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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.”

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

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

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.)

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"

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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 .

October 31, 1937 — March 24, 2026 Scituate First Parish extends condolences on the recent death of long-time friend, Robine Andrau. Robine's family welcomes you to join them for an informal memorial gathering to celebrate Robine at the Lightkeepers Cottage, 15 Lighthouse Lane Cohasset, MA. Friends and family are welcome to stop by Thursday, April 9, 2026 any time between 4:00pm and 7:00pm. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made in Robine’s name to Rosie’s Place. Full

What is Care Circle? What is the Care Circle?? YOU are! Care Circle is all of us at First Parish caring about and for all of us at First Parish. Each month a different person gets “the book” which contains all the information one needs to be a Care Circle monthly coordinator. If a parishioner or the minister knows of someone in First Parish who could use a little help, they should tell the coordinator of that month. Depending on the issue, cards can be sent, dinners arran

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April 2026 First Parish Cohasset Ukulele Song Circle: Mondays 4/13 & 4/27, 7-8:30pm & Sunday 4/19, 11:30am-12:15pm at Trueblood Hall at Parish House (23 N. Main St, Cohasset).