The holidays can be a stressful time. This Quaker service provides an opportunity to "leave behind the problems of home and office, of business and duty, of worry and perplexity." Join Neil Saunders, who attended Quaker services for nine years before coming to FPC, and settle into the deep calm and profound silence of this traditional hour-long period of worship. It is a time of waiting, listening, centering, reflection—a chance to get in touch with your inner light.
Past Services
Sunday, December 30th, 2018
ONE SERVICE AT 11AM IN FELLOWSHIP HALL
childcare provided
Monday, December 24th, 2018
two different services~Family Service at 4PM~Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 9PM
see below for times and descriptions of the two different Christmas Eve Services
Sunday, December 24 at 4PM
in the Sanctuary
“The Timeless Tale: Christmas Eve Family Service”
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum and Michelle Cote, Director of Religious Education
This service will feature our children’s choir as we share our traditional “nativity in a trunk” where children take part in creating a Christmas Tableau. There will a mix of familiar and new as we tell a new story and the timeless one, sing carols, and end with our candle-lighting.
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Sunday, December 24 at 9PM
in the Sanctuary
“Candlelight Christmas Eve Service”
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum
This quieter and more solemn Christmas Eve service will feature the timeless story from the Gospels of the birth of Jesus, paired with poetry and readings about the Christmas spirit, along with beautiful music from guest musicians and our Adult Choir under the direction of Mike Pfitzer, along with organist/pianist Sanghee Kim. Arrive early for our extended prelude of Christmas music starting at 8:45pm.
Sunday, December 23rd, 2018
in the Sanctuary
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum
As we’ve just passed the solstice, we’ll examine the balance of light and dark, Holly King and Oak King, and mark the turning of the year.
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
9 am service in the Community Room 11 am service in the Sanctuary~ Mummers Play
Sunday, December 16 at 11AM
in the Sanctuary
Our Annual Mummers Play!
FPC's children and youth will perform "St. George and the Dragon" at the 11 a.m. service under the direction of Janet Beatrice. This traditional Mummers' Play is considered by many to be a celebration of the Winter Solstice.
Versions of the Mummers' Play have been performed door to door in English villages by local players for hundreds of years. Our version of St. George and the Dragon is a compilation of many plays from several different villages and includes a time-honored sword dance which was traditionally performed by the men of the village.
Sunday, December 16th, 2018
9am Service above in the Community Room 11am Service in the Sanctuary-Mummers Play
Sunday, December 16 at 9AM in the Community Room
“A Christmas Carol Celebration”
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum with Ann Sadler
Unitarian Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published 175 years ago this week! Come join Rev. Cindy and Ann Sadler for a celebration of this Christmas story that would forever change how we view Christmas.
Sunday, December 9th, 2018
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum will be preaching.
Sometimes this season can be a difficult one, whether due to seasonal affective disorder, losses in the family, conflict, loneliness, or many other things. This Sunday we’ll honor those feels and talk about how to cope with the holiday season when you’re feeling blue.
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
5:00 PM Special Christmas Vesper Service in the Sanctuary-Child care Available
This year's annual Holiday Vesper Service at FPC will welcome our new settled minister, The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum, to Stow with a program titled Christmas in New England.
The service will feature music by New England composers, including Daniel Pinkham's interesting and iconic Christmas Cantata, Gwyneth Walker's Rejoice! for choir, brass quintet, and piano, and some of your favorite carols, hymns, and readings from this area.
Our FPC Adult Choir will be accompanied by Sanghee Kim on the piano and organ, and we will be joined by a brass quintet of students from Boston University for the performance.
As always, attendance is free, a musical and spiritual gift to the congregation and the greater community during this holiday season. All are welcome. CHILD CARE AVAILABLE
Mike Pfitzer, Music Director
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum will be preaching.
Mystery and wonder are inherent in the Christmas season, but sometimes as we grow up we lose the sense of the magical possibility of the holidays. We’ll reclaim a little bit of that awe on this Sunday.
Sunday, November 25th, 2018
ONE SERVICE AT 11AM
Our Unitarian-Universalist religious heritage compels us to address the important, widespread, and complex social issue of domestic violence. This special service, created and led by FPC's Domestic Violence Awareness Group, will focus on what is now a problem of epidemic proportions in our country and in our communities. Ben Atherton-Zeman, a nationally recognized public speaker who has given presentations and performances dealing with gender-based violence in 46 states and 12 countries, will be our guest speaker.
A member of FPC, Ben is now studying at the Boston University School of Theology.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
7:00pm IN THE SANCTUARY
Our vespers this month will be a solemn recognition of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, where we toll our bell and read the names of those transgender people who lost their lives in acts of violence this year. Come and share your support for the transgender community as we bear witness in love
