by UPB Editor, June 29, 2026
Job Summary United Parish in Brookline is a progressive Christian community recognized for its vibrant worship, deep ties to the community, and commitment to global justice. In recent years, United Parish has formed UPLIFT (United Parish Leading Into Future Transformation) – a congregation-wide process of discernment, strategic reflection, and planning to faithfully meet this moment. Through UPLIFT, the church is clarifying its mission priorities, assessing its organizational and financial systems, and building the leadership capacity and sustainable funding needed to support its growing impact in the wider community. As part of this intentional next chapter, United Parish seeks its first… Read More
by UPB Editor, June 23, 2026
To all at United Parish … GBIO is ready to select its next campaign themes! It is now in the final stages of assembling the research teams who this summer will explore issues in each of the five topics that emerged from about six months of “house meetings” at the 55 or so GBIO congregations across eastern Massachusetts. (We held three at United Parish in December, January and March.) If you want to be part of this final process of choosing GBIO’s next campaign issues, read on. The five topics which emerged from hundreds of house meetings were: · Housing and… Read More
by UPB Editor, June 15, 2026
Join us on Sundays at 10am from June 21 through September 6, downstairs in Willett Hall for Summer Worship. Our theme for Summer Worship is “Reporting the Good News,” inviting our summer homilists to share about where they see the Good News alive in the world (at a protest or picket line, siblings reconciling after a fight, a teacher showing mercy for a late assignment, etc.). Contact the Exalting Ministry Team at exalting@upbrookline.org…. Read More
by UPB Editor, June 10, 2026
Join us on Sunday, June 14, immediately following worship in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. (Please note, worship will start at 10am. The All Parish Meeting will be at 11am.) The All Parish Meeting is open to EVERYONE – whether you’re a long-time member of United Parish or you’ve just recently started attending worship. This is a chance for our whole congregation to come together. Come as we share and celebrate how God is working in our church. We will have strawberry shortcake for Coffee Hour. The Nursery will be open for childcare. We look forward to seeing you there!… Read More
by UPB Editor, June 01, 2026
Why are we hiring a Director of Development? For the past four years, we’ve been responding to the fact that our building’s multi-million dollar capital needs extend beyond the capacity of our annual budget. As a vibrant, fully intergenerational congregation, we have affirmed that we want to stay in this location. We’ve also become an invaluable resource and home for dozens of community organizations, building tremendous goodwill in the town of Brookline. Our 2024 capital campaign feasibility study with Starrs Aligned determined that, while we have internal capacity to do some of the necessary fundraising, we are not yet ready… Read More
