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There is no service on Father’s Day, 6/21, due to South Shore Arts Festival and Lobster Roll Weekend.

Led by: Pulpit Guest, Rev. Ann Fox We Unitarian Universalists are fond of singing the hymn This Little Light of Mine, especially for services dealing with social justice issues. However, the “little light” of which we sing is so much more than we’ve previously imagined. Let’s explore. (Note that you are invited to attend the Child Dedication of Hayes Randolph Bothe, daughter of Roger and Brett Bothe. They will be a party of 11.)

Readers Wanted Have you always longed to read from the high pulpit in the Meetinghouse? Here is the perfect opportunity. The 9:00 a.m. summer service at First Parish on Sunday, July 5, 2026, will include a reading of the Declaration of Independence, delivered by volunteers from the congregation. Email Patty in the office (admin@firstparishcohasset.org) if you would like to read a section. Readings are on a “first reply received, first assigned” basis, so express your interest

Need Your Help in Our Search Some of you may have seen this posting in our weekly First Parish updates, but whether you have or not, please keep reading and take a few minutes to think about who you know who might know someone who might help up fill the vacancy. Kathleen Reardon, our bookkeeper for the last 4+ years, has decided to leave us to attend to pressing family commitments, leaving us in need of a new bookkeeper starting with the new church year in July. The best w

Led by: Dan Harper ORDER OF SERVICE INSERT MUSIC- "SWIMMING TO THE OTHER SIDE" ”Our world and our country are in very difficult places right now. People are suffering locally and far away. We cannot help, if we are too depleted ourselves. Let us remember what is around us that restores and renews.”

Led by: Mary Beth Courtright, Music Director and Ed Sorrentino, percussionist and educator. "To be creative, you have to be in a state of play. If you’re being careful and not willing to take safe risk it will interfere with creativity." Join us on Music Sunday for a different kind of worship experience. Led by percussionist and educator, Ed Sorrentino, and with a variety of traditional handheld percussion instruments, we will come together to create our own "world premiere p

Something a little different offered by Mary Toropov for her summer service on 8/16: Mary is a Freedom Trail (FT) tour guide in her spare time. Since several people at church have mentioned that they’d love to go on a FT tour with her, she's offering one for her summer service! Free, in honor of our nation’s 250th birthday. All welcome. All ages. Here’s the plan: Folks sign up in advance and meet at the ferry terminal in Hingham Shipyard to take the 9am ferry. Gets to Lon

Join us for lay led summer worship at First Parish every Sunday at 9am for 30-minutes.

Adopt an Island First Parish native and pollinator garden project. Help with weeding, planting, watering, and maintaining.

We'll hear the words of a veteran of the Iraq War. Then I'll reflect on some ways we can support and honor our veterans.

Our world and our country are in very difficult places right now. People are suffering locally and far away. We cannot help, if we are too depleted ourselves. Let us remember what is around us that restores and renews.

Intergenerational Service: A celebration of the kids and youth at First Parish Cohasset. Facilitated by Dr. Kate Sullivan ORDER OF SERVICE INSERT

Service at 10am The first Mother's Day was actually called "Mother's Peace Day." I'll talk about some ways that we can help support mothers in finding a little bit of inner peace and tranquility. ORDER OF SERVICE INSERT MUSIC- "LEAN ON ME"

Order of Service Service Insert Children Will Listen Lyrics

PATRIOT'S DAY | April 20, 2026 | 2-3:30 PM On Patriot’s Day, April 20th at 2PM First Parish will be hosting a reading of the Bill of Rights at the Meeting House for the Cohasset community. The Rusty Skippers will be performing a patriotic medley of songs. Please join us!

ORDER OF SERVICE INSERT POETRY SUNDAY MUSIC NOTES OPENING POEMS The Music & Worship committee encourages all generations to bring a favorite poem to church. It can be read by you, or if you prefer, by a Worship Associate. For the musically inclined, feel free to sing or play it for us. We have has this Poetry Sunday before and it’s all been so well received. Please join us!

The Women's Circle Ministry is coordinating a spring clean-up for the Parish House. It's scheduled for Sunday, May 17th, after coffee hour. Please come join the fun of making our yard and gardens ready to bloom (and bring your gardening tools)!

Our “ share the plate ” for April is designated to Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM) . The UUUM is a non-sectarian, non-profit social justice organization that has its offices at the historic First Church in Roxbury - a Boston landmark. Their mission is to work across race and place to dismantle racism and white supremacy culture and to advance racial, social, and economic justice. The UUUM envisions a Greater Boston where all people live with freedom and di

"A NIGHT AT THE WHITE LOTUS: A TROPICAL EVENING IN SUPPORT OF OUR LITTLE LEARNERS" APRIL 10, 2026 6PM | COHASSET YACHT CLUB REGISTER HERE

Dan will be away on study leave from 4/6-4/10. During that time, please reach out to Patty in the office for any ministerial emergencies that cannot await his return: (781) 383-1100 or admin@firstparishcohasset.org .