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The Ethics of Housing

Massachusetts is currently experiencing an outmigration, primarily due to high housing costs. So clearly housing costs have gotten too expensive. What ethical questions do high housing costs raise? And what (if anything) is our ethical responsibility? [Based in part on a question from last April’s Question Box Sermon.]

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Reading Poetry as a Spiritual Practice
5 Nov 25
Cohasset
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Sacred Seeing Photography Class
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Cohasset
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Reading Poetry as a Spiritual Practice
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Cohasset
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The Ethics of Housing
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Cohasset
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Sanctuary of Silence
2 Dec 25
Cohasset
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Sacred Seeing Photography Class
3 Dec 25
Cohasset

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Peacemaking in a Conflicted World
Peacemaking in a Conflicted World
02/23/2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
Sometimes it seems that peace isn’t possible for humanity, especially as we watch wars drag on for years in Ukraine, the Middle East, the Mahgreb [...]
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Origami Peace Cranes
Origami Peace Cranes
02/23/2025    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Trueblood Hall in the Parish House
Join us during coffee hour for a multigenerational activity making peace cranes to remind us that we can all work together to create more peace [...]
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Community Uke Sunday
Community Uke Sunday
02/23/2025    
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Atkinson Living Room in the Parish House
Join us for an hour of singing and ukuleles, Sunday, 2/23, from 11:30-12:30, at 23 N. Main St., Cohasset. Both kids and adults are welcome. [...]
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Ukulele Song Circle
Ukulele Song Circle
02/24/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Parish House
  Bring your ukulele, other uke-friendly instruments, and/or your voice and join in a song circle every 2nd and 4th Monday evening of each month [...]
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Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
02/27/2025    
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
It’s time for the Hand Bell Choir to get back up and ringing and it needs YOU! We will start with a thirty to forty five minute [...]
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Meditation Group
Meditation Group
02/28/2025    
9:45 am - 11:15 am
The meditation group meets on Fridays at 9:45 am via Zoom. We are currently reading Joyful Wisdom by Mingyur Rinpoche. First Parish Member, Christine Allen, [...]
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Inner Peace
02 Mar
03/02/2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
  How can we achieve inner peace? It's not that I have a firm answer to that question. But I'd like to talk about some [...]
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Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
03/06/2025    
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
It’s time for the Hand Bell Choir to get back up and ringing and it needs YOU! We will start with a thirty to forty five minute [...]
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Meditation Group
Meditation Group
03/07/2025    
9:45 am - 11:15 am
The meditation group meets on Fridays at 9:45 am via Zoom. We are currently reading Joyful Wisdom by Mingyur Rinpoche. First Parish Member, Christine Allen, [...]
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Film as the Bright Light in a Darkened Room
09 Mar
03/09/2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
  Film shapes us in ways we may not always think about. Movies offer avenues to explore ourselves, other people, and the world around us. [...]
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Ukulele Song Circle
10 Mar
03/10/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Parish House
  Bring your ukulele, other uke-friendly instruments, and/or your voice and join in a song circle every 2nd and 4th Monday evening of each month [...]
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Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
03/13/2025    
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
It’s time for the Hand Bell Choir to get back up and ringing and it needs YOU! We will start with a thirty to forty five minute [...]
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Meditation Group
Meditation Group
03/14/2025    
9:45 am - 11:15 am
The meditation group meets on Fridays at 9:45 am via Zoom. We are currently reading Joyful Wisdom by Mingyur Rinpoche. First Parish Member, Christine Allen, [...]
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Pi Day Celebration!
14 Mar
03/14/2025    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Parish House
  Back by popular demand, First Parish is having a *Pi Day celebration! Join us in Trueblood Hall at the Parish House (23 N.Main St.) on Friday, March 14th, [...]
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Math & Spirituality
16 Mar
03/16/2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
In honor of "Pi Day," a fun look at where math might overlap with spirituality. We'll talk about Pythagoras, Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, and infinity.
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Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
