and be willing to help with serving/clean up as part of your contribution. See you there!

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

SAVE THE DATE for the 9th ANNUAL VALENTINE CONCERT on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 4PM - The Music Committee presents You Oughta Be In Pictures. The program's first half showcases songs by women songwriters including Dorothy Fields, Kaye Swift, Dolly Parton and others. The familiar faces of Cynthia Mork, Ben Sears, Buffie Groves, Brad Conner and Nathan Kimball perform the popular titles “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, “I’m in the Mood for Love”, “Can’t We Be Friends?”, “A Little Bit In Love” and many others! For the second half of the program we are pleased to welcome back masterful pianist Leslie Amper, playing solo piano works of women composers, as well as Beethoven’s impassioned “Tempest” Sonata No. 17 in D minor. As always, the concert will be followed by a scrumptious chocolate reception! A real romantic smorgasbord! Suggested donation at the door: $20, $15 for seniors/students. Proceeds to benefit First Parish. ~Bea Brunkhorst (Music Committee Chair)

Greetings Friends!

The Hospitality Committee is having a kitchen cleaning party on Saturday, February 16th from 9am to 1pm. Any and all help will be very welcome. You can reply to me if you plan to come or just show up on the 16th and help for as long as you can.
Cleaning supplies will be provided or you can bring your favorites.
We'll make time for coffee and snacks.

Thanks,
The Hospitality Committee

PS. If you have plates, serving dishes, utensils or other belongings in the kitchen please try to remove them before the 16th. Items not claimed by the 16th will be kept for two weeks and then donated or recycled. Also, unmarked food items in the fridge and freezer will be tossed. Thank you!

LONG STRANGE TRIP
Once again First Parish will show my six-part film series “Long Strange Trip,” which traces Unitarian and Universalist history from the Year One to today. The films will be shown at 12:00 noon on the six consecutive Sundays beginning February 24. Each film is one hour long, with time afterwards for whatever discussion you want to have. Come learn about the long and often strange history of our movement.

The First Parish Partner Church Committee will be selling baked potatoes at coffee hour on those Sundays.

As a prelude, I will be doing the Feb 10 service, talking about the spiritual journey that led me, quite unexpectedly, to filming both Wilderness Journey and Long Strange Trip. Please join me for both these events.
--Ron Cordes

All are welcome! Gather at 6:30 in the Common Room for appetizers; dinner served at 7:30. Just bring a main course, appetizer or dessert that will serve 6-8 people, and be willing to help with serving/clean up as part of your contribution. See you there!

COME TO THE CABARET, MY FRIENDS…

Saturday, March 2nd at 7 p.m. youth and adults will be performing in the biannual First Parish CABARET, produced by youth choir director Janet Welby. This is a fun evening showcasing the wonderful talents in our midst.

We have dancers, drummers, singers, instrumentalists, karate and humor. And if you would like to share your special talent, we’d love to have you perform with us! Contact Janet at janet.welby@comcast.net.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

LONG STRANGE TRIP
Once again First Parish will show my six-part film series “Long Strange Trip,” which traces Unitarian and Universalist history from the Year One to today. The films will be shown at 12:00 noon on the six consecutive Sundays beginning February 24. Each film is one hour long, with time afterwards for whatever discussion you want to have. Come learn about the long and often strange history of our movement.

The First Parish Partner Church Committee will be selling baked potatoes at coffee hour on those Sundays.

As a prelude, I will be doing the Feb 10 service, talking about the spiritual journey that led me, quite unexpectedly, to filming both Wilderness Journey and Long Strange Trip. Please join me for both these events.
--Ron Cordes

LONG STRANGE TRIP
Once again First Parish will show my six-part film series “Long Strange Trip,” which traces Unitarian and Universalist history from the Year One to today. The films will be shown at 12:00 noon on the six consecutive Sundays beginning February 24. Each film is one hour long, with time afterwards for whatever discussion you want to have. Come learn about the long and often strange history of our movement.

The First Parish Partner Church Committee will be selling baked potatoes at coffee hour on those Sundays.

As a prelude, I will be doing the Feb 10 service, talking about the spiritual journey that led me, quite unexpectedly, to filming both Wilderness Journey and Long Strange Trip. Please join me for both these events.
--Ron Cordes

Save the Date! Fundraiser Concert for our Sanctuary Program
Sunday, March 10 at 2pm

Virtuoso pianist Jacqueline Schwab’s Building Bridges—Vintage Music of Latin America celebrates the sensual spirit, expressive melodies and pulsing dance rhythms of vintage habaneras, tangos, and waltzes, from Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico. These styles were the forerunners of samba, salsa, and other Latin music of today. She will perform familiar and less well-known melodies by composers Ernesto Nazareth, Ernesto Lecuona, Ignacio Cervantes, Juan Jose Castro and more, in classical and folk arrangements.

