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Three Buddhist Stories

After retelling three Buddhist stories, or Jataka Tales, I’ll talk about how those old stories might still offer wisdom for today’s world. The three stories are “The Quails and the Net,” “The Dhak Tree,” and “King Usinara and the Huge Hound.”  All are welcome.

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    A Religious Liberal Looks at the Economy
    A Religious Liberal Looks at the Economy
    09/29/2024    
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
    The economy tends to loom large in every U.S. election. What do religious liberals say about the economy? Should the economy even be a major [...]
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    Hand Bell Choir
    Hand Bell Choir
    10/03/2024    
    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
    10/04/2024    
    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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    Holy Doubt
    Holy Doubt
    10/06/2024    
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
    “Come with whatever seed of faith you can muster, and listen…” Join us for a celebration of faith and doubt through story and song. Pulpit [...]
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    Fairy House Walk
    Fairy House Walk
    10/06/2024    
    11:30 am - 1:00 pm
    Parish House
      Note:  We'll be building fairy houses at coffee hour over the next few weeks (9/15, 9/22, and 9/29).  Everyone can participate! If anyone has [...]
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    Hand Bell Choir
    Hand Bell Choir
    10/10/2024    
    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
    10/11/2024    
    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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    Today's Abortion Debates
    Today's Abortion Debates
    10/13/2024    
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
    One of the hot-button issues of the current election cycle is abortion. So what do we Unitarian Universalists think about abortion? We have a nuanced [...]
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    Ukulele Song Circle
    Ukulele Song Circle
    10/14/2024    
    7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Trueblood Hall in the 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 from [...]
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    Hand Bell Choir
    Hand Bell Choir
    10/17/2024    
    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
    10/18/2024    
    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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    Free Movie Night at the Meetinghouse!
    Free Movie Night at the Meetinghouse!
    10/19/2024    
    7:00 pm - 9:15 pm
    Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
    Join us as we inflate an 18-ft screen and feature First Parish on film in "The Witches of Eastwick!"  Did you know that this 1987 [...]
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    EcoSpirituality
    EcoSpirituality
    10/20/2024    
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
    “Ecospirituality” has become a trendy form of spirituality. We’ll talk about ways people are finding spirituality in Nature — and how Unitarian Universalists have been [...]
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    Hand Bell Choir
    Hand Bell Choir
    10/24/2024    
    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
    10/25/2024    
    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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    Haunted Happenings!
    Haunted Happenings!
    10/25/2024    
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
    Join us in the Meeting House all decorated for Halloween as Mary Beth and the choir perform some spooky songs, and we read stories including, [...]
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    Outreach Sunday - Guest Speaker from Sunflower of Peace (Ukrainian relief effort)
    Outreach Sunday - Guest Speaker from Sunflower of Peace (Ukrainian relief effort)
    10/27/2024    
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Meetinghouse with clock tower on the Common
    This service will be focused on First Parish Outreach to “Sunflower of Peace” which is a charitable organization providing supplies for medics and other urgent [...]
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    Ukulele Song Circle
    Ukulele Song Circle
    10/28/2024    
    7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Trueblood Hall in the 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 from [...]
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    Hand Bell Choir
    Hand Bell Choir
    10/31/2024    
    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
    11/01/2024    
    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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    Free Movie Night at the Meetinghouse!
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    EcoSpirituality
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    Hand Bell Choir
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    Meditation Group
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    Haunted Happenings!
    Haunted Happenings!
    25 Oct 24
    Cohasset
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    Outreach Sunday - Guest Speaker from Sunflower of Peace (Ukrainian relief effort)
    Outreach Sunday - Guest Speaker from Sunflower of Peace (Ukrainian relief effort)
    27 Oct 24
    Cohasset
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    Ukulele Song Circle
    Ukulele Song Circle
    28 Oct 24
    Cohasset
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    Hand Bell Choir
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    Cohasset
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