03/20/2025    
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
It’s time for the Hand Bell Choir to get back up and ringing and it needs YOU! We will start with a thirty to forty five minute [...]
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Meditation Group
Meditation Group
03/21/2025    
9:45 am - 11:15 am
The meditation group meets on Fridays at 9:45 am via Zoom. We are currently reading Joyful Wisdom by Mingyur Rinpoche. First Parish Member, Christine Allen, [...]
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Religion & Public Education
23 Mar
03/23/2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
  Public education in the U.S. has long been the battleground of competing religious agendas. We'll take a look at some of those competing agendas [...]
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Community Uke Sunday
23 Mar
03/23/2025    
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Atkinson Living Room in the Parish House
  Join us for an hour of singing and ukuleles in the Atkinson Living Room at 23 N. Main St., Cohasset. Both kids and adults [...]
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Ukulele Song Circle
24 Mar
03/24/2025    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Parish House
  Bring your ukulele, other uke-friendly instruments, and/or your voice and join in a song circle every 2nd and 4th Monday evening of each month [...]
More Info
Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
03/27/2025    
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
It’s time for the Hand Bell Choir to get back up and ringing and it needs YOU! We will start with a thirty to forty five minute [...]
More Info
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
03/28/2025    
9:45 am - 11:15 am
The meditation group meets on Fridays at 9:45 am via Zoom. We are currently reading Joyful Wisdom by Mingyur Rinpoche. First Parish Member, Christine Allen, [...]
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WWWD
30 Mar
03/30/2025    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
  Today's immigration debates raise moral and ethical questions that are some of the most pressing questions of our time. I won't pretend that I'm [...]
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What's On Your Mind?
30 Mar
03/30/2025    
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Meeting House
  Join us at the Meetinghouse this Sunday, March 30th, for a brief, after-service lay-lead discussion.  All aspects of congregation life are important to First [...]
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Discovering Your Spiritual Identity
30 Mar
03/30/2025    
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Parish House
Join us on Sunday, March 30th, from 11:30a-12:15p at the Parish House (during coffee hour) in this first of three sessions on spiritual and religious [...]
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Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
04/03/2025    
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
It’s time for the Hand Bell Choir to get back up and ringing and it needs YOU! We will start with a thirty to forty five minute [...]
More Info
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
04/04/2025    
9:45 am - 11:15 am
The meditation group meets on Fridays at 9:45 am via Zoom. We are currently reading Joyful Wisdom by Mingyur Rinpoche. First Parish Member, Christine Allen, [...]
More Info
Events on 02/23/2025
Peacemaking in a Conflicted World
Peacemaking in a Conflicted World
23 Feb 25
Cohasset
Origami Peace Cranes
Origami Peace Cranes
23 Feb 25
Cohasset
Community Uke Sunday
Community Uke Sunday
23 Feb 25
Cohasset
Events on 02/24/2025
Ukulele Song Circle
Ukulele Song Circle
24 Feb 25
Cohasset
Events on 02/27/2025
Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
27 Feb 25
Cohasset
Events on 02/28/2025
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
28 Feb 25
Events on 03/02/2025
02 Mar
Inner Peace
2 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/06/2025
Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
6 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/07/2025
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
7 Mar 25
Events on 03/09/2025
09 Mar
Film as the Bright Light in a Darkened Room
9 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/10/2025
10 Mar
Ukulele Song Circle
10 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/13/2025
Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
13 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/14/2025
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
14 Mar 25
14 Mar
Pi Day Celebration!
14 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/16/2025
16 Mar
Math & Spirituality
16 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/20/2025
Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
20 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/21/2025
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
21 Mar 25
Events on 03/23/2025
23 Mar
Religion & Public Education
23 Mar 25
Cohasset
23 Mar
Community Uke Sunday
23 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/24/2025
24 Mar
Ukulele Song Circle
24 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/27/2025
Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
27 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 03/28/2025
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
28 Mar 25
Events on 03/30/2025
30 Mar
WWWD
30 Mar 25
Cohasset
30 Mar
What's On Your Mind?
30 Mar 25
Cohasset
30 Mar
Discovering Your Spiritual Identity
30 Mar 25
Cohasset
Events on 04/03/2025
Hand Bell Choir
Hand Bell Choir
3 Apr 25
Cohasset
Events on 04/04/2025
Meditation Group
Meditation Group
4 Apr 25
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