Keep up with the News of First Parish in Wayland
Here you’ll find up-to-date news about events, volunteer opportunities, interesting stories, and more. If you have news you’d like to post here please email Diane Young, our parish administrator, with your news.
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Summer Services 2013
Click here for a complete list of summer services for 2013.
Strong backs needed on Tuesday evening
The work inside the Parish House has started. We need some help for less than an hour next Tuesday evening, June 18, at 7:30 to move the furniture out of the Stokey Library, and to relocate the shelves and contents of the religious education supply closet on the second floor. If we could get about 6 people with good backs together, that would be just great. If you can help out, please let one of us know — and thank you! Susie Keyes susan@susankeyes.com Lea Anderson lea@anderson.name
read moreConcrete Footings Poured – June 12, 2013
Footings have been poured and concrete forms are waiting to be put up.
read moreSummer 2013 Service Schedule: A Moveable Feast
Both buildings on the First Parish campus will be closed for the summer while our construction proceeds. Thankfully, many of our neighboring organizations have generously offered their facilities for our summer services. What a great opportunity to join in summer worship services with fellow First Parishioners, and also to experience these summer services in new surroundings, from Temple Or Atid to the Islamic Center to UU churches in nearby towns. Services will be held each Sunday from June 16 through August 11, with regular Sunday services...
read moreNew Youth Coordinator, Sam Teitel
We are pleased to welcome our new Youth Coordinator, Sam Teitel, who will join us in August. Sam is a student at Andover Newton Theological School, and a lifelong UU. Sam has experience as a trip leader for the Gulf Coast Volunteers for the Long Haul, and is both a contributor and poetry slam-master for the State of New Hampshire. Sam will bring exciting energy and a strong vision of youth ministry to our middle and high school youth group members. Welcome...
read moreA hole in the ground – June 6, 2013
It’s been a busy couple of weeks on the construction front. At this week’s construction meeting we learned that the excavation and digging is complete. The forms and concrete will be underway next week.
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This group serves the members of The First Parish in Wayland, Massachusetts, a Unitarian Universalist congregation. This site is for both conversation of religious issues, and also for building our community through discussion of the daily activities affecting us. The group is moderated and maintained by Bill Morrison and Chauncey Wilson. Please send us your email address below to sign up. Thank you! Subscribe to UUWaylandSocial Powered by...
read moreJoin Us 6/9 For Flower Sunday Service and Picnic!
Sunday, June 9 is the last Sunday of our regular church year. Join us for this special service and a picnic afterwards to celebrate our year together. We’ll provide sandwiches and small side dishes, as well as plenty of good friends. You and your family can bring a blanket to sit on. The Flower communion service was originally created in 1923 by Unitarian minister Norbert Capek, who founded the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. The service was later brought to the United States by his wife, Maya.The tradition is for each person to...
read moreInterim Minister’s Report to the Congregation
Our Interim Minister, John Nichols, submitted the following report to the congregation for the 2012-2013 First Parish Annual Report, which was distributed at the Annual Meeting. You can get a copy of the entire report through the church office. THE FIRST REPORT OF THE INTERIM MINISTER TO THE FIRST PARISH OF WAYLAND, MAY 2013 The time between the departure of a beloved minister and the call of a new one is often thought of as “dead time” and the interim minister who arrives during this time is considered a “place...
read moreWatch This Site for Ministerial Search News
On the lower right bar of our homepage you’ll find some new links to a section of the website dealing with the search for our next settled minister. The Ministerial Search Committee has already posted documents and news there, and will continue to keep the congregation updated on its work throughout the coming year. Check back periodically for updates. You’ll also find contact information and other useful news that will keep everyone “in the loop” on the search. The Search Committee will also present a regular...
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