This Week at First Church: God, Pride, Leo, Erin, Prayer

Dear Beloved,

This Sunday at First Church is a Jubilee Sunday. Our children will be in our service with us, learning by doing with us adults, how we practice our faith by praying, singing, listening to a simple sermon, and shouting, “Amen!” at appropriate times.

Ian Tosh will announce that God is Good! Jason Donnelly will read our scripture and be our liturgist. Our Scripture is the anointing of David, destined to became King of Israel, while he was still a young man of maybe 20 years old.

I’ll preach a sermon is entitled, “Who We Are Becoming.”

We will also do two very important things, we will, with the Children’s Ministry Team, introduce and commission our new Sunday School teacher, Erin Iwanusa. We will also make vows to and receive the newly baptized Leo Benjamin Frank-Douglass.

After services, we have our coffee hour. Can we say a heart felt thank you to our fellowship team?!

Afterwards in the chapel, Kelley Faulkner who is related to us through Christy Zuzelo, Molly Baskette, and Jocelyn will tell us a true word about her project, the African Birth Collective.

Now about Pride – the theme this year is “Trans-forming Our Communities.” Tonight is the Somerville Interfaith Pride Service at the Havurat Shalom, 113 College Ave. We will welcome the sabbath lover at 7 PM. The service will be in English and Hebrew. There will be a potluck at the Unity Church just after.

The Boston Interfaith Service at Old South, UCC is at 10AM. Our Marching Band is leading the UCC delegation in the parade that begins at 12:01 PM. We are to be on Tremont Street, Section E, between Pembroke and W. Newton at 11 AM. Email Jenny U. if you want a big beautiful hat to wear. See you there.

Love,
Laura Ruth