– Theodore Parker
We extend a special welcome to visitors who venture through our doors to find out what we’re all about.
Our congregation includes people from many religious backgrounds and perspectives. We come together to learn, to care for one another, and to act for social justice in our community and in the world. All are welcome here, regardless of creed, color, financial circumstances, sexual or gender orientation, or wherever you may be in your religious journey.
Worship services take place every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. from the Sunday after Labor Day through Father’s Day (the third Sunday of June). Services last approximately one hour, followed by a fellowship hour in the parish hall to which all are cordially invited.
This week’s worship service, titled “Bread and Roses,” recognizes the one-hundredth anniversary of the Lawrence Textile Strike, also known as the “Bread and Roses Strike” or the “Three Loaves Strike” (in reference to the amount of bread each family would lose from their already-meager rations if the threatened pay reduction went into effect). As a successful strike carried out by immigrant, mainly female, and ethnically diverse workers, it carries forward our “David & Goliath” theme. We’ll consider some of the historic struggles of the American labor movement and how similar challenges manifest today. Rev. Lilli Nye will be preaching and Yukiko Takagi will provide the music.
The service will feature excerpts from documents written at various times in our history telling us our church’s life story, read by church members who have been involved in the 300th Anniversary preparations. The Theodore Parker Singers, the TPC House Band, and Yukiko Takagi will provide the music.
You can sample past sermons, both text and audio, here.
Theodore Parker Church hosts an Open Mike on the last Saturday of every month in the Parish Hall. Join us for our next Open Mike on January 28, 2012. Sign-up begins at 7 pm and performances at 7:30 pm. More information
Our 300th anniversary program continues as historian Dean Grodzins introduces us to Rev. Theodore Parker at the beginning of his ministry. West Roxbury shaped Parker in profound ways as he laid the groundwork for his later radical theology and social activism. 2:00 pm in the sanctuary, followed by a reception.