What is most worthy of our attention, energy, and contribution during the remainder of our lives? Broad categories that you might want to consider include: Relationships, Health, Purpose, Service, Growth, Spirituality, Creativity, Work, Stewardship, Adventure, Financial, Wisdom. Which deserves more attention from you? Which receives too little attention?

Join us for a reading of this powerful poem and its significance in our history, our present, and our future.

We have a special treat for those who cannot make the Freedom Trail field trip led by Mary Toropov on August 16th. That same morning at 9am, First Parish Cohasset will host Randy Fayan as a guest musician at our Meetinghouse. Randy, a graduate of Brown University and Music Director at the First Unitarian Church in New Bedford, is an amazingly versatile, irrepressible, enthusiastic organist-pianist. He studied classical piano under Linda Jorle and Diana Smirnov and studied or

In the mood for something a little different? Mary Toropov is offering a historical Freedom Trail tour of Boston! Please RSVP by 8/10. 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 i

The service will explore some of the many connections between Free thinking movements and Unitarian ideals.

Come and sing along with our own First Parish Ukulele Circle as they host a half hour of songs selected from their diverse songbook.

Mosses are tiny plants that are often ignored. Yet for all that they are overlooked, they turn out to be quite beautiful. I'll read from Robin Wall Kimmerer's book on moss, and tell you a little about my own explorations of these remarkable plants.

The annual water ritual is our chance to reconnect after summer. Please bring a small amount of water that represents your summer. (It doesn’t have to be actual water from an actual place; you can use tap water.) This ritual symbolizes how we come together, each bringing our separate lives to our First Parish community.

During the 1960s, Rev. Dana Greeley, president of the UUA, promoted internationalism and interfaith cooperation. He considered this effort to be a moral and spiritual endeavor, and a way to find hope for the future. Should internationalism be one of our spiritual concerns today? (Based on a question asked during last year's Question-and-Answer sermon.)

Guest speaker, Rebecca Reid, will explore the rapid rise of artificial intelligence by sharing stories from her middle school English classroom in Boston. Through personal experiences, ethical guardrails, and Unitarian Universalist values, we will reflect on how AI acts as a mirror of our society and how we can navigate technology with intentionality and care. Rebecca Reid is entering her 10th year as a Special Education English teacher in Boston Public Schools, where her dep