Our annual pumpkin party for families will be Saturday, October 24 from 9:30am-11am on the Front Lawn (rain location: Willett Hall). Volunteers are needed for many roles including greeting people, helping with carving and decorating pumpkins, face painting, games, raffles and more! Please see the sign-up sheet during Coffee Hour. Contact Associate Pastor Amy Norton-Benfield at amy@upbrookline.org…. Read More
We’ve relocated our stock of sensory items from the Prayground to a cabinet at the back of the Sanctuary, so that people of all ages have better access to them (and so it’s not quite as much of a toy-free-for-all in the Prayground space). All ages are welcome to borrow an item to help you worship and return it at the end of the service; we’ve got noise-canceling headphones, worry stones, weighted lap blankets, strings of prayer beads, marble mazes, coloring pages…”and a whole lot more!”… Read More
Speaker Series: God and Faith at Work This year, we are beginning a new after-worship speaker series on how we find God and our faith in our work life. We begin today, with Weijia Cheng and A Workshop on AI Literacy and Christian Ethics What does it mean to be a faithful Christian in the time of artificial intelligence? AI technologies are dominating the headlines and becoming a greater part of our everyday lives, but we don’t often get opportunities to reflect on AI as a faith issue. Weijia Cheng, a former Silicon Valley software engineer and current student at the… Read More
Please join us for an event with the Brookline Rotary on Thursday, October 15 from 7-8:30pm in the Sanctuary at United Parish. Featured Speakers include Ira Helfand, MD, Rotarian and Founder, Physicians for Social Responsibility: “The Heightened Threat of Nuclear Proliferation”; Suheir Fretikh, Rotary Peace Fellow: “Organizing and Bearing Witness in a Conflict Zone”; Sharon Dolev, Co-founder and Executive Director, Middle East Treaty Organization . Moderated by Moderator: Bernard Greene, Brookline Rotarian. Registration optional. Contact BrooklineRotary@gmail.com…. Read More
An Evening of Shopping, Entertainment and Refreshments Join us for a festive evening of shopping, mingling, and celebrating all that makes Thrifty Threads so special on Wednesday, October 7 from 5-7pm. More than just a sale, it’s a celebration of going green, paying it forward, and thrifting for fun. Every item in our store is generously donated by neighbors and friends, then sold at low prices to make fashion and household goods accessible to all. Get great deals on gently used, vintage, and designer pieces, plus practical items like housewares. We’ll mark the occasion with drinks and small appetizers, a… Read More
Dear Friends, Two years ago, the Stretching Team proposed “a yearly meeting of the service and justice initiatives which the church has undertaken.” This year’s meeting will be a luncheon after services on Sunday, October 25 from 12:30 to 2 pm in the Choir Room. Everyone is invited to this lunch but it is hoped that at least one representative from each group can attend to participate in the discussion. The groups include Thrifty Threads, GBIO, Hearts and Hands, Thanksgiving Dinner, Immigration Interest Group, the Negro Spiritual Royalties Project, the Walk for Hunger, as well as other church initiatives. The… Read More
Starting Sunday, September 27 at 7pm, upstairs in Room 204, youth in grades 6-12 are invited to join our weekly youth group for pizza, friendship, games, service projects, and more! Youth Group meets every Sunday evening, except on holiday weekends, and parents are also invited to attend the first portion of the kick-off event for a brief info session. Contact Associate Pastor Amy Norton-Benfield at amy@upbrookline.org with questions or for more information…. Read More
The Jazz Sanctuary Season 2 kickoff event takes place on Friday, October 23rd at 8:00 PM at the United Parish in Brookline. This premier performance features world-renowned Boston jazz heavyweights: award-winning trumpeter Jason Palmer and master pianist Kevin Harris. Taking full advantage of the vibrant, reverberant acoustics of the historic Gothic sanctuary, the longtime musical allies will perform a highly conversational, stripped-down duo set. They are showcasing material from their intimate SteepleChase Records album, Shorter Songs. The project is a brilliant homage to the legendary saxophonist Wayne Shorter, consisting entirely of sophisticated original contrafacts—newly penned melodies built over the complex… Read More
Interested in joining? Here are your opportunities to check out the different music groups: Chancel Choir “Open Sing: Thursday, September 3 at 7pm in the Choir Room Children’s Choir “Open Sing”: Sunday, September 13 at 9:30am in the Choir Room Handbell Choir “Open Ring”: Monday, September 28 at 7pm in the Sanctuary Learn more below. The Chancel Choir is a capable and dynamic group of enthusiastic singers that rehearses on Thursday evenings in the Choir Room, and leads music in worship upstairs in the Sanctuary from September through June. They sing music in a variety of styles, from Baroque to gospel, and perform… Read More
United Parish will be participating in this year’s edition of Brookline Day in Coolidge Corner, happening on Sunday, September 27 from 11am-3pm. This is a great opportunity to show up in a space where our neighborhood gathers, meet people who may be looking for a new church home, and connect our community to all of the great resources United Parish and our building partners provide. Last year, I asked many table visitors if they were familiar with the church and nearly 95% of them told me, “Oh of course! We love UP!” It was such a great reminder for me… Read More