Newton received its first wind phone on Sunday, June 7, installed on the front lawn of the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) in West Newton Square, dedicated in a small but intimate ceremony conducted by members of FUUSN. Wind phones are unconnected telephone booths that are equipped with…
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Despite heavy rain and wind on May 30, roughly 300 participants visited the War Memorial Auditorium at Newton City Hall for Newton’s first-ever public Eid-ul-Adha festival — a milestone event celebrating Muslim traditions, hospitality, and community. Originally planning to have an outdoor festival, the organizers quickly moved the entire event…
Rev. Eric Jackson, minister of Eliot Church, will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on Thursday, June 18 at 1:30PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Rev. Jackson was called as the Sixteenth Senior Minister of Eliot Church in Newton Corner on September…
Grace Church hosts its Summer Barbecue in their backyard at 76 Eldredge St, Newton Corner, on Wednesday, June 24 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. All are warmly invited to enjoy an evening of conversation and community over burgers, veggie burgers, and hotdogs. Donations of salads, sides, desserts and additional drinks…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton presents Global Music Fest on Sunday, June 28 at 10:15 AM at FUUSN’s Parish Hall (1326 Washington St, West Newton). The event is also available via Zoom. At a time when our identity as a multicultural nation has dimmed, Chris Welles and musicians…
The community of First Church in Chestnut Hill and First Parish in Brookline join together to warmly invite you to attend the ordination of Diego Garrido Barreto — a Colombian ministerial candidate and recent Master of Divinity graduate — Sunday, May 17 at 4PM (doors open at 3:30PM) at First Parish in Brookline (382…
On May 17, at 10:15AM the worship service at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington St, West Newton) is Folk Music Sunday: Homeward Bound — music about journeys and returning home.
Everyone is welcome to Newton’s first-ever public Eid-ul-Adha celebration on Saturday, May 30 from 11AM-3PM at Newton City Hall’s War Memorial (1000 Comm Ave, Newton Centre). This is a free public event to experience the traditions of Eid hospitality celebrated across many cultures around the world. The afternoon will include…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUUSN) hosts I Sing America on Sunday, July 5 at 10:15 AM in the Parish Hall at FUUSN (1326 Washington St, West Newton). The program is also available via Zoom. Come mark the 250th anniversary of our country with an hour of poetry…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUUSN) presents The FUUSN Organ, a Celebration on Sunday, July 12 at 10:15 AM in the Sanctuary at FUUSN (1326 Washington St, West Newton). The program is also available via Zoom. FUUSN organist Linnea Bardarson reveals the subtlety and power of the FUUSN’s…
First Church in Chestnut Hill (26 Suffolk Rd, Chestnut HIll) warmly invites the community to celebrate Easter Sunday on April 5. The day begins with a shared Easter breakfast at 9AM, followed by worship at 10:30AM. Enjoy a joyful morning of worship, music, and fellowship celebrating the resurrection with hope…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington St, West Newton) presents We Can Mend the Sky — a service that expresses defiant and hope-filled joy through music, dance, and readings — on Sunday, April 12 at 10:15AM. Music by Runestad, Jason Robert Brown, Beethoven, and more.