THEODORE PARKER CHURCH

Implicit Racial Bias Workshops
2018-10-14 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Church members and friends are invited to an overview from noon until 1 p.m. on October 14 to learn about implicit racial biases. The first workshop will immediately follow this overview from 1 to 2 p.m. Subsequent workshops will be scheduled from noon to 2 pm on October 21, October 28, and November 4. Stan Gross, Kendra Pelojoaquin, and Cindy Bergeron will lead the workshops, which will introduce ways of gaining awareness of these often hidden biases and include preparation for efforts to revise them.

Potluck Gathering
2018-10-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Join us for an evening of food and conversation to help manage our concerns and restore our spirits. Let’s try vegetarian fare this time, please!

Music on Centre: Mustard's Retreat with Marcia Feldman
2018-10-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Mustard’s Retreat had been performing as a duo for about 40 years all across the United States when they became a trio by adding the glorious voice of Libby Glover, long-time friend and musical collaborator. The duo, consisting of David Tamulevich and Michael Hough, has always been known for their skill in combining original witty and whimsical songs with other creations that are insightful and profound. Tamulevich describes their sound as “defiantly hopeful”.
Playing different combinations of guitar, dulcimer, pennywhistle, harmonica and vocals, the trio continues that tradition with perfection. Since the release of the trio’s CD, called “Make Your Own Luck”, the group has been receiving even more national attention, with the CD listed as # 6 in the country on the Folk DJ chart. Two of the songs that are hitting the mark are “Make Your Own Luck,” a bouncy, optimistic piece of advice, and “I’m Gonna Walk It,” a song by Ellie Grace about the Women’s March.
An earlier song, “Ours is a Simple Faith,” is often used as an affirmation of peace and justice in places of worship and other organizations. Their songs are appropriate for all ages, including a funny little ditty called “It’s Got Teeth.”
The opening act is Marcia Feldman, an accomplished guitarist and singer from Westwood. She has produced four recordings; Stand Up, Believe in Spring, Hospice Music and Between the Worlds. In addition to her versatile vocal style, she plays soothing classical guitar music at the bedside for people at the end of life to ease their final days and runs a palliative care program in a retirement village. She also performs in churches and coffeehouses in Massachusetts where she is sought after for her haunting and elegant vocal style.
Theodore Parker Church Parish Hall, 1859 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132
Tickets: $20 for adults; $10 for 21 and under; $40 family maximum
Reservations: musiconcentre@gmail.com or call 617-327-0542
Desserts and beverages available before the show and during intermission.

Implicit Racial Bias Workshop
2018-10-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-10-28 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-11-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States

Game Night
2018-10-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Massachusetts
Join us for Game Night on Friday, October 26 at 6 p.m. in the parish hall parlor. This is a multigenerational event, and all are welcome!
Please come and bring:

your favorite games
cash (small bills) for ordering pizza
a snack, dessert, or drink (optional)
friends (optional).

Immigrant Justice: Prophetic Witness in Dangerous Times -- 5th Annual Theodore Parker Lecture
2018-10-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Church Sanctuary, 1859 Centre St., West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Each year, Theodore Parker Church hosts a major lecture featuring a prominent faith leader offering a faith perspective on a timely issue. Rev. Kathleen McTigue, Director of the UU College of Social Justice of Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), will deliver this year’s lecture entitled, “Immigration Justice: Prophetic Witness in Dangerous Times.” Rev. McTigue will reflect on her program’s work with faith communities on immigration issues and, in particular, on her own accompaniment of detained migrants in multiple detention centers along the Mexico-U.S. border. Rev. McTigue will be available for an open question and answer session after her lecture followed by a reception in the church hall.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.
Register here.

Fugue Music Concert
2018-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Theodore Parker Church sanctuary, 1859 Centre Street, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 02132
Please join us for a performance by Fugue Mill on Sunday, October 28 at 7 p.m. in the Theodore Parker Church sanctuary. Fugue Mill performs an intriguing mix of jazz, bluegrass, folk, Celtic, and classical music. The ensemble is led by pianist, composer, and Berklee professor Mark Shilanksy, with Theodore Parker Church’s own Mark Poniatowski on bass. Suggested donation $20, $10 for students.

Concert: Clarone Clarinet Quartet
2018-11-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Theodore Parker Church sanctuary, 1859 Centre Street, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 02132
The Clarone Clarinet Quartet will perform an eclectic program of classical music featuring works by the three Bs — Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms — as well as pieces by 20th-21st century composers Astor Piazzolla, Bela Bartok, and Armando Ghidoni.
The ensemble members are Stephen Bates, bass clarinet; Chester Brezniak, soprano clarinet; Karen Luttik, bass clarinet; and Julie Stuckenschneider, soprano clarinet. All are highly regarded as both musicians and teachers and have performed in orchestras and chamber groups around the globe. The range of voices of the four clarinets allows the group to play works written for orchestra, string quartet and piano which have been transcribed and arranged by various composers for the quartet.
$20 per ticket for adults; children and youth under 18 accompanied by a parent are free. Doors open at 7 p.m. The concert begins at 7:30. Refreshments will be available during the intermission. All proceeds will benefit Theodore Parker Church.

