by UPB Editor, June 30, 2021
June 30, 2021 The United Parish in Brookline is grateful to announce a new ministry partnership with the Brookline Food Pantry (BFP). Starting August 1, we will serve as the central location for the Food Pantry. This is an exciting new chapter in the lives of both organizations. For 37 years, the Brookline Food Pantry has been a mainstay of alleviating food insecurity in Brookline. It began as a ministry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and in 2014 became its own non-profit. Volunteers come from all over Brookline. Need has expanded steadily over the years, leading to secondary locations in… Read More
by UPB Editor, April 28, 2021
In 2021, United Parish joined an interfaith coalition focused on making true, systemic changes to support social and economic justice in our local communities. The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) brings together faith-based communities like ours to lead and participate in actions to advocate and influence humane, progressive legislation. United Parish voted to join the 58 churches, synagogues, and mosques of GBIO. Our Stretching into Justice Ministry Team answered common questions about GBIO in the video below. If you have a specific question, feel free to navigate to the video time stamps listed next to each question. Watch the video… Read More
by UPB Editor, February 04, 2021
February 4, 2021 The season of Lent is an ideal time to find new and creative ways to grow in faith and one’s relationship with God and others. This Lent, we are delving into what it means to cultivate “the fruits of the Spirit,” (inspired by Galatians 5:22-23). Each week we will choose one of these Christian spiritual virtues and explore what it means to practice humility, gentleness, gratitude, generosity and service, patience, self-control. In Holy Week, we will look at love (Maundy Thursday), compassion (Good Friday) and joy (Easter). This year, we hope you will make time to join… Read More
by UPB Editor, February 26, 2020
February 26, 2020 The season of Lent is a time to dig deeper into your soul, to find new and creative ways to grow in faith and in relationship with God and others. We are taking time this season to delve into what it means to discern God’s will in our lives, with opportunities to do that individually and collectively at United Parish. We hope you will join us in ways that may unleash your imagination, feed your soul, and help us all connect more deeply with the presence of God in our midst. Lenten Study: Discernment, Finding Clarity in… Read More
by UPB Editor, March 07, 2019
This past Wednesday, we began the season of Lent once again. We take the word “Lent” from lengthen for the lengthening of days (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere). We take time to dig deeper and more intentionally into our souls, to find new and creative ways to grow in faith in relationship with God and others. This year, we are exploring what it means to express our faith, with opportunities to do that collectively and individually. We begin this faith exploration this Sunday with the deceptively simple, straightforward question, “What is faith?” and look to one of the classic definitions… Read More