Jacqueline Schwab’s musical sensibilities arose from her time immersed in the rich classical and folk music scenes of Pittsburgh’s “melting pot” and later in Boston. Her signature style is hard to categorize but easy to recognize. Drawing on “the jazz/classical improvisational spirit of Keith Jarrett and the touch of George Winston ....” (New England Folk Almanac), Jacqueline spins musical stories, building bridges to connect listeners to the different cultures and strands that have formed our American music. Her distinctive playing infuses the sound tracks of Ken Burns’ Grammy-winning Civil War, Baseball, Lewis and Clark, Mark Twain, The War, among others. She has performed at the White House for President Clinton, and, with Scottish singer Jean Redpath, on public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion and on CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman. Jacqueline graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston, majoring in piano improvisation. She has long played for dancing with the Bare Necessities English quartet, whose group improvisational style have inspired new generations of dancers and dance musicians. She has performed in almost every State of the Union. She is married to UU minister Rev. Edmund Robinson and lives on Cape Cod.

LONG STRANGE TRIP
Once again First Parish will show my six-part film series “Long Strange Trip,” which traces Unitarian and Universalist history from the Year One to today. The films will be shown at 12:00 noon on the six consecutive Sundays beginning February 24. Each film is one hour long, with time afterwards for whatever discussion you want to have. Come learn about the long and often strange history of our movement.

The First Parish Partner Church Committee will be selling baked potatoes at coffee hour on those Sundays.

As a prelude, I will be doing the Feb 10 service, talking about the spiritual journey that led me, quite unexpectedly, to filming both Wilderness Journey and Long Strange Trip. Please join me for both these events.
--Ron Cordes

LONG STRANGE TRIP
Once again First Parish will show my six-part film series “Long Strange Trip,” which traces Unitarian and Universalist history from the Year One to today. The films will be shown at 12:00 noon on the six consecutive Sundays beginning February 24. Each film is one hour long, with time afterwards for whatever discussion you want to have. Come learn about the long and often strange history of our movement.

The First Parish Partner Church Committee will be selling baked potatoes at coffee hour on those Sundays.

As a prelude, I will be doing the Feb 10 service, talking about the spiritual journey that led me, quite unexpectedly, to filming both Wilderness Journey and Long Strange Trip. Please join me for both these events.
--Ron Cordes

LONG STRANGE TRIP
Once again First Parish will show my six-part film series “Long Strange Trip,” which traces Unitarian and Universalist history from the Year One to today. The films will be shown at 12:00 noon on the six consecutive Sundays beginning February 24. Each film is one hour long, with time afterwards for whatever discussion you want to have. Come learn about the long and often strange history of our movement.

The First Parish Partner Church Committee will be selling baked potatoes at coffee hour on those Sundays.

As a prelude, I will be doing the Feb 10 service, talking about the spiritual journey that led me, quite unexpectedly, to filming both Wilderness Journey and Long Strange Trip. Please join me for both these events.
--Ron Cordes

All are welcome! Gather at 6:30 in the Common Room for appetizers; dinner served at 7:30. Just bring a main course, appetizer or dessert that will serve 6-8 people, and be willing to help with serving/clean up as part of your contribution. See you there!

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

All are welcome! Gather at 6:30 in the Common Room for appetizers; dinner served at 7:30. Just bring a main course, appetizer or dessert that will serve 6-8 people, and be willing to help with serving/clean up as part of your contribution. See you there!

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

All Parish Retreat to Ferry Beach Park Association in Saco, Maine.

4pm Friday, May 10 through 11am Sunday, May 12

All Parish Retreat to Ferry Beach Park Association in Saco, Maine.

4pm Friday, May 10 through 11am Sunday, May 12

Begun in 1953 with a small plant sale in a parishioner's yard, the fair has grown over time to include family fun, lunch, a bake sale and also a well-regarded craft fair.

The plants on offer will include hardy annuals and perennials grown locally as well as specialty annuals from Maine, a grocery garden, and heritage perennials from First Parish members' gardens.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

All are welcome! Gather at 6:30 in the Common Room for appetizers; dinner served at 7:30. Just bring a main course, appetizer or dessert that will serve 6-8 people, and be willing to help with serving/clean up as part of your contribution. See you there!

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.

As part of the Parish Wellness program, on the first Sunday of each month (Oct. - June) you will find another Blood Pressure Clinic after the Sunday service – 11:00-11:50. Look for First Parish Nurses to be set up.

It’s a good idea to make a list of all the medications you take, over-the-counter (like vitamins and/or low-dose aspirin) as well as prescriptions--and bring it with you. Any questions? Our parish nurses will be glad to answer them. The visit only takes a few minutes, and the people are friendly--so you’ll get a relaxed BP reading. We also have those magnetic “pockets” for you to put on your refrigerator in case of emergency--with a form to fill in with medications and allergies and such, as well as other flyers of interest. If you’ve had your BP checked here before, bring your card with you so it can be updated with Sunday’s reading.