Racial Justice Task Force Meeting
2018-11-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Since we hung the Black Lives Matter banner in 2016, Theodore Parker Church has been a busy congregation living our faith through racial justice work: Film series…implicit bias workshop…tabling to engage our West Roxbury neighbors in conversation…Poor People’s Campaign…Interfaith Conversations on Race…and more; details on the church website.
What will the coming year hold for our racial justice involvement? Come and create the future! We’ll have our first meeting of the Racial Justice Task Force of the church year on Sunday, November 11 after social hour to share and brainstorm. All members and friends of Theodore Parker Church are invited. For details or more information, feel free to contact Claire Barker or Mark Bauer.

Winter Fair
2018-12-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Don’t miss West Roxbury’s best holiday shopping opportunity! Unique gifts for all ages, fine arts and crafts, holiday decorations, baked goods, and much more. All proceeds benefit the church.

Vespers Service
2018-12-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2018-12-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
‘Tis the season of hustle and bustle; but, knowing how it can overwhelm, we’re offering a time of quiet. We’ll gather in the parish hall parlor at 7 p.m. on December 5, 12, and 19 for some vespers music, readings, candlelight, and company. All are welcome.

Family Game Night
2019-01-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Massachusetts
Join us for Game Night on Friday, January 4 at 6 p.m. in the parish hall parlor. This is a multigenerational event, and all are welcome. Please bring:

your favorite games
cash (small bills) for ordering pizza
a snack, dessert or drink (optional)
friends (optional).

We look forward to seeing you then.

Legislator Contact Training
2019-01-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Get a jump start on influencing legislation with the new Congress! The Social Action Committee is hosting a short session on how to make your values heard. Learn how we can create a TPC team of 5-minute legislative activists. We know it makes a difference. We will meet in the parish hall parlor.

Social Action Committee Potluck: Racial Equity in the Boston Public Schools
2019-01-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Your Social Action Committee will sponsor another in its series of Community Potlucks on Friday, January 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall parlor. The purpose of these potlucks is to help build community in our congregation around the “reaching out” aspect of our collective mission, and to connect it to our efforts to “reach in.”
Access to education is a critical issue for all youth and parents in the city. For those of us convinced of the “inherent worth of every person,” public support for an effective and equitable education system should be a priority, regardless of whether we have (or will have) children in the schools.
On January 11, we’ll break bread and create a circle for a facilitated discussion of education as a racial and social justice issue. Bring some food to share if you can. Childcare will be provided — email us by January 7 if you’ll be bringing children to the event.

Implicit Racial Bias: Introduction
2019-01-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
All members and friends are invited to learn about implicit racial biases on January 13 from noon to 1 p.m. in the parish hall parlor. This session also serves as an introduction for those planning to attend the workshop on February 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stan Gross and Kendra Pelojoaquin will lead the workshops, which will introduce ways of gaining awareness of these often hidden biases.

Music on Centre: Joe Jencks
2019-01-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Singer songwriter Joe Jencks performing songs of peace and justice. “Joe Jencks is a songwriter whose craft and artistry will remind you of the best efforts of Phil Ochs, Stan Rogers, and Woody Guthrie. The troubadour tradition is alive and well in the 21st century with the music of Joe Jencks.” -Ron Olesko, WFDU
Berklee ensemble Samodivi opens with lively, innovative music inspired by the Balkans.
Email for reservations and information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfamE-b44K0

Film: Imprisoning a Generation
2019-02-03 12:00 - 14:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
This 50-minute documentary follows the lives of four young Palestinians who have been detained and imprisoned under the Israeli military system. Join us for the screening, plus food and conversation. Sponsored by Theodore Parker Church and UUs for Justice in the Middle East.
More information: Imprisoning A Generation Flyer

Implicit Racial Bias Workshop
2019-02-09 10:00 - 17:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Stan Gross and Kendra Pelojoaquin will lead a day of workshops on implicit racial bias, which will introduce ways of gaining awareness of these often hidden biases.

The Great Kindness Challenge Family Edition Wrap-up Celebration
2019-02-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Participate in the Kids for Peace Great Kindness Challenge with your family. Then, join us for the party — fun and friendship, games and music, pizza and snacks. Your checklist of Acts of Kindness is your ticket to enter. Complete one or many!
www.greatkindnesschallenge.org #GKCfamily
Hosted by the Religious Exploration Committee. All are welcome.
Believe in the possibility of peace, one act of kindness at a time.
For more information, contact the TPC office: 617-325-4439 or email Aoife Barrington-Haber, dreaoife@gmail.com

Adult Religious Exploration: Begin Again
2019-02-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Have you had experiences that brought you into a space you might call Holy? “Holy” is capitalized to convey how deeply tender and vulnerable these experiences may feel, and also how they may shine, feel wondrous, and widen our sense of reality beyond anything explicable. Some of us may label them with words like Spirit, Goddess, or God. Sometimes they feel mystical or like a special communion with something unnamed.

