by UPB Editor, October 09, 2025
United Parish in Brookline presents Jazz Sanctuary featuring Jose Soto & The Ancestral Call Saturday, November 15, 2025, 7pm, United Parish in Brookline Join us for the second concert in the Jazz Sanctuary series with Costa Rican pianist and composer José Soto, presenting his award-winning project The Ancestral Call — a powerful fusion of jazz, improvisation, and visual art inspired by ancestral traditions. First premiered at Lincoln Center in New York in 2023, the project has received international recognition, including the Global Music Awards Gold Medal, NPR’s Best Alternative Latin Music list, Jazziz Editor’s Choice, and features in NBC New… Read More
by UPB Editor, October 08, 2025
Since 1981, United Parish has opened our doors to the community for a free, family-style Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day at 1pm (doors open at 12:30pm). We’ll serve oven roasted turkey, traditional stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, pickles, and olives. For beverages, we’ll have ginger ale, cranberry juice, lemonade, and apple cider. For dessert, we’ll have pumpkin pie, apple pie, and coffee and tea. This event is for those who may be new to the Boston area, or those who want to share a meal with the community, or those who may need a bit… Read More
by UPB Editor, October 07, 2025
We are well on our way to having our most impactful year ever. This quarter we are coming off our evening fall preview, which was a lovely event. In terms of the numbers, so far this year we have raised just over $121,000! September alone saw an income of just over $20,000, which is our best month ever. With this money we have spent just over $9,250 on charitable contributions and our monthly amazon order. This means we have bought 51 cases of diapers, 62 packs of socks, 81 packs of underwear, 40 cases of soap, 21 cases of toothpaste,… Read More
by UPB Editor, October 03, 2025
Are you new to United Parish? We’re offering a short “Exploring Membership” class series: Class 1: “Learning”. Sunday, October 19 from 12:30-2pm, in the Choir Room. In this class, you will have a chance to learn more about United Parish, our history and beliefs, the benefits/responsibilities of membership, and our governance structure; childcare will be provided in our nursery for the duration of the class. RSVP HERE Class 2: “Sharing”. Sunday, November 2 from 12:30-2pm, in the Choir Room. Members of our Discernment & Engagement team will join us for this class, in which we’ll get to know one another… Read More
by UPB Editor, October 03, 2025
The Chancel Choir, soloists, and chamber orchestra will present Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Opus 48. There is an unbreakable spiritual bond between the living and those held in sacred memory. Celebrating All Souls’ Day is one of the ways that we pay homage to those who have gone on before us. This coming All Souls’ Day, we will reclaim the ancient practice of presenting a composed requiem mass during our 11am worship service. The choir has been preparing the Fauré Requiem for many weeks now, and will present it, along with a 15-piece chamber orchestra, in the context of our worship… Read More
