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Sunday
April 27,2025 at 10am
“On Becoming a Taking Tree”
Darrah Bryans
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Coffee Hour
Every Sunday after service 11:00am (ish)
After the service, we gather in the Harvey Assembly Hall for fellowship and refreshments. It is a great time to reconnect with friends and meet new people!
Coffee hour is organized by the Fellowship Committee, but staffed weekly by volunteers! The easiest way to make sure there is always hot coffee and treats is to share hosting responsibilities. When is your turn? It depends on your last name- You can find the schedule and more info here: 2025 volunteer schedule
Thank you in advance for helping with this well loved weekly event! If you are new to “hosting” it’s easy. Directions are here: Coffee Host Instructions
Darrah Bryans
Is Our Ministerial Candidate!
After an extensive search, the Ministerial Search committee is delighted to announce that Darrah Bryans is our candidate and will visit First Parish to preach and meet the congregation during Candidating Week (Sunday April 27th to Sunday May 4th). Darrah will preach both Sundays and will meet with First Parish members and friends during the week.
Darrah earned her Masters of Divinity at the Boston University School of Theology in May of 2023. She completed her preliminary fellowship in 2024 and she is currently the Sabbatical and Intern Minister at First Parish Needham. Her ordination will take place later this spring.
Darrah’s experience includes years as a Membership Development and Communications Coordinator for First Parish Sherborn (her home congregation); as a School Programs Teacher at Natick Community Organic Farms; as a Brew Master at the Brew Moon Microbrewery and Restaurant in Cambridge; and as a Business Owner / Administrative Assistant, for a Smart House Consortium business that she and her husband started.
For more on Darrah see her website: https://darrahbryans.com/.
We look forward to introducing you all to Darrah soon Keep an eye out for a full schedule of Candidating Week events!
Your Ministerial Search committee:
Jim Hamilton, Alexa Howell, Jerry Larke, Carol Robison, PJ Simeone, Pat Slechta, Donna Savicki
Church Wide Vote
May 4, 2025 after Service in the sanctuary
Only members are eligible to vote for FPC’s next settled minister
Link to warrant below:
Darrah Bryans, our ministerial candidate, will visit First Parish to preach and meet the congregation during Candidating Week (Sunday April 27th to Sunday May 4th). Darrah will preach both Sundays. First Parish members and friends will have multiple chances to get to know Darrah. See below for her availability. Darrah will also have additional meetings with staff and others during that week.
Sunday April 27
10 am: Darrah will lead worship
Monday, April 28
10 am to noon and 2 pm to 3 pm:
In-person office hours at First Parish
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Virtual office hours on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86555118935
Tuesday, April 29
Noon to 2 pm: Brown-bag lunch at FPC
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
In-person office hours at First Parish
Friday, May 2
1 pm: Virtual office hours via Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84259060644?pwd=BadmyrAFQVT083JGPv4pLUNa70mAvH.1
5:30 pm: Fun Friday at First Parish
Saturday, May 3
Noon: All-church luncheon at First Parish
Sunday, May 4
10 am: Darrah will lead worship
Immediately after church: Vote on calling Darrah as our next settled minister.
In-person and on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86928727208?pwd=jCFGrmI13ej3EncFNbnwLxuDUwzy7y.1
Amazing things happen when we get together.
We gratefully acknowledge the Patuxet Wampanoag People on
whose ancestral lands we gather today. We commit to support and honor their history and culture.