Steve Greene, Nancy Wilber, and Rev. Anne hope you will gather with us to share, listen, and appreciate one another’s experiences. This is a time to attend deeply, to listen to what our experiences have to say to us and perhaps gain new meaning from them. In time, we may invite additional conversation about how we are enriched and sustained by these experiences as well as the language that works for us to draw sustenance from them and connect us with others on our spiritual journeys.

We will meet in the parlor. If you plan to attend or have any questions, please contact Steve or Nancy

Film: This Ain't Normal
2019-02-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Jamaica Plain UU Church, Eliot St. at the Monument
The Theodore Parker Church’s Racial Justice Task Force is a co-sponsor of this film being shown at the Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist Church (6 Eliot Street).
Stories of gang-involved youth, entangled in the intractable violence haunting Boston’s neighborhoods, and the StreetSafe Boston social and street workers tasked with helping to transform their lives. Click here for film details.

Annual Fellowship Fest
2019-03-09 18:00 - 21:30 | Massachusetts
All are invited to our annual Fellowship Fest. Guest musician Adam Feldman will kick off the evening as we gather to celebrate and begin our Gather & Grow Pledge Campaign. It’s a festive pot luck affair with great hors d’oeuvres, music, and community.

Natural Durations: The Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
2019-03-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Theodore Parker Church sanctuary, 1859 Centre Street, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 02132
Yukiko Takagi will offer a special performance of “Natural Durations,” a piano cycle from “Klang” (“Sound”), the seminal work of German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Ms. Takagi is the pianist at the Theodore Parker Church. She has been invited to play from “Natural Durations” as part of full performance of Stockhausen’s “Klang” at the Festival of New Music in Montreal on February 28, 2019. Takagi performs regularly with the Boston-based Callithumpian Consort and is on the faculty of the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice at New England Conservatory.
The concert is free.

Contra Dance
2019-03-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Come dance with us! A band of enthusiastic musicians from the TPC community will play for the dance, and there will be a professional caller who is experienced with teaching contra and folk dance styles. All are welcome, including newcomers.

Contra dancing is a lively and fun tradition, strong in New England since Colonial times. Typically danced to live, fiddle-based music, the tunes draw from English, Celtic, Appalachian, and French-Canadian styles. Dancers form pair of lines, facing (contra) one another, with the lines moving opposite one another as the dance progresses. A caller first teaches the steps of each dance, and then calls the steps as the music plays. The contra community is friendly and inclusive, and the dances themselves make a natural mixer suitable for all ages and abilities — no partner required, come as you are!

"Music for Food" Benefit Concert
2019-04-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Theodore Parker Church sanctuary, 1859 Centre Street, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, 02132
New England Conservatory faculty, students and alumni will perform music by Mozart, Brahms and Park to benefit Music for Food: all concert proceeds will go directly to support the Roslindale Food Pantry.
The concert features Roslindale-based pianist Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek, violinists Leonard Fu and Haruno Sato, violist Daniel Orsen and cellist Jamie Clark. The program will include the world premiere of Benjamin Park’s quintet for piano and strings. Park is a resident of West Roxbury and also an alumnus of NEC and MIT.
Admission to the concert is a suggested donation of $25 ($10 for students and seniors), collected at the door.

Music on Centre presents Heather Pierson Trio with Mike Laureanno
2019-04-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
The Heather Pierson Trio has been making a very big wave in the folk and acoustic music world in spite of (or maybe because of) the fact that their music is very hard to pigeon hole. Mixing traditional songs, blues, honky tonk and original tunes, they have been mesmerizing audiences with their talents and diversity, delivered by piano, upright bass, trumpet, guitar and whatever instruments the melodies require.

Opening act is Mike Laureanno from Fall River whose insightful lyrics and story songs have earned several songwriting awards from Kerrville, Texas to New York City to Boston.

$20 for adults, $10 for 21 and under with a $40 family maximum. Doors open at 7:30.

Information and reservations: musiconcentre@gmail.com or call 617-327-0542. All Music On Centre shows benefit the Theodore Parker Church and its work.

Begin Again: Sharing Experiences of the Holy
2019-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Parish Hall, 70 Corey Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Nancy Wilber, Steve Greene, and Rev. Anne invite you to the second meeting of Begin Again. In this group, we share our various experiences of the “Holy,” however we might view and name that. In this month’s meeting we will “begin again” with our feelings and reactions to God — as images, experiences, beliefs, doubts, or even the word itself — in relation to our own spirituality. We’ll also be learning to talk with one another more easily about these subjects, respecting our differences and growing from them.

Newcomers are welcome. Looking ahead, we’ve scheduled a third meeting for May 21. If you have questions and/or want to attend, contact Nancy or Steve. From them you can also get a copy of the poem “Begin Again” by Nancy Shaffer, from which the group takes its name.
