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When Your Actions Define You, part 2

Many people believe human beings have a pre-ordained essence — some Christians talk about original sin, some atheists talk about biological destiny. Another belief has it that we humans define our own essence through our actions. Part two of a two part series.  All are welcome!

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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 [...]
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    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, [...